Audio CD review:
Joan Baez - Diamonds & Rust

Joan Baez - Diamonds & Rust

Band: Joan Baez Title: Diamonds & Rust Rating: Release Date: 24 February, 2003 Media: Audio CD Tracks: 1: Diamonds And Rust 2: Fountain Of Sorrow 3: Never Dreamed You'd Leave In Summer 4: Children And All That Jazz 5: Simple Twist Of Fate 6: Blue Sky 7: Hello In There 8: Jesse 9: Winds Of The Old Days 10: Dida 11: I Dream Of Jeannie/Danny Boy (Medley)

Editoral Review The title track (and, to a much lesser degree, "Dida" and "Children and All That Jazz") showcases her songwriting, but the intimate spin she puts on the music of others is what makes this the remarkable work it is. Perhaps the most outstanding folk album of the 1970s, this collection represents Baez's blossoming from a girlish folk icon into a mature interpreter of folk music. On Jackson Browne's "Fountain of Sorrow," Dylan's "Simple Twist of Fate" and John Prine's "Hello in There," the purity of Baez's clear soprano (deeper and mellower than on her early albums) expresses the gentle pains of nostalgia and what-might-have-been. The medley of "Jeannie with the Light Brown Hair/Danny Boy" reminds us that no matter what other directions she moves in, Baez will always be a masterful singer of traditional folk music. --Barrie Trinkle --This text refers to the Audio CD edition. .. You can see a complete list of all Joan Baez discography, or go back to the Joan Baez tabs