What can we say about Joan Baez, literally the voice of a generation, that hasn't already been said? Cutting her teeth in the beatnik coffeehouses of Cambridge, Massachusetts in the late '50s, Baez's clear, lofty soprano immediately struck listeners as something special. By the politically charged mid-'60s, Baez began to shift her focus from "authentic" ballads and songs of yore to contemporary songwriter-poets like Bob Dylan, Leonard Cohen, and Pete Seeger. Baez's work during this strange and novel period was born of a magical alignment of social struggle, deeply relevant material, and an angelic voice strong enough to carry the message to a whole new, historically unique generation. To this day, Joan Baez remains, quite literally, a cornerstone of American folk music.
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