Pete Seeger

Howie Richmond (1917-2012): Music Publishing Pioneer With a Big Heart

Michael Sigman | Posted 05.28.2012

Read More: Traffic, Howie Richmond, Pink Floyd, Lead Belly, Woody Guthrie, Carl Sigman, Charles Aznavour, Anthony Newley, Pete Seeger, Johnny Mercer, Guy Lombardo, Shel Silverstein, Howie Richmond Dead, Video, Entertainment News

You may not know the name Howie Richmond, but without him, it's likely you'd have never gotten to know the music of Woody Guthrie, Pete Seeger, Lead Belly and many other essential figures in American and European popular music.

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My Pete Seeger Spring: A Visit to Say Thanks

Raffi Cavoukian | Posted 05.11.2012

Read More: Singer-Songwriter, Pete Seeger, Social Justice, Folk Music, Pete Seeger Clearwater, Entertainment News

I told Pete I'd come to say thank you for all that he had given me over the years. For the way his songs had stirred me and got me singing them. For the example of courage in his life that inspired me and filled me with awe.

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Happy Birthday, Pete Seeger

Peter Dreier | Posted 05.03.2012

Read More: Almanac Singers, Tom Morello, Where Have All the Flowers Gone? Woody Guthrie, Pete Seeger, Folk Music, Nobel Peace Prize, If I Had a Hammer, Bob Dylan, Joan Baez, Ani DiFranco, Weavers, Bruce Springsteen, Newport Folk Festival, Pete Seeger Birthday, Politics News

Today is Pete Seeger's 93rd birthday. What's an appropriate gift for the most influential folk artist of the 20th century? A few years ago some of Pete's fans launched a campaign to nominate him for the Nobel Peace Prize. It is time to resurrect that effort.

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Woody Guthrie's Los Angeles

Peter Dreier | Posted 04.10.2012

Surely if Guthrie -- best known for "This Land Is Your Land," often considered America's alternative national anthem -- were alive today, he'd be writing songs about families fighting bank foreclosures, university students protesting tuition increases, workers organizing and people mobilizing for immigrants rights.

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Celebrating Woody Guthrie: Chatting With Arlo Guthrie & Colin Gilmore, Plus a New Multitudes Video Exclusive and More

Mike Ragogna | Posted 05.29.2012

Read More: Colin Gilmore, Arlo Guthrie, Liz Phair, Pete Seeger, Will Johnson, The Animals, Woody Guthrie, Sarah Lee & Johnny, Jay Farrar, Nora Guthrie, Yim Yames, Folk, Cyndi Lauper, The Rondos, Bruce Springsteen, Anders Parker, Video, Entertainment News

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Pete Seeger -- Forever Young At 92 -- Salutes Bob Dylan 50th Anniversary

Martin Lewis | Posted 05.16.2012

Read More: Pete Seeger, Amnesty International, Human Rights, Bob Dylan, Forever Young, Mark Hudson, Martin Lewis, Bruce Springsteen, Video, Entertainment News

It's the 50th anniversary of the release of Bob Dylan's first album. Time may be relative -- but that's a landmark any way you slice it.

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Bruce Springsteen's 'Wrecking Ball': 'Hold Tight To Your Anger'

Jesse Kornbluth | Posted 05.04.2012

Read More: Pete Seeger, Giants Stadium, Wall Street Bonuses, Occupy Movement, Johnny Cash, Bruce Springsteen, Darkness at the Edge of Town, Birn to Run, Wrecking Ball, The Rising, Video, Entertainment News

Polls tell us 51% of Americans believe the bailout of the banks was wrong. An overwhelming majority --- 86% --- disapproves of big bonuses on Wall Str...

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Thanks(giving) Be to God

Cathleen Falsani | Posted 01.23.2012

Read More: Generosity, Thanksgiving Gratitude, Hope, Grateful, Billy Graham, Thanksgiving, Zuccotti Park, Pete Seeger, Desmond Tutu, God, Family, Joy, Religion News

There is so much to be grateful for -- the grand and the mundane, the intimate and the global, the sacred and the supposedly secular. Blessings surround us on all sides. We just need to open our eyes and see them, name them, and say thank you.

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The Occupy Movement: A Familiar Gathering

Pete Mason | Posted 01.15.2012

Read More: Pete Seeger, Tom Morello, Music Festivals, Occupy Wall Street, Arts News

Even though Occupy Wall Street has a festival feel to it, the seriousness of the movement is not to be dismissed in the process.

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Oh Bondage! Up Yours!

Shira Tarrant | Posted 12.24.2011

Read More: Spearhead, Poly Styrene, Kathleen Hanna, The Coup, Rafael Casal, Michael Franti, Henry Rollins, Pete Seeger, Rinku Sen, Occupy Wall Street, Michael Moore, Radiohead, Ubyk, Video, Culture News

Music fuels our anger and buoys our spirit. Lyrics break down the political problems we face. Songs offer solutions and give us hope. That is the foundation for the emerging soundtrack of our era.

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Artist Who Spoke Against Hitler Now Fights Wall Street

AP | By CHRIS TALBOTT | Posted 12.24.2011

Read More: Artists at Occupy Wall Street, Occupy Wallstreet, Pete Seeger at Occupy Wall Street, Occupy Wall Street, Pete Seeger, Occupy Wall St, Pete Seeger Occupy Wall Street, Occupy, #Occupywallstreet, Culture News

-- Tao Rodriguez-Seeger was halfway through Friday night's march down Broadway to support the Occupy Wall Street movement, a guitar strapped over his...

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Music Legends Join Occupy Wall Street, Perform For Protesters

AP | By CRISTIAN SALAZAR | Posted 12.22.2011

Read More: Video, Arlo Guthrie, Occupy Wall Street Protests, Occupy Wall Street, Pete Seeger, Pete Seeger Arlo Guthrie Occupy Wall Street, Pete Seeger Arlo Guthrie, Entertainment News

NEW YORK -- Folk music legend Pete Seeger and `60s folk singer Arlo Guthrie joined Occupy Wall Street demonstrators Friday in their campaign against c...

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Tea Party Protest Music: Still Searching For Their Dylan

AP | By JIM DAVENPORT | Posted 12.10.2011

Read More: Video, Michele Bachmann, Tea Party Music, Billy Blaze, Pete Seeger, Edwinn Starr, Don Fortney, Bob Dylan, Tea Party, Protest Music, Fifty News

BLUFFTON, S.C. -- The tea party activists that packed the room picked up the refrain of a song as they waited for Republican presidential candidate Mi...

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From Woody Guthrie to Little Nut Tree: Chatting With Rob Wasserman and Dan Zanes

Mike Ragogna | Posted 11.18.2011

Read More: Arlo Guthrie, Carol Channing, Charles Mingus, Rob Wasserman, Pete Seeger, G.E. Smith, Dan Zanes, Neil Young, Edie Brickell, Joan Osbourne, Bobby McFerrin, The Blind Boys, Sierra Leone Refugee Allstars, Madeleine Peyroux, Van Dyke Parks, Elvis Costello, Philip Glass, Bruce Hornsby, Matthew Broderick, Lou Reed, Woody Guthri, Chris Whitley, Tom Morello, Suzanne Vega, Studs Terkel, Wilco, Bob Dylan, Robert Johnson, Angelique Kidjo, Sheryl Crow, Del Fuegos, Nora Guthrie, The Grateful Dead, Michael Franti, Jackson Browne, Joni Mitchell, Sharon Jones, Ani DiFranco, Bruce Springsteen, Entertainment News

On Woody Guthrie: "in a short life he saw so much, but he was really present and there with people. I think he's just really vital, not just in his vision, but as a spokesman for America."

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On the Culture Front: Newport Folk Festival

Chris Kompanek | Posted 10.03.2011

Read More: The Decemberists, Fort Adams State Park, Chris Thile, Music Festival, Pete Seeger, Colin Meloy, Newport Folk Festival, Woody Guthrie, Bob Dylan, Elvis Costello, New York News

There's an aura around the Newport Folk Festival that intrigues me -- this is the place after all where Bob Dylan was booed off the stage for going electric -- so I decided to check it out this year.

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From "The Book of Josie" and Beyond: Chatting with Tim Robbins Plus His New EPK

Mike Ragogna | Posted 09.14.2011

Read More: Elaine Pagels, The Gaslight, Dead Man Walking, Bob Roberts, Johnny Cash, The Highwaymen, Pete Seeger, Sister Helen Prejean, Gilbert Robbins, Bob Dylan, Robbie Robertson, Tim Robbins, Tom Waits, Warren Zevon, The Gnostic Gospels, Hal Willner, Cradle Will Rock, Bruce Springsteen, Entertainment News

Tuesday, July 19th, marks Tim Robbins' debut on Savoy's 429 Records with his brand new solo album.

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The Political Bob Dylan

Peter Dreier | Posted 07.24.2011

Read More: Pete Seeger, The Times They Are a-Changin, Folk Music, Phil Ochs, Woody Guthrie, Bob Dylan, Protest Music, Blowin in the Wind, Politics News

Bob Dylan's off-and-on engagement with politics is intriguing. But his peace and justice songs have had a life of their own.

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Stevie Nicks In Your Dreams and Conversations with Matt Nathanson, Roger McGuinn and My Chemical Romance's Gerard Way

Mike Ragogna | Posted 07.19.2011

Read More: Odetta, Michelle Phillips, Terry Melcher, Aerosmith, Bono, The Beach Boys, Easy Rider, John Mayer, Apple, The Troubadour, Dave Carroll, Elvis Costello, Solar Power, The Byrds, Lucinda Williams, Roger McGuinn, Stevie Nicks, Chris Hillman, Kiss, The Englert Theatre, Black Swan, Tom Petty, Elvis Presley, Jennifer Nettles, The Incredible Submarine Band, The Mamas & the Papas, Martin Guitar, U2, Rolling Stone, Gram Parsons, Joni Mitchell, Clive Davis, Frank Sinatra, American Idol, Dave Stewart, Pete Seeger, Kristian Bush, Ted Mack, Harry Chapin, Joan Baez, Rob Cavallo, The Beatles, Bo Diddley, The Weavers, Glen Ballard, David Crosby, Van Halen, Jim Dixon, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, My Chemical Romance, Jason McGerr, Matt Nathanson, Jacques Levy, Gerard Way, Bob Dylan, Iron Maiden, Mikey Way, Shari Lewis, George Michael, Arthur Godfrey, Death Cab for Cutie, The Chipmunks, Randy Newman, Def Leppard, Gene Clark, John Phillips, Bruce Springsteen, Entertainment News

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Never Before Heard Bob Dylan Tapes Discovered In A Basement

Theo Spielberg | Posted 06.12.2011

Read More: Brandeis Folk Festival, The Freewheelin Bob Dylan, Pete Seeger, Rolling Stone, Brandeis University, Ralph J Gleason, The Bootleg Series, Bob Dylan, Entertainment News

In Concert: Brandeis University 1963 captures Bob Dylan at the beginning of his venture into songwriting and shows a man on the precipice of greatness.

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'The Lion Sleeps Tonight' at 50: A Song for the Ages

Michael Sigman | Posted 05.28.2011

Seventh grade metal shop had nothing to do with shopping and, for this suburbanite of Jewish descent, everything to do with avoiding death by power to...

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The Music and Its Message: Songs of Protest and Cultural Identity

George Heymont | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Phil Ochs: There but for Fortune, Phil Ochs, One Voice, King Kamehameha III, Christopher Hitchens, Betty Comden, Pete Seeger, San Francisco Asian America International Film Festival, Kumu Hulas, Sean Penn, Herbert Mahelona, Joan Baez, Stephen Sondheim, Hawaiian Language, Frederick Loewe, Irving Berlin, Jule Styne, Yiddish Book Center, Peter Yarrow, Fred Ebb, John Kander, Bob Dylan, Lisette Marie Flanary, Hallelujah Baby!, Cole Porter, Punana Leo, Glee Club, Tom Hayden, Ka Hinano O Puna, Aaron Lansky, Richard Rodgers, Victor Jara, Arts News

Two thrilling new musical documentaries place great emphasis on the importance of a song's lyrics while paying homage to their creators.

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Phil Ochs, Tom Paine, And There But for Fortune

Bruce E. Levine | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Harvey Kaye, Thomas Paine, Phil Ochs, Greenwich Village Rockaway, Dave Van Ronk, Pete Seeger, American Crisis, Sean Penn, Bob Dylan, Common Sense, Joan Baez, Salvador Allende, Kenneth Bowser, John Adams, Victor Jara, Peter Yarrow, Politics News

The afterlife of the man once called "Tom Paine with a guitar" has, for the last 30 years, paralleled that of Tom Paine himself. Both Ochs and Paine were discarded by their respective mainstream worlds.

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"Dignity": An Uplifting Playlist for Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day

David Wild | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Aretha Franklin, Neil Diamond, U2, Stevie Wonder, Pete Seeger, Nina Simone, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Martin Luther King Day, Bob Dylan, James Taylor, Bruce Springsteen, Entertainment News

In hopes that we shall overcome any lingering sense of doom, here's an uplifting playlist to help us all remember this remarkable man and his enduring message.

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Honoring Guy Carawan

Peter Dreier | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Myles Horton, Highlander Center, Guy Carawan, Civil Rights Movement, Pete Seeger, James Lawson, We Shall Overcome, Candie Carawan, Arts News

Friends and fans of Guy Carawan will honor the legendary singer, folklorist, and activist whose arrangement of "We Shall Overcome" became the anthem of the American civil rights movement.

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Still the One? Rep. John "Orleans" Hall Now Trails in Re-Election Bid

Greg Mitchell | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Bonnie Raitt, 2010 Elections, John Hall, Steve Earle, Pete Seeger, Jackson Browne, 2010 Campaigns, Veterans, Elections 2010, Politics News

I have a rather unusual history with Hall, going back about 35 years. Because of that, I was probably the first to write about Hall for a national news outlet long before his first campaign took off in 2006.

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