Contemporary folk music

Joan Baez is known as one of the leading names among activist musicians since 1953, or since she was 18 years old. She became immortal as the indispensable voice of songs written for freedom and human rights in the music world since the first Newport Folk Festival. 

Folk legend Joan Baez on Dec. 20 announced her first album in a decade, a collection of covers that returns to her longtime theme of global peace.