Tag: Josh Ritter

NPR's Ari Shapiro spoke with musician Joan Baez in February about her first Grammy nomination in 1962 and her newest album, "Whistle Down the Wind." BAEZ: The first album had the song "Silver Dagger" on it, this famous, famous old folk song ballad. We made it in three visits of three days each, which is how I like to work - fast (laughter). And in that time, there were songs that everybody sang together at protests, some of them your songs. SHAPIRO: Yeah. BAEZ: (Singing) So on that day and in that place, the president sang "Amazing Grace." BAEZ: (Laughter) Seriously. Yeah, if it weren't so beautiful, it's too dark to sing. SHAPIRO: (Laughter) Still working on it 50 years later, huh? BAEZ: Thank you.