Sweet Relief to Honor Joan Baez With Benefit Concert Also Featuring Hozier, Emmylou Harris, Bonnie Raitt and More
variety.comJem Aswad Executive Editor, Music The Sweet Relief Musicians Fund, which provides services and financial assistance for career musicians and professionals, will pay tribute to legendary singer Joan Baez with a benefit concert at the Masonic Auditorium in San Francisco on Feb.
8. Confirmed performers include Baez, Emmylou Harris, Hozier, Rosanne Cash, Margo Price, Bonnie Raitt, Tom Morello, Joe Henry, Lucinda Williams, and Taj Mahal, with surprise guests and additional performers to be announced shortly.
Tickets for the event will be on sale December 20. Baez has endured as a musical force of nature for over six decades, with an unwavering commitment to social activism and the arts.
Her classic early 1960s folk recordings attracted a generation who carried songs like “House Of the Rising Sun” and “Babe, I’m Gonna Leave You” into the rock lexicon.
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