Bob Dylan called it her “heart-stopping soprano,” and it’s true that when Joan Baez unleashed that pure, angelic voice on the protest song “We Shall Overcome,” you could believe we would, indeed, ...

When two songwriters fall in and out of love, it’s almost guaranteed that a heart-wrenching song or two will come out of the relationship—as exemplified by the songs Joan Baez wrote about Bob Dylan ...

It really doesn’t matter that Joan Baez, by her own report, hasn’t written a song in 20 years. With dozens of classic songs such as “Diamonds & Rust” and “Only Heaven Knows” in her songwriting catalog ...

The documentary showcases the singer's life through newly discovered home movies, diaries, artwork, therapy tapes and audio recordings Ilana Kaplan is a Staff Editor at PEOPLE. She has been working at ...

Joan Baez was born in Staten Island, New York. She grew up in New York and California, and when her father took a faculty position in Massachusetts, she attended Boston University and began to sing in ...

Joan Baez performs for the Occupy Wall Street demonstrators, who hold a Veterans Day concert in Foley Square in New York City in 2011. A new documentary about the folk singer called "I Am a Noise" is ...

The legendary folk singer-songwriter discussed President Donald Trump and the "cruelty" of his administration with MSNBC host Nicolle Wallace.

Bob Dylan called it her “heart-stopping soprano,” and it’s true that when Joan Baez unleashed that pure, angelic voice on the protest song “We Shall Overcome,” you could believe we would, indeed, ...