Mimi Fariña: Beyond the Baez Name...

Mimi Fariña: Beyond the Baez Name

Unveiling the Legends: Dolls of the 60s & 70s por Emma Rosa Katharina & Abigail Devoe

Notas del episodio

“For rising of the women

Means the rising of the race.

No more the drudge and idler,

Ten that toil where one reposes,

But the sharing of life's glories,

Bread and roses, bread and roses.”

Mimi Fariña spent most of her life living in someone else’s shadow. First, she was the kid sister of folk music’s Mother Mary, Joan Baez. Then, she was one half of a duo with her husband Richard Fariña; a mysterious and handsome writer cut down in his prime. Mimi refused to let these larger-than-life figures dictate her story. She found her own voice and her life’s work, establishing her nonprofit Bread & Roses to bring music to isolated communities in the San Fransisco Bay Area, and found her purpose in tragedy.

Plus, the Dolls Pod gives…hot takes on classic literature and film? Emma and Abby talk about the difficul ... 

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