Joan Baez watched the mayor of Charleston, S.C., work himself to the point of tears. Joan Baez during one of her final concerts at the Royal Albert Hall in London. It was Joan Baez playing Joan Baez, the woman being the legend; and somehow — after incalculable changes to the music industry, the splintering of social movements, the dislodging of protest anthems from their central role in activist culture — that still mattered. There were no hit records, no Joan Baez videos on MTV. Joan Baez isn’t so sure she’s done enough, though.

Source: Washington Post August 27, 2018 15:34 UTC