Overview
- Baez turns 85 on January 9, 2026, after six decades as a defining voice of American protest music.
- In a 2025 TV appearance, she warned that U.S. democracy is “going up in flames” and said the country is run by “really incompetent billionaires.”
- Recent reporting says her political anger has drawn her back into public action, including singing at demonstrations, writing a poem, and planning new protest songs.
- She has largely stepped back from the stage since a 2019 farewell tour, releasing her most recent album in 2018 and fronting a 2023 autobiographical documentary.
- Her legacy was forged in the 1960s, notably singing “We Shall Overcome” at the 1963 Civil Rights March and helping introduce Bob Dylan to wider audiences.