Joan Chandos Baez est une chanteuse étatsunienne de musique folk, née à New York le 9 janvier 1941.

Joan Baez est la voix des années 1960. Ce soprano, souvent surnommée « la reine du Folk », « la Madonne des pauvres gens », imposa Bob Dylan et ses chansons au public américain ainsi qu'au monde entier.

En alliant son engagement à la vision de Dylan, les ballades anglo-irlandaises adaptées en folk américain au gospel, et ses propres racines à celles des cultures de la planète, Joan Baez est devenue un mythe.

 

DISCOGRAPHIE

1965

Farewell Angelina

1968

Any Day Now 

1971

Blessed Are

1972

Come From the Shadows

1975

 

Diamonds and Rust

1977

Country Music Album

 

 

       

 

[edit] Studio & live albums
Joan Baez, Vanguard (November 1960)
Joan Baez, Vol. 2, Vanguard (October 1961)
Joan Baez in Concert, Vanguard (September 1962)
Joan Baez in Concert, Part 2, Vanguard (November 1963)
Joan Baez/5, Vanguard (November 1964)
Farewell Angelina, Vanguard (November 1965)
Noël, Vanguard (December 1966)
Joan, Vanguard (August 1967)
Baptism: A Journey Through Our Time, Vanguard (June 1968)
Any Day Now (Songs of Bob Dylan), Vanguard (December 1968)
David's Album, Vanguard (May 1969)
One Day at a Time, Vanguard (January 1970)
Carry It On (Soundtrack Album), Vanguard (1971)
Blessed Are..., Vanguard (1971)
Come from the Shadows, A&M (April 1972)
Where Are You Now, My Son?, A&M (March 1973)
Gracias A la Vida, A&M (July 1974)
Diamonds & Rust, A&M (April 1975)
From Every Stage, A&M (February 1976)
Gulf Winds, A&M (November 1976)
Blowin' Away, CBS (July 1977)
Honest Lullaby, CBS (April 1979)
Live -Europe '83, Gamma (January 1984)
Recently, Gold Castle (July 1987)
Diamonds & Rust in the Bullring, Gold Castle (December 1988)
Speaking of Dreams, Gold Castle (November 1989)
Play Me Backwards, Virgin (October 1992)
Ring Them Bells, Guardian (August 1995)
Gone from Danger, Guardian (September 1997)
Dark Chords on a Big Guitar, Koch (October 2003)
Bowery Songs, Proper Records (September 2005)
Ring Them Bells (reissue double-disc with bonus tracks), Proper Records (February 2007)

[edit] Compilations
Folksingers 'Round Harvard Square (1959)
The First 10 Years, Vanguard (November 1970)
The Joan Baez Ballad Book, Vanguard (1972)
Hits: Greatest and Others, Vanguard (1973)
The Contemporary Ballad Book, Vanguard (1974)
The Joan Baez Lovesong Album, Vanguard (1976)
The Joan Baez Country Music Album (1977)
Best of Joan C. Baez, A&M (1977)
Joan Baez: Classics, A&M (1986)
Brothers in Arms, Gold Castle (1991)
No Woman No Cry, Laserlight (February 1992)
Rare, Live & Classic (boxed set), Vanguard (1993)
Greatest Hits, A&M (1996)
Joan Baez Live At Newport, Vanguard (1996)
Best of Joan Baez: The Millennium Collection, A&M/Universal (1999)
The Complete A&M Recordings, Universal/A&M (2003)