Joan Baez
Monday 29th September 2008, 7.30pm
Glasgow Royal Concert Hall : Auditorium
Joan Baez is an American folk singer and songwriter known for her highly individual vocal style.
She is a soprano with a three octave vocal range and a distinctively rapid vibrato.
Many of her songs are topical and deal with social issues. She is best known for her hits There But For Fortune, Diamonds & Rust and The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down, as well as We Shall Overcome, Love Is Just A Four-Letter Word, Farewell Angelina, Sweet Sir Galahad and Joe Hill.
She has performed publicly for nearly 50 years, released over 30 albums and recorded songs in at least eight languages.
She is considered a folk singer although her music has strayed from folk considerably after the 1960s, encompassing everything from rock and pop to country and gospel.
As well as writing her own songs, Baez also widely regarded as an interpreter of other people’s work, covering songs by Woody Guthrie, Pete Seeger, Bob Dylan, The Beatles, Jackson Browne, Paul Simon, The Rolling Stones, Stevie Wonder and myriad others.
In more recent years, she has found success interpreting songs of diverse songwriters such as Steve Earle, Natalie Merchant and Ryan Adams.
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