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Posts Tagged ‘Joan Baez’
Song of the Week #60 – “Diamonds & Rust”
Written by admin on June 27, 2011 – 8:14 am -| Joan Baez’s ode to Bob Dylan, “Diamonds & Rust,” is Song of the Week on Classic Pop Icons.
“Diamonds & Rust” was the opening track of her hit album of the same name, released in April 1975, and was also released on single three months later |
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Tags: Blackmore's Night, Bob Dylan, Diamonds & Rust, Joan Baez, Judas Priest
Posted in Folk, Song of the Week | 1 Comment »
Happy 70th Birthday Joan Baez
Written by admin on January 9, 2011 – 5:21 pm -| Happy Birthday to folk legend Joan Baez who is 70 today.
Joan was born in Staten Island, New York on January 9, 1941 and began her music career as a teenager performing in the coffee houses in the Boston-Cambridge area of Massachusetts. |
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Tags: Day After Tomorrow, Grammy Hall of Fame, Joan Baez, Joan Baez 70th birthday
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The 2011 Grammy Hall of Fame inductees
Written by admin on December 10, 2010 – 10:13 am -| The Beatles, Fats Domino, Otis Redding and Joan Baez are among the artists whose recordings will be entered into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 2011.
The Grammy Hall of Fame Award was established by The Recording Academy’s National Trustees in 1973. The aim was to “honor recordings of lasting qualitative or historical significance that are at least 25 years old.” To date, 881 recordings have been inducted. |
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Tags: Al Green, Barbra Streisand, Fats Domino, Grammy Hall of Fame, Hank Williams, Jimmy Cliff, Joan Baez, MusiCares person of the year, Otis Redding, Ray Charles, The Animal, The Beatles, The Box Tops, The Jackson 5, The Marvalettes, Willie Nelson
Posted in 60s pop, Awards, Folk, Motown, Rock 'n' roll, Soul, The Beatles | 1 Comment »
Judy Collins “Paradise” – CD review
Written by admin on July 6, 2010 – 7:26 am - |
Last week saw the release of Judy Collins’ “Paradise,” which is her first album since “Judy Collins Sings Lennon and McCartney” from 2007. |
Tags: Joan Baez, Judy Collins, Paradise, Stephen Stills
Posted in Folk, New releases | No Comments »
Joan Baez summer tour
Written by admin on April 20, 2010 – 8:38 pm -Joan Baez has announced a number of tour dates through Middle America in July and August.
| Baez is continuing to promote her 2008 album “Day After Tomorrow,” which was the folk legend’s 24th studio album and first for five years. |
Tags: Joan Baez, Joan Baez tickets, Joan Baez tour
Posted in Folk, Gigs | No Comments »
