Pete Seeger

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• Merry fucking Christmas

  
  The Bristol Blogger — Authority: 123
  To all our readers. Pete Seeger: Posted in Culture, Politics Tagged: Pete Seeger, We Shall Overcome
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• Poetry as an Organizing Tool? Oh , Yeah!

  
  Principled Profit — Authority: 116
  For the last 28 years, I’ve lived in or just outside Northampton, Massachusetts. About ten years ago, Northampton established the position of City Poet Laureate, with a two-year term. Until two years ago, the post was mostly ceremonial. The official poet would occasionally show up and read a poem to mark some event ...
  4 days ago

• Circular Reasoning

  
  World of Julie — Authority: 121
  Ah, how I long for the days when you could just run in circles and it would pass for dancing.
  4 days ago

• Bob Dylan Is Here- Somewhere - A Film Review Of "Im Not There"

  
  AMERICAN LEFT HISTORY — Authority: 144
  Click on the title to link to YouTubes interview of the movie "Im Not There" by Todd Haynes DVD Review I’m Not There, starring Cate Blanchett, Richard Gere, Heath Legers and others, 2007 If you want Bob Dylan at the beginning, the middle (or middles) and as he moves toward the end of his career this film is ...
  1 week ago

• After Copenhagen: Where have all the flowers gone?

  
  Blowin' In The Wind — Authority: 430
  Heres an elegy to the Copenhagen climate conference --- written and sung a long time ago. Where have all the flowers gone? Long time passing. Where have all the flowers gone? Long time ago. Its one of my favourite songs --- and here it is sung by Peter, Paul and Mary; Pete Seeger; Joan Baez; and Marlene ...
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• The Leonard Cohen & Pete Seeger Versions Of Les Rices "Banks of Marble"

  
  Heck Of A Guy — Authority: 521
  1972 – Leonard Cohen Sings “Banks Of Marble”Leonard Cohen performed “Banks Of Marble” in Frankfurt on April 6, 19721The tone of the event is made clear by Cohen’s opening address to the audience:2I think it was exactly two years ago today,that I sang here, for the, the four studentsat Kent University,… ...
  2 weeks ago

• Tom Waits, Pete Seeger and More Contribute to Preservation Hall Charity Album

  
  Spinner — Authority: 733
  Filed under: News , New Music , Exclusive Pete Seeger , Steve Earle , Merle Haggard , Tom Waits , Andrew Bird , My Morning Jacket s Jim James , Jason Isbell and Paolo Nutini are only a handful of the acts that sat in with New Orleans Preservation Hall Jazz Band over the past year. For those ...
  2 weeks ago

• *The Roots Is The Toots-A Labor Of Love- Harry Smiths "Anthology Of American Folk Music"

  
  AMERICAN LEFT HISTORY — Authority: 144
  Click on title to link to Wikipedias entry for Harry Smiths "Anthology Of American Folk Music" and links to the 80 plus songs in the anthology. Wow! CD Review Harry Smiths Anthology Of American Folk Music, various artists, six CD set plus booklet, Smithsonian/Folkways, 1997 It is no secret that the reviewer in ...
  2 weeks ago

• Died On This Date (December 6, 1949) Huddie “Lead Belly” Ledbetter

  
  The Music's Over — Authority: 142
  Lead Belly (Born Huddie Ledbetter0January 20, 1888 – December 6, 1949Huddie Ledbetter, or as he was better known, Leadbelly (which he spelled, Lead Belly) was a Louisiana-born folk and blues singer, songwriter and musician whose catalog of songs included many that have since become folk and blues standards.  That ...
  3 weeks ago

• Rock and Roll History Lesson for December 4th

  
  Rock and Roll Guru — Authority: 139
  Today’s Rock and Roll History Lesson includes Led Zeppelin, The Byrds, Tommy Bolin, Frank Zappa and Southside Johnny & the Asbury Jukes. Have fun and enjoy the video .
  3 weeks ago

• * Another Figure From The 1960s Folk Revival Passes From The Scene- Folklorist Bess Lomax Hawes

  
  AMERICAN LEFT HISTORY — Authority: 144
  Click on title to link to "The Boston Globe" obituary for Bess Lomax Hawes, an important secondary fixture on the folk revival circuit in the 1950s and 1960s and co-writer of the famous "The MTA Song" . From The Charlie On The MTA Web site: Charlie on the MTA ...
  3 weeks ago

• KEXP Documentaries: Civil Rights Songs – “We Shall Overcome”

  
  The KEXP Blog — Authority: 436
  Our current series for KEXP Documentaries is Civil Rights Songs . Pete Seeger was a leading activist in the fight for unions in the 1940’s. In the 50’s his folk band The Weavers were blacklisted — forbidden to play any commercial gigs — for being part of the communist party. The Weavers broke up in 1952, ...
  3 weeks ago

• The Obama Afghanistan Plan Song of the Day

  
  Tome of the Unknown Writer — Authority: 114
  Speculation has run rampant around the globe in anticipation of President Barack Obamas planned speech tonight detailing his "new" plan for Afghanistan. With Britains PM Gordon Brown already announcing his intentions to send more British troops to the country, it is all but a foregone conclusion that President Obama ...
  3 weeks ago

• *Once Again, On The 1960s Folk Revival- The Roots Is The Toots

  
  AMERICAN LEFT HISTORY — Authority: 144
  Click on to title to link to YouTubes film clip of Fairport Conventions (that includes Sandy Denny and Richard Thompson, I believe) performance of the classic ballad, "Matty Grove". CD Review Folk Classics: Roots of American Folk Music, various artists, CBS Records, 1989 Okay, so I have gone through Harry ...
  4 weeks ago

• Arlo Guthrie and family have two apearances this weekend: Carnegie Hall and NJPAC

  
  OntheWilderSide — Authority: 440
  On this Saturday after Thanksgiving, November 28, 2009, Arlo Guthrie and his family will be performing at Carnegie Hall. My guess is, it would be nearly impossible to get tickets if you don’t have them already. The Carnegie Hall tradition dates back to Pete Seeger and the Weavers. Although, Arlo Guthrie has been ...
  4 weeks ago

• RIP, Bess Lomax Hawes (November 27, 2009) Folk Musician & Folklorist

  
  The Music's Over — Authority: 142
  Bess Lomax HawesJanuary 21, 1921 – November 27, 2009Bess Lomax Hawes was a folk musician, educator and folklorist.  As the daughter and sister of noted folk historians, John A. Lomax and Alan Lomax, Hawes was never far from the American folk music that she would eventually build her life around.  After graduating ...
  4 weeks ago

• Old Time Rock ‘N’ Roll

  
  OurStage Blog — Authority: 439
  Nashvilles Buffalo Clover Roots music isn’t synonymous with the stripped down sounds of Pete Seeger or Woody Guthrie though those two are widely credited as the fathers of American roots music. In fact, the genre’s massive legacy includes bluegrass, jazz, gospel, country, even vaudeville. Hailing from Nashville, ...
  4 weeks ago

• Cotten Pickin

  
  Myfanwy's Journal — Authority: 116
  It seems inevitable that today would go by with out a mention of President Kennedys assassination. As the population ages, and that includes me too, it lessens in importance and becomes a moment in history. As hard as you may find this to believe the same thing will happen about the bombing on 911. We have become so ...
  5 weeks ago

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