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2 days ago · Rumours of dwindling ticket sales quickly reached the artists scheduled to perform, leading some to question the event’s legitimacy. Folk singers Joan Baez and John Kay were among those who pulled out upon hearing about the poor turnout. However, Hendrix remained resolute, determined to perform for those who had bought tickets.
3 days ago · The UC Berkeley Library is keeping alive the memory of the Free Speech Movement — its struggles, its spirited successes, and the students at its heart — 60 years after it began. By weaving the history of the movement into its collections and spaces, the Library offers students and scholars, and time travelers of all kinds, snapshots of the past, and lessons for the future.
Sep 16, 2024 · When Joan Baez was in Hanoi experiencing first-hand the traumatic unfolding of America’s bombing raids, the idea that her art was nothing more than a consumerist pretension was likely the furthest thing from her mind.
Sep 20, 2024 · Her voice is heard ringing out “We Shall Overcome” the day of Martin Luther King Jr.’s famed “I Have a Dream” speech. Her commitment to these causes saw Joan jailed twice, but she remained defiant in her convictions. Joan’s collaboration with Bob Dylan was a bittersweet one.
Sep 8, 2024 · It is often suggested that Johanna was based on fellow singer-songwriter Joan Baez, with whom Dylan had been in a relationship a year or so earlier. In Baez’s 1975 song, ‘Winds Of The Old Days’, she seemed to lay claim to being ‘Johanna’.
Sep 11, 2024 · The best-selling single of his solo career, its lyrics encourage the listener to imagine a world at peace without the barriers of borders or the divisions of religion and nationality and to consider the possibility that the whole of humanity would live unattached to material possessions.
Sep 10, 2024 · Immerse yourself in the lyrical world of legendary artist and activist, Joan Baez. Sharing decades of personal poetry for the first time publicly, join us to discover how Baez has weaved her verse with experiences, activism, and her musical legacy.
