Joan Baez
Joan Baez is a folk singer, songwriter and lifelong activist whose voice now also finds a home in poetry, portrait painting and occasional stage appearances.
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- Born
- January 9, 1941 · Staten Island, New York
- Work
- Singer, songwriter, activist, painter and poet
- Breakout
- Newport Folk Festival, 1959
- First album
- Joan Baez, 1960
- Touring farewell
- Fare Thee Well concluded in Madrid in July 2019
Mini bio
How it started.
Joan found her audience in the Cambridge, Massachusetts, coffeehouse scene, performing at Club 47 before her breakthrough at the 1959 Newport Folk Festival. Her self-titled debut followed in 1960, introducing listeners to her voice through traditional songs.
Songs and solidarity.
Her music and activism grew together. She sang at the 1963 March on Washington, supported migrant farmworkers and opposed the Vietnam War. Alongside her interpretations of other writers, she made her own mark as a songwriter with “Diamonds & Rust” in 1975.
A different creative rhythm.
Her Fare Thee Well tour ended in 2019. Since then, fans have followed her portraits of activists and artists, the documentary I Am a Noise and her autobiographical poetry collection. The poems draw on family memories and encounters with fellow musicians.
Still showing up.
Joan continues to make room for music and public action. Recent projects include a “No Kings” duet with Jesse Welles and playing Paloma Blanca in The Soiled Dove, where she sings, dances and joins the cast’s theatrical world.
Creditschronological, newest first
Music
- 2025No KingsFeatured vocalist with Jesse Welles
- 2018Whistle Down the WindSinger; album produced by Joe Henry
- 1975Diamonds & RustSinger; writer and co-producer of the title song
Books
- 2024When You See My Mother, Ask Her to DanceAuthor of autobiographical poems
Film
- 2023Joan Baez: I Am a NoiseSubject, appearing as herself
Awards
- Kennedy Center Honors2020 class of honorees, celebrated at the postponed 43rd Honors in 2021.
- Rock & Roll Hall of FameInducted in 2017, with an induction by Jackson Browne.
- Amnesty International Ambassador of Conscience2015 recipient alongside artist Ai Weiwei, recognizing leadership in human rights.
- Grammy Lifetime Achievement AwardAwarded in 2007 by the Recording Academy.
Quotes
There is never a doubt in my mind that action is the antidote to despair.Joan Baez, Rolling Stone
From her September 29, 2026 essay ahead of the Power to the People festival.
Trivia
- For her book of drawings, she began sketches upside down, sometimes using her non-dominant hand, without planning where the lines would go.
- Her younger sister was singer-songwriter Mimi Fariña, who appears in her poetry collection.
- In The Soiled Dove, she plays Paloma Blanca, a name that means “white dove.”
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