Saw this icon at Warwick University last night. It was such a refreshing concert, probably due to my own age but it was so good to see someone so at ease with herself and with the plus of such a magnetic personality.

I was somewhat in awe of someone who has addressed every war, civil rights and whatever issue through the turbulent 60's and onward, yet she was so available to the whole audience who shouted the song they wanted to hear and even 'Joan still rocks!', she was so unflappable and with no trace of ego.

She still sounds etheral and haunting even though she admits she can no longer sing in such a high register, and her guitar playing is phenominal. As I currently learning to play the banjo I just could not keep my eyes of her and her 2 support musicians as they fretted with the greatest of ease!

She also is very, very funny. As she was re-tuning and apologising about it saying 'it comes with the territory', someone shouted 'tell us about the Grammys' which she did with much humour ending on, 'the greatest acheiveent [she got a Lifetime Acheivement Award] of the evening was to get on the stage in high heels'. When introduing her next track she said that when playing it to young people she realised that they had no frame of reference so she would say, 'I sang this at Woodstock'. The audience went wild.

She did an encore and then at the very end, on the stage alone and the with her fans wanting Amazing Grace, she said she would only sing it if we did to, and so we did with her conducting and guiding us. So in March 2007 I got to sing with the marvellous Joan Baez!