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Joan Baez

Broken Record with Rick Rubin, Malcolm Gladwell, Bruce Headlam and Justin Richmond

CHAPTER

The Importance of Censorship in Music

I was banned in Argentina, Chile and Brazil. I'm happy to say that when he was banned from radio and TV, that I had a chance to do my bit for him When this Hootenanny show invited me on. And they did. Was there a particular song that he was banned for? I don't think so. He couldn't sing anything anywhere. Do you think it was specifically for speaking out against war? It was during those years of McCarthy just before or just after or during the Vietnam War. You know, their countries where my songs have been banned and I've been banned is sort of a badge of honor.

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