Diamonds and Rust

Soul Music by BBC

Oct 12, 202427:51Society & Culture

“Well, I'll be damned, Here comes your ghost again…” Joan Baez, also known as the "Queen of Folk", is halfway through writing a song one day when she gets a call from Bob Dylan. It’s 1974; almost 10 years after their rel...

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