Joan Baez

While this two-record live set will delight Baez devotees, it is not likely to win new friends
or influence new people. To succeed, a live album must have a higher energy level than a
studio set, which was the aesthetic logic behind the release of Dylan's crude but thrilling
Before the Flood. On this part acoustic, part electric album, Baez's singing is often frayed
and she contributes no new excitement or interpretive dimension to material sh... More >