Day After Tomorrow (CD - 2008)

From her younger days as an early trumpeter of Bob Dylan's genius to her subsequent championing of great, under-recognized songwriters like Richard Shindell, Joan Baez has always known how to pick material. DAY AFTER TOMORROW shows that 50 years into her recording career she retains that ability. Aided by an appealingly sparse, acoustic-based Steve Earle production, she tackles tunes by great contemporary tunesmiths like Thea Gilmore, Elvis Costello, Patty Griffin, Tom Waits, and Earle himself. As with Joni Mitchell in latter years, time has done Baez a service by bringing her once-birdlike tone down to a throatier, more intimate area that only adds to her interpretive abilities, and whatever the source, she manages to make every song her own. minimize