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Joan Baez On Her Farewell Tour And Grappling With A Voice That's 'Harder To Control'

"The fact is the vocal cords are a muscle, and they're tired," Baez tells Here & Now's Robin Young. The folk singer's "Fare Thee Well" tour will be her last.
Joan Baez performs on stage during a concert on July 25, 2018 in Vienna, Austria. (Herbert Pfarrhofer/AFP/Getty Images)

Iconic folk singer Joan Baez begins the North American leg of her “Fare Thee Well” tour Tuesday. Baez has announced that the tour, which is scheduled to go through May 2019, will be the last of her nearly 60-year performing career.

‘s Robin Young talks with Baez () about that decision and her latest album, “.”

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