Joan Baez on her farewell tour: Music can move people to do things

American folk singer Joan Baez is on her farewell tour Fare Thee Well performing what is expected to be her last album, 'Whistle Down the Wind'. Why so many lasts? "I’m phasing out and wanted to choose something to bookend my first album. The first [album] was a traditional folk song – the girl lost out. In the last, which was written for me, she turns round and kills the guy" she says about the album. About being on optimist or a pessimist: "You have to measure what you do in little victories that reintroduce compassion and empathy". Can music change anything?: "Music lifts the spirits, crosses boundaries and can move people to do things they would not otherwise have done". After she finishes the tour she will - paint and dance... Guardian...