Joe's comment in last post, "Liberal political music is an important part of the folk tradition, but I think it can be off-putting to some."   This is quite true. I used to see Joan Baez in concerts a number of times over the years because I loved her voice, just loved to hear her sing besides just listening to her albums at home. So although I knew she would probably get into her political views at the concert, I still went to hear her sing. However, sometimes she would be "off-putting" and sometimes I felt she could go on a bit too much at a concert venue about her politics during the 60's & 70's.
And yes, I did know this about her beforehand but was just hoping at each concert that she would not go into this big political talk too much. Even though I was leaning more towards conservative views, I still would not want to hear a singer go on too much on their conservative views either at a concert.

I loved to hear her sing - she was one of my favorite folk singers.
Her voice to me was just stunning and this beautiful soaring soprano folk voice in the 60's, 70's, etc.