After being with Vanguard for almost a decade, Baez moved to A&M in the early 1970s after deciding to make music with a more commercial bent. Her first album with the label, C… See more

There can’t be many singers, folk or otherwise, who haven’t cracked out a few lines of Amazing … See more

A lot of protest singers from the 1960s talked the talk, but few walked the walk. Baez didn’t just walk, she marched. And while she marched, she sang. When Martin Luther Kin… See more

As GQ Magazine notes, the 1964 album Joan Baez/ 5 was a crucial turning point for Baez. Up till then, she’d relied almost exclusively on traditional folk, but five albums int… See more