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Joan Baez turns 70. A myth!

Joan Baez has turned 70 years (January 9) and more 'than 50 of his career (his debut at the Newport Festival and' the 1959) while, through San Remo, his name is going to come around in the great chronicle of Italian music because 'Here's to You - The Ballad of Sacco and Vanzetti (written in 1972 Ennio Morricone's music for the film by Giuliano Montaldo) will be 'sung by Emma and Fashion' in the evening dedicated to Unit 150 years' of Italy. Coincidence (and who knows' what it thinks' her) that obviously little impact on the story of an artist who remains a symbol of freedom for '.

In the 60s and Joan 'was the queen of that folk revival that was the epicenter of Greenwich Village in New York and Bob Dylan as a singer ever, that just 50 years ago, on January 24, 1961, began to sing, cold and penniless, at the Cafe Wha? of MacDougal Street. When the two met and engaged then she was a star and he was a talented young man in search of success. And the first successes came after the Baez sang the songs of mr. Zimmermam (the real name of Dylan). She was the female performer perfect for the repertoire of Pete Seeger, Woody Guthrie, Phil Ochs, both for his skill as an interpreter for his personality 'out of the ordinary.

The '60s have seen in the forefront of the struggle for civil rights for blacks, women and against Vietnam (her husband was jailed for draft dodging) and it is not 'a case that has participated in the festival Woodstock. From this point of view, Baez holds a record since this was the only artist in Woodstock, the concert for Bangladesh in 1971 (the first mega-benefit concert in history) and Live Aid, where open 'part of Philadelphia. In his resume, there are some historical appearances in some of the most 'important events for freedom' and civil rights in America.

With the development of the market, has lost the role of star, but it 's never entered the drift of the artist in decline and his prestige and' still intact. A few years ago, in 2006, his last concert at the Auditorium of Rome, 'was a triumph, signed by the entire audience singing We Shall Overcome. His resume as an activist and 'rich as that of the artist: human rights, defense of gays and lesbians, the environment, the war in Iraq, the death penalty, poverty' are campaigning actively defended by Joan Baez around the world. In 2008 he supported the election U.S. President Barak Obama. His last action and militant 'was in favor of Iranian student protests: why has recorded a version of We Shall Overcome "with some verses in Persian and put it on the Internet.

The official site of the singer