There's an ecological argument to be made here as well (not that any consumption of music comes without a fair chunk of carbon being chucked out there).

That is thoroughly sh1te news.  Poor Ralph et al.

With added Swarb, as well...one of the few post-85 releases I enjoy too.

Steeleye Span - Taliesin Theatre, Swansea. Good selection of songs from across the band's long history - finishing with Thomas The Rhymer and encoring with 'That Song', as Maddy called it. Really enjoyable evening, the first time I've seen Athena Octavia on fiddle, very good, too - and she has a decent voice, also. Long may they continue.

Acoustically Down Under. Terrific (almost literally) slab of vinyl, and edges out the contemporaneous Old, New, Borrowed and Blue. OOAA.

I'm surprised that anyone would cover such a personal and autobiographic song.

Jules

The Judas Priest version of Diamonds & Rust is also pretty good...

Yes isn't it.   I first heard it on a LP of Joan's Greatest Hits in the early 80s and I still have that record.

Great song. I just played it again after reading your post.

Jules

Various people talking about the Joan Baez  song 'Diamonds and Rust',  on radio 4  Soul Music  programme .

I'm pleased and somewhat surprised  I'm still able to like this song after some 40 years since first hearing it.  Other people's accounts of its personal significance are somewhat superfluous, but heck, let people enthuse.