![]() ![]() It was very, very compelling to be there. I met with groups of vets and Gold Star mothers. ``In the evenings, I'd do this combination of singing and telling stories of the (political work) I've done. ``I had intended to go to Camp Casey for a night, and I stayed for a week,'' Baez said. ``The whole context in which I do my concerts has been changed this year by Cindy Sheehan and the (Iraq) war,'' said Baez, who is singing more political and traditional folk songs in concert than at any point since the '60s.īaez, who performs Tuesday and Wednesday at the Somerville Theatre, spent time visiting the protestors at ``Camp Casey'' near President Bush's Crawford, Texas, ranch, during the August vigil of Sheehan and her fellow anti-war activists. Today, at a youthful 64, Baez says it is the current cultural landscape that is changing her. ![]() Martin Scorcese's recent Bob Dylan documentary film was a stirring reminder of how this young queen of the folk revival was among the most influential performers of the early 1960s. Joan Baez once changed America's cultural landscape. ![]() Latest anti-war movement finds Baez in fighting form She covered songs by her mentor and partner Bob Dylan, including "With God on Our Side" and "It's All Over Now, Baby Blue." Woody Guthrie was remembered with the grief-laden "Deportee." She did two by fellow social critic Steve Earle, including a devastatingly ironic "Christmas in Washington."Įlvis Costello's "The Scarlet Tide" showcased the shades and tones in her voice, while Gillian Welch's murder ballad, "Caleb Meyer," allowed her to be more percussive and dramatic. She is one of the finest interpreters of traditional and modern folk repertoires. That didn't change throughout a magical two-hour set delivered to a packed, enraptured house. She walked briskly onstage Thursday at Harrisburg's Whitaker Center with backing musicians Graham Maby and Eric Della Penna in tow and stepped to the microphone to sing a hymnlike and somber "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down." She was flawless. Baez's voice, passion shine on in concertĪ few songs into a performance by 1960s icon and longtime social activist Joan Baez and you find yourself fresh out of superlatives. ![]()
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