
Artist
Joan Baez
Joan Baez is a folk artist from New York City, USA formed in 1961. 58 releases are catalogued on Riffiter.
Folk · New York City, USA · Best folk albums
- 58
- Releases
- 1959–2025
- Active years
- 1961
- Formed

Artist
Joan Baez is a folk artist from New York City, USA formed in 1961. 58 releases are catalogued on Riffiter.
Folk · New York City, USA · Best folk albums

Most popular
Diamonds & Rust
1975

Baez Sings Dylan
1998

Joan Baez
1960

Blessed Are...
1971

Farewell, Angelina
1965

Honest Lullaby
1979

Joan Baez, Vol. 2
1961

One Day at a Time
1970

Joan
1967

Blowin' Away
1977

David's Album
1969

Gone From Danger
1997

Whistle Down the Wind
2018

The Newport Era
2025

If I Wrote You: Favorite Songs By Some Of My Favorite Songwriters
2025

Ballads of a Lonesome Wildwood Flower
2020

Best Collection Joan Baez, Vol. 2
2020

Best Collection Joan Baez, Vol. 1
2020

Live At Woodstock
2019

In Concert
2019

Play Me Backward
2018

The Complete Gold Castle Masters
2017

Come From The Shadows
2017

Where Are You Now, My Son?
2017

From Every Stage
2017

Gulf Winds
2017

Joan Baez 75th Birthday Celebration
2016

The Water Is Wide
2011

Play Me Backwards (Collector's Edition)
2011

How Sweet The Sound
2009

Ring Them Bells (Collector's Edition / Live)
2009

Vanguard Visionaries
2007

In Concert (Live)
2006

Very Early Joan (Live)
2006

Live At Newport (Live)
2006

Rare, Live And Classic
2006

Carry It On (Remastered)
2006

Noel
2006

5
2006

Greatest Hits And Others
2006

Any Day Now
2005

Baptism
2003

The Complete A&M Recordings
2002

The Best Of Joan Baez
1997
Live at Newport
1996

The First 10 Years
1990

Live
1989
Recently
1987

The Best Of Joan C. Baez
1985
Gracias a la Vida
1974

Gracias A La Vida (Here's To Life)
1974
The First Ten Years
1970
Baptism: A Journey Through Our Time
1968
Joan Baez/5
1964
Joan Baez in Concert, Part 2
1963
Joan Baez in Concert, Part 1
1962
Folksingers 'Round Harvard Square
1959
Joan Baez, born on January 9th, 1941, is an American folk singer and a songwriter who is of mixed Mexican and Scottish descent. Baez rose to prominence in the early ’60s with her stunning renditions of traditional balladry. In the late ’60s and early ’70s, Baez came into her songwriting own, penning many songs (most notably “Diamonds & Rust,” a nostalgic piece about her ill-fated romance with Bob Dylan, and “Sweet Sir Galahad,” a song about sister Mimi Fariña’s ( of Richard & Mimi Fariña fame) second marriage, and continued to meld her songcraft with topical issues. She was outspoken in her disapproval of the Vietnam war and later the CIA-backed coups in many Latin American countries. She was also instrumental in the Civil Rights movement, marching with Dr. Martin Luther King on many occassions and being jailed for her beliefs. In 1963, her performance of “We Shall Overcome” at the Lincoln Memorial just prior to Dr. King’s famous “I Have A Dream…” speech helped confirm the song as the Civil Rights anthem. In December 1972, she traveled to Hanoi, North Vietnam, and was caught in that country’s “Christmas Campaign,” in which the U.S. bombed the city more times than any other …