Mimi Fariña: The reluctant folk icon

Mimi Fariña: The reluctant folk icon

Mimi Fariña is remembered in the cultural consciousness for her evocative guitar stylings on her albums recorded with her husband, Richard, her restorative work with her non-profit, Bread and Roses, and, perhaps most often, for being the younger sister of Joan Baez, notably, standing apart in her talents, even in the wake of the cult-followed contemporaries she shared, becoming a folk icon in her own right. Mimi was born Margarita Mimi Baez Fari…