Joan Baez is one of the most revered and important names in contemporary folk music, a pioneer of the protest movement in the 1960 alongside Bob Dylan and others, and an artist whose peerless voice and highly personal way with a song has influenced countless folk performers who have followed in her wake over the decades. Born in Staten Island, NYC, in 1941 of Mexican and Scottish decent, she moved around the country with her parents - her scientist father worked for UNESCO - and embraced many social causes. She encountered Pete Seeger in her early teens, and was inspired by his style of music, and when her father took a position at MIT in Boston in 1958, she became heavily involved in the folk scene there, giving her first concerts that year. In 1959, with two other folk enthusiasts, she recorded a number of songs in a friend's cellar, and that became the album "Folk Singers Round Harvard Square", from which all the titles featuring Joan are included here. She was invited to perform at the 1959 Newport Folk Festival" which led to her signing with Vanguard Records, and her first two albums for Vanguard from 1960 and 1961, "Joan Baez" and "Joan Baez Vol. 2", which comprise the rest of this collection. They feature Joan accompanying herself on guitar as she performs selections of mainly traditional songs, arranged and adapted by her to suit her highly distinctive style, and they provided the platform from which her extraordinary performing and recording career developed. Recorded while she was still a teenager, the collection offers an enjoyable and captivating insight into her already highly developed talent., Runningtime: 00:00:00, Guitar, Vocals: Joan Baez, Featuring: Bill Wood (5), Featuring: Bill Wood (5), Featuring: Bill Wood (5), Featuring: Bill Wood (5), Featuring: Ted Alevizos, Written-By: Dave Gude, Translated By [To English]: Arthur Kevess, Translated By [To English]: Teddi Schwartz, Written-By: Aaron Zeitlin, Written-By: Sholom Secunda, Written-By: Bob Gibson, Written-By: Phil Belmonte, Labelcode ACBT3412.2 (ADDCD3412)
"Early Years - The First Albums 1959-61" es una completa colección en formato CD dedicada a la legendaria cantante folk Joan Baez y editada por el sello Acrobat. Este recopilatorio reúne sus álbumes fundamentales grabados entre los años 1959 y 1961 y captura toda la esencia artística e influencia temprana sobre el resurgimiento del folklore estadounidense gracias a canciones icónicas como 'Silver Dagger', 'House of the Rising Sun' o baladas tradicionales interpretadas con su característica voz pura y gran sensibilidad narrativa: imprescindible tanto para nuevos oyentes como para seguidores veteranos de su carrera musical incomparable durante más seis décadas marcada también por su activismo social en derechos civiles y movimientos pacifistas internacionales; su primer disco fue incluido en el Salón de la Fama del Grammy consolidando así su papel clave dentro del género folklórico mundialmente reconocido hasta hoy día! El fabricante Acrobat Music destaca por reeditar clásicos musicales cuidadosamente restaurados haciendo accesibles joyas históricas al público actual mediante ediciones muy cuidadas técnicamente.
Música folk
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