

#DIAMONDS AND RUST ABOUT BOB DYLAN FULL#
They're still as imaginative and full of humor as ever. Baez is often regarded as an interpreter of other people's work, and on this album she covered songs by. Sparks are brothers Ron and Russell Mael, and I'd never imagined that these two creative souls would still be making music more than 50 years since I first heard them. 22.7K subscribers 23M views 10 years ago Diamonds & Rust is a 1975 album by Joan Baez. The band's new album, Everything Is Alive, which arrives later this summer, is filled with poetic observations quite present in the first single, "Eliza I See." Her debut album, Sisters of White Chapel, is inspired by the stories of Victorian women in the late 1900s who came north during the Klondike Gold Rush to Alaska and the Yukon Territory in Canada.īeautiful harmonies and melodies that linger in my brain are what I love about the group Darlingside. Baez is often regarded as an interpreter of other people's work, and on this album she covered songs by Bob Dyl. Juneau, Ala.-based musician Annie Bartholomew tells tales with a love of folk traditions. Diamonds & Rust is a 1975 album by Joan Baez. The versions on this record are fascinating, including the song you'll hear, "When I Paint My Masterpiece." Shadow Kingdom is the name of this project it's both a film and an album. I begin this edition of All Songs Considered with Bob Dylan reimagining songs from the early part of his long career. pop singles chart and as aforementioned served as the title song on her gold-selling album Diamonds & Rust. It’s become a family affair.Top row, left to right: Buck Meek, Annie Bartholomew, Bob Dylan Bottom row, left to right: Darlingside, Sparks Diamonds and Rust was a top 40 hit on the U.S. She sang one of her songs and Lana cried.

I would have been so nervous, but she did. We introduced them at dinner, and she said, ‘Jasmine, maybe after the show, you can play something for me.’ I don’t know how she did it. “And she wanted to sing on ‘Diamonds and Rust,’ so we did. My granddaughter sings and writes songs. Some of them bring their parents,'” she recalled, laughing. She said, ‘Will you sing at my concert?’ And I said, ‘Yeah, but your average age at the concert is about 14.’ And she said, ‘Oh, it’s okay. “She appreciates what I’ve done, what I sing. “She’s a lovely lady,” Baez said of Del Rey last fall. As she frequently did prior to her retirement, Baez updated the line of “Ten years ago I bought you some cufflinks,” to “50 years ago I bought you some cufflinks.” She followed the performance with “Don’t Think Twice, It’s All Right,” covering a song written by the subject of her masterpiece. It was written in November, 1974, recorded in January, 1975 and released in April. But Baez lending a hand was particularly fitting for Del Rey: not only was she inspired by the folk legend, but NFR was steeped in imagery of Los Angeles in the Seventies - right when Baez recorded Diamonds and Rust.Īs shown in the video above, they sang the Bob Dylan-influenced title track in Berkeley that fall, harmonizing as Baez plucked the guitar. Diamonds and Rust was written, composed and performed by Joan Baez. In the meantime, let’s revisit one of her greatest performances from 2019: “Diamonds and Rust” with Joan Baez.ĭel Rey made many stops on her Norman Fucking Rockwell tour unique by inviting musicians to join her onstage, from Best Coast to Chris Isaak to Sean Ono Lennon. The song has a much more bittersweet undertone once I listen to it again with that knowledge.

The song narrates her feelings and memories as Dylan calls her about ten years after the events later sung about occurred. It’s hard not to get excited about how many songs she’ll have under her belt by the time she returns to the stage, but that might be a while. The meaning of Diamonds and Rust centers around Joan Baez’s relationship with Bob Dylan. 'Following the Dylan/Baez duets, Dylan exits the. Posted Octo Reviewed by Ekua Hagan Those of us in our sixties veterans of the sixties had to be moved by the PBS. Questions immediately arise: is this a different album than the previously announced Rock Candy Sweet, or another one altogether? What about that LP of standards and classics? Also, is that really the new album cover?Įither way, Blue Banisters will reportedly arrive on Independence Day, her third record within a year (if you count the spoken word LP Violet Bent Backwards over the Grass). Joan Baez performing 'Diamonds And Rust' at War Memorial Auditorium Plymouth, MA on (Bob Dylan & RollingThunderRevue ). Joan Baez and Bob Dylans love affair captures a generation. On Tuesday, Lana Del Rey announced a quick follow-up to last month’s Chemtrails Over the Country Club, proving she’s churning out pandemic releases just as fast as Neil Young.
