Re Joan Baez ... I recently bought "Ring Them Bells" and really like it ... I like the various female musicians who are singing with her, e.g., Indigo Girls, Janice Ian, Mary Chapin Carpenter. I truly wish I could find tapes/cds of her early recordings; mine were ruined in a "move." I can empathize with her because as much as I love trad songs, I like other genres as well, and I like singing them. When folk music started to wain in the 70's, I ventured into alternative rock, e.g., Bonnie Raitt, James Taylor, Carly Simon, Eric Kaz; then it was show tunes, and torch songs, then nothing for a while. Now, almost 30 years later I'm back singing what I love best ... folk music. I think it's that "circle game" thing ... Jenny