Where Are You Now, My Son?

album by Baez

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The album Where Are You Now, My Son? by Joan Baez was released in 1973. The title track is a 23-minute spoken-word piece that incorporates sound clips Baez recorded during the United States' bombing of Hanoi. Baez, an American folksinger and political activist, gained prominence in the 1960s for her involvement in the folk music revival and her commitment to social and political causes. She used her music to advocate for civil rights and protest the Vietnam War.12

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…track of her 1973 album Where Are You Now, My Son? chronicles the experience; it is a 23-minute spoken-word piece punctuated with sound clips that Baez recorded during the bombing.
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…track of her 1973 album Where Are You Now, My Son? chronicles the experience; it is a 23-minute spoken-word piece punctuated with sound clips that Baez recorded during the bombing.
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