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Benefit Concert for NYC Folk Music Exhibit
A benefit concert featuring Pete Seeger and other folk singers, musicians and writers will be held at the New York Academy of Medicine on Thursday, June 20th. The concert will benefit an upcoming folk...
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Toshi Seeger Passes
Young Toshi, photo by Gene Deitch © Toshi-Aline Ohta Seeger, wife of folk music icon Pete Seeger, passed away overnight on Tuesday, July 9th. She was a mother, an organizer, an activist and filmmaker …...
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We’ve just received confirmation that Pete Seeger, our friend, mentor, founder and hero, passed a few hours ago of natural causes at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital. We are working to gather details, and...
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Sing Out! Mourns the Passing of Pete Seeger
l-r: Mark Moss, Pete Seeger & Roger Deitz at Sing Out!’s induction into the People’s Hall of Fame. Last night, at around 9:30 pm, Pete Seeger passed on. He was 94, so it shouldn’t have been a huge...
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Listen to a Pete Seeger Interview Radio Special
In the fall of 2008, Matt Watroba (then the host) interviewed Pete for a special feature for The Sing Out! Radio Magazine. The interview, interwoven with lots of recordings of Pete’s songs, both by...
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Honoring the Past and Carrying Traditions Forward
Back in 1971, the late Harry Chapin created a notable song called “Circle.” Originally written for his brother Tom’s TV show “Make a Wish,” the song has entered our folk canon partially due to the...
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Unfinished Business
The weekend prior to Pete Seeger’s passing at the age of 94, an ironic, and in retrospect, provocative call came from Oscar Brand. This before I had any knowledge of Pete’s illness. “Hello Roger, this...
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The Seegers and the Ramones – WFDU-FM’s TRADITIONS playlist and program notes...
WFDU-FM’s TRADITIONS July 13, 2014 HOST: Ron Olesko Two musical “families” were showcased on today’s show, the Ramones and the Seegers. Starting a show with a memorial tribute to a member of the...
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ROBERT ELFSTROM: Pete Seeger: A Song and A Stone
Robert Elfstrom Pete Seeger: A Song and A Stone Weinderworld Dvd www.weinerworld.com View Pete Seeger: A Song and a Stone for a slew of engaging glimpses of one of the greatest Americans...
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I spent Sunday morning with Pete Seeger thanks to YouTube and the good folks of the San Francisco Folk Music Club circa 1980. As a performer and organizer dedicated to spreading the joy of community...
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ROOTS OF THE REVIVAL: American and British Folk Music in the 1950s
Ronald D. Cohen and Rachel Clare Robinson Roots of the Revival: American and British Folk Music in the 1950s University of Illinois Press 978-0-252-08012-8 www.press.uillinois.edu From...
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VARIOUS ARTISTS: Songs of the Spanish Civil War
VARIOUS ARTISTS Songs of the Civil War Smithsonian/Folkways www.folkways.si.edu The Spanish Civil War, often referred to as the “dress rehearsal” for World War II, was waged between 1936...
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Stephen Colbert Ends The Colbert Report
Stephen Colbert is ending his long-running comedy show, The Colbert Report, tonight. Although, not a music show per se, the Report has been home to plenty of artists, such as Pete Seeger, Bruce...
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Delia / Delia’s Gone: A Digital Compendium, 1900 – 1992
Fahm Street, west side. Row houses built around 1850 – Frances Benjamin Johnston, ca. 1939 Farm (now Fahm) St. runs parallel to Ann St. in Yamacraw neighborhood, Savannah According to John Garst,...
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Murder Ballad Comedy, Part Three: “Fertile Liza”
“Yes, the long memory is the most radical idea in this country. It is the loss of that long memory which deprives our people of that connective flow of thoughts and events that clarifies our vision,...
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“When that great ship went down”: A Titanic Playlist, Part 1
Detail from New York Yiddish paper Der Groyser Kundes, April 16, 1912. The musicians are depicted as playing “Nearer, my God, to thee.” (public domain collection of the New York Public LIbrary) “The...
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Podcast: Sing Out! Some Great SingalongsEpisode #17-34 | airing 8-23-17
When I was a kid my family loved to sing. My Sister had a lovely soprano voice and my Dad sang all these out dated silly songs that at the time embarrassed me. Now I’d give anything to hear him sing...
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Podcast: Celebration of LaborEpisode #17-35 | airing 8-30-17
In honor of Labor Day, I’ve collected some rare and better known songs about the labor struggle. Today many of us take for granted the great strides made by the labor movement, improving the lives of...
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Pete Seeger Statue Unveiled in Teaneck, New Jersey
Seeger statue with sculptor Gary Sussman (and wife, Barbara) On Saturday May 5, 2018 the Puffin Cultural Forum in Teaneck, New Jersey publicly unveiled a statue honoring the life and work of Pete...
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Kids’ Stuff & More Episode #18-24 | airing 06-13-18
The kids in my neighborhood have finally ended the school year (after making up quite a bit of time due to the winter weather). It’s the perfect time of the year for the family to gather around the old...
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