Mimi Fariña: Beyond the Baez Name

“Now, how different can two girls be and want to do the same thing?”

The Dolls Podcast presents our first of TWO episodes about two lovely sisters! Mimi Farina

“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.

Pictured, L-R: Mimi Farina, "Big Joan," Bob Dylan, and Joan Baez

Mimi and Richard Farina at the 1965 Newport Folk Festival

Mimi and Richard Farina's wedding, 8/1963

Joan Baez and Mimi Farina

Mimi Farina and Tom Jans

Plus, the Dolls Pod gives…hot takes on classic literature and film? Emma and Abby talk about the difficulties of adapting Wuthering Heights, and Emma loves a slow film but declares Gone With The Wind is an hour too long. Do you agree? mimi farina podcast

Featuring music by Mimi and Richard Fariña, Joan Baez, Bob Dylan, Pete Seeger and more 🌹

Unveiling the Legends: Dolls of the 60s and 70s is available wherever you stream your podcasts

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