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Joan Baez "Diamonds & Rust" Live Masonic San Francisco 2-8-2025

Joan Baez and Emmylou Harris Turn a 160-Year-Old Folk Song Into a Heart-Stopping Moment At the Beacon Theatre, two legendary voices collided in a way that left the audience breathless. Joan Baez’s ethereal soprano met Emmylou Harris’s rich alto, weaving a haunting rendition of Stephen Foster’s 1854 classic “Hard Times Come Again No More.” The simplicity of just acoustic instruments only amplified the power of their harmonies, each note landing like a quiet plea for hope. Time seemed to pause as

On Tuesday's "The Big Interview," I sit down with the reigning queen of folk music, Joan Baez. Baez became one of the leading activists of the 1960s and 70s. She rose to prominence after walking arm-in-arm with Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. during the March on Washington, and later for spending 12 days in a bunker in Vietnam during the bombing of Hanoi. In this clip, Joan Baez explains why she thinks the political atmosphere today is the worst it’s ever been and warns of a serious move towards fas