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Joan Baez at The Egyptian Theatre - Sat., March 21st 2009
2008 is a landmark year for Joan Baez, marking 50 years since she began her legendary residency at Boston's famed Club 47. She remains a musical force of nature whose influence is incalculable - marching on the front line of the civil rights movement with Martin Luther King Jr., inspiring Vaclav Havel in his fight for a Czech Republic, singing on the first Amnesty International tour and just this year, standing alongside Nelson Mandela when the world celebrated his 90th birthday in London's Hyde Park. She brought the Free Speech Movement into the spotlight, took to the fields with Cesar Chavez, organized resistance to the war in Southeast Asia, then forty years later saluted the Dixie Chicks for their courage to protest war. Her earliest recordings fed a host of traditional ballads into the rock vernacular, before she unselfconsciously introduced Bob Dylan to the world in 1963 and focused awareness on songwriters ranging from Woody Guthrie, Dylan, Phil Ochs, Richard Farina, and Tim Hardin, to Kris Kristofferson and Mickey Newbury, to Dar Williams, Richard Shindell, Steve Earle and many more. If ever a new collection of songs reflects the momentous times in which Joan finds herself these days, and in her own words, "speaks to the essence of who I am in the same way as the songs that have been the enduring backbone of my repertoire for the past 50 years," Day After Tomorrow is that record, her first new studio album in five years.
Joan's new album, Day After Tomorrow, her first new studio recording in five years, is out now! Joan worked with producer Steve Earle and a band that included bluegrass veterans Tim O'Brien and Darryl Scott, as well as Viktor Krauss and Kenny Malone. The album features three songs written by Steve Earle, including "God Is God," a song Joan debuted during her recent tour. You can hear some of the songs on the music player at Joan's MySpace profile, http://www.myspace.com/joanbaez. Day After Tomorrow also includes songs by Eliza Gilkyson, Patty Griffin, Tom Waits, Diana Jones and Thea Gilmore.
CONGRATULATIONS to Joan, who in her 50th year as a recording artist has received a Grammy Award nomination for Day After Tomorrow in the category of Best Contemporary Folk/Americana album!!!!! The Awards are handed out on February 8, 2009. We'll all be rooting for Joan!
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LocationThe Egyptian Theatre
700 W Main St
Boise, ID 83702
United States
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