One of the great US folk singers, as well as one of the country’s most committed and astute activists, Joan Baez is now the subject of a new documentary, Joan Baez: I Am a Noise, which charts her final tour and the richness of her 82-year life. Ahead of its US release on 6 October, she is joining us to answer your questions – post them in the comments below.
Born in New York City with her heritage stretching to Mexico and Scotland, Baez had a similarly cosmopolitan childhood with her father’s work for Unesco taking her across the world. She was inspired by US folk singers such as Pete Seeger, and her music career began in the clubs and coffee houses of Boston, earning a record contract after she was spotted at the Newport folk festival in 1959.
