Canzoni pacifiste joan baez biography
New York, USA, January 9, , Joan Baez (Joan Chandos Baez), was born....
Joan Baez is an influential American singer, songwriter and social activist. She began her recording career in 1960 and had a meteoric rise to prominence becoming labelled the “Queen of Folk”.
Joan Chandos Baez is an American singer, songwriter, musician, and activist.
She was an iconic figure in the anti-war protests of the 1960s and she performed live at the Woodstock concert of 1969. She has maintained a long and prolific music career, performing for nearly six decades in both English and Spanish.
Her main style is folk music but also includes pop, country, gospel music, Latin and Americana.
“If people have to put labels on me, I’d prefer the first label to be human being, the second label to be pacifist, and the third to be folk singer.” – Joan Baez
Birth
Joan Baez was born in Staten Island, New York on 9 January 1941.
She grew up in Brooklyn though her father’s work took often took the family to California and abroad. Her father Albert was born in Mexico and was a university professor of maths and physic