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Joan Baez

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Joan Baez
Portrait o Joan Baez in 1961
Baez in 1961
Background information
Birth nameJoan Chandos Baez
Born (1941-01-09) 9 Januar 1941 (age 83)
Staten Island, New York, U.S.
Genres
Thrift
Instruments
Years active1958–present
Labels
Associate acts
Wabsteidjoanbaez.com

Joan Chandos Baez (/bz/;[1] born Januar 9, 1941) is an American fowk sangster, sangwriter, muisicker, an activist[2] whase contemporary fowk muisic eften includes sangs o protest or social juistice.[3]

References

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  1. Baez, Joan (2009), And A Voice to Sing With: A Memoir, New York City: Simon & Schuster, p. 61, I gave Time a long-winded explanation of the pronunciation of my name which came out wrong, was printed wrong in Time magazine, and has been pronounced wrong ever since. It's not "Buy-ezz"; it's more like "Bize," but never mind.
  2. Westmoreland-White, Michael L. (23 Februar 2003). "Joan Baez: Nonviolence, Folk Music, and Spirituality". Every Church A Peace Church. Archived frae the original on 22 Julie 2004. Retrieved 3 November 2013.
  3. Jackson, Ernie. "Folk Guitarists." Joelma The Everything Guitar Book Joelma. F+W Publications Inc., 2007. Print.