The Greenwich Village folk revival scene represents a fascinating chapter in American history. Seemingly, everyone in the land with a guitar and an outlook of peace and love descended on the borough, and it can be said that from there, the 1960s began in earnest.

Joan Baez epitomises everything about that tough but sanguine page in culture more than most. She was an artist and a visionary, with Kris Kristofferson commenting, “She’s probably the most intelligent singer-songwriter that I ever saw.” That mattered given the might of what she had placed herself up against.