Diamonds & Rust in the Bullring

Diamonds & Rust in the Bullring
Live album by
ReleasedDecember 1988
RecordedBilbao, Spain, 1988
GenreFolk
Length36:19
LabelGold Castle
ProducerAlan Abrahams
Joan Baez chronology
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Diamonds & Rust in the Bullring is a Joan Baez album, recorded live in the bullring of Bilbao, Spain. It featured twelve songs, six of which were performed in English, five in Spanish and one - "Txoria Txori" - in Basque. Most of the songs had been performed and recorded by Baez previously, with the exception of Leonard Cohen's "Famous Blue Raincoat", Sting's "Ellas Danzan Solas" and the aforementioned Basque number.

"Gracias a la Vida" is a duet with singer Mercedes Sosa.

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