Peter Yarrow

One Gray Night It Happened

David Witten | Posted 05.22.2012

Read More: Puff the Magic Dragon, Montclair State University, Cali School of Music, Ahmad Sarmast, Afghanistan, Afghanistan Institute of Music, David Witten, Peter Yarrow, Peter Paul and Mary, Anim, College News

In 1999, Peter Yarrow of Peter, Paul & Mary began a project called Operation Respect. Through dialogue, but more importantly, through song, children learn to accept each other's differences and shortcomings.

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Myth, Love & Respect: Conversations With Peter, Paul & Mary's Peter Yarrow, Geographer's Michael Deni and Rosie Thomas

Mike Ragogna | Posted 04.11.2012

Read More: Peter Paul & Mary, Rosie Thomas, Geographer, Peter Yarrow, Michael Deni, Music, Entertainment News

"Every album is a stab towards some obscure, unattainable truth, and unless we use something else to cover the hole that the lack of that truth leaves, we will need to keep making albums."

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Moogy Klingman Passes

Michael Sigman | Posted 01.16.2012

Read More: Eric Clapton, David Amram, Bladder Cancer, John Siegler, The Peaceniks, Guns 'N Roses, Bitter End, Utopia, The Kingbees, Murray the K, The Living Few, DC Comics, Carly Simon, Paul Winter, Bette Midler, Jeff Sigman, Great Neck, Peter Yarrow, Newport Folk Festival, Todd Rundgren, Jimi James and the Blue Flames, Andy Kaufman, Bob Dylan, Kevin Ellman, Ralph Schuckett, Record World, Randy Brecker, Barry Manilow, Danny Kortchmar, Jimi Hendrix, Cafe Wha, Moogy Klingman, Fifty News

Mark "Moogy" Klingman passed away last night after a long, brave bout with cancer. You may not have heard his name, but you have heard, and enjoyed, his music.

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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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Mondo Amore, a Mission Bell and Joey's Song: Conversations With Amos Lee, Nicole Atkins and Michael Gomoll

Mike Ragogna | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Jason Ringenberg, Amos Lee, Mickey Raphael, Thea Gilmore, Robbie Fulks, Dravet's Syndrome, The Moldy Peaches, Calexico, Screamin' Jay Hawkins, Miles Davis, Angelo Badalamenti, Nicole Atkins, Justin Curry, The Avett Brothers, Epilepsy Foundation, AT&T, Greg Allen, Norah Jones, David Lynch, Teletubbies, My Morning Jacket, Duncan Sheik, Priscilla Ahn, Steve Forbert, Blue Note, Willie Nelson, Joe Vent, Love, Traffic, Sidewalk Café, Lucinda Williams, Peter Yarrow, Sam Beam, Farm Aid, Eileen Rose, Ronnie Spector, Pietta Brown, Thelonious Monk, Neko Case, Brothers Grimm, Paul McCartney, Epilepsy, Bryan George, Kruu, Del Amitri, Elmo, Razor & Tie, Hotel Café, Arthur Lee, Sara Watkins, Cheryl Pawelski, Regina Spektor, The Doors, Baby Einstein, Pink Floyd, Phil Palazzolo, Raul Malo, Jon Brion, Joey Burns, Bruce Springsteen, Blomndie, Largo, Entertainment News

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Moogy's Gotta Have Friends

Michael Sigman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Eric Clapton, David Amram, Bladder Cancer, Newport Folk Festival, The Peaceniks, Guns 'N Roses, Todd Rundgren, Jimi James and the Blue Flames, Bitter End, Andy Kaufman, Bob Dylan, The Kingbees, Murray the K, The Living Few, DC Comics, Utopia, Carly Simon, Paul Winter, Randy Brecker, Bette Midler, Jeff Sigman, Barry Manilow, Great Neck, Danny Kortchmar, Jimi Hendrix, Moogy Klingman, Cafe Wha, Peter Yarrow, John Siegler, Kevin Ellman, Record World, Ralph Schuckett, Entertainment News

You got to have friends/To make that day last long Mark Klingman isn't a household name. But the terrific singer/songwriter/keyboardist/producer know...

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Exhaust the Limits: New Book Speaks to One Man's Successful Mission to Help Humanity

Jim Luce | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Ceuca, Rotary International, Loyola University Maryland, Great Lakes College Association, Catholic Relief Services, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Peace, Sargent Shriver, Martin Buber, Global Citizens, Hubert Humphrey, Afs, Paul Tillich, U.S. Olympic Committee, Africa, Turfism, Harris Wofford, Peter Paul and Mary, Peacemaking, I Have a Dream Speech, Rwanda, Poverty, Alliance for Peacebuilding, Washington D.C., Paul Stevers, Albert Camus, Apprentice House, Experiment in International Living, George Mcgovern, Sister Cities, Operation Respect, Fulbright Scholars, Martin Luther King, Hutus, Colombia, Glca, Jimmy Carter, Carol Bellamy, Peace Through Moderation, Tutsis, Mercy Corps, Thought Leaders, Extremism, Ethiopia, Sam Farr, Social Responsibility, Affluence, Jim Luce, Charles ?Chic? Dambach, Peace Corps, Fidel Castro, U.N., Kai Dambach, Exhaust the Limits:, Justice, Conflict Resolution, Peter Yarrow, Bill Clinton, Care, Les Miserables, Nea, U.S. Foreign Aid, New York City, Oiww, Appalachia, Fundamentalist Mindset, Bogotá, Three Cups of Tea, Haiti, Orphans International Worldwide, Techendama, Eritrea, World News

Although our lives have turned out different, I learned in my friend Charles "Chic" Dambach's exciting new book, Exhaust the Limits, that we have much...

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9/11 Reflection: Let Us Not Waste The Limited Number of Hours We Have Left

Jim Luce | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Leila Hadley Luce, Hank Luce, Earth Creed, Sri Lanka, Jim Luce Stewardship Report, Henry Luce Foundation, China, Guyana, Fundamentalists Anonymous, Philanthropy, Oiww, Vow of Poverty, Richard Livingston Luce, Indonesia, Irene Alleman Simpson, Jlsr, Jim Luce, James Jay Dudley Luce Foundation, Paul Moore, Orphans, Cheddi Jagan, Post-Disaster Housing, Doing Good and Feeling Good, John Lee, Communications, Peter Yarrow, Luce Index, Betty Millard, Germany, Social Change, Dudley Alleman, International Development, Human Fragility, Frances Dudley Alleman-Luce, Non-Governmental Organizations, Global Challenges - Global Solutions, Mathew Luce, Connectivity, Haiti, Jim Luce & Associates, International Affairs, Tsunami, Earthquake January 12, Human Rights, Henry Luce III, Social Activism, Orphans Interntional Worldwide, Public Relations, Internet, Stanford Leonard Luce, Connecting Goodness, Luce Leaders, Mentors, 9/11, September 11, Fundamentalist Mindset, Twin Towers, Extremism, Impact News

9/11 brings back haunting memories. Having buried by brother and mother almost back-to-back just before 9/11, losing all three of my life-long mentor...

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Judy Collins Goes Over the Rainbow

Laura Baudo Sillerman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Laura Baudo Sillerman, Women, Over the Rainbow, Judy Collins, Music, Wvfc, Women's Music, Women's Voices for Change, Peter Yarrow, Arts News

The new book Over the Rainbow comes with a CD soundtrack sung by Ms. Collins, and it is possible to believe one is actually being transported to another dimension when listening to it.

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Stewardship Report: First Ambassador Writes Op-Ed "Diplomatic Viewpoint"

Jim Luce | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Phil Donahue, Jim Luce Stewardship Report, Kenneth H. Merten, American Ambassador, Donald Rubin, Thought Leaders, Harry Belafonte, Vishakha Desai, Global Citizens, Queen Noor, Stewardship Report, Russell Simmons, Port-Au-Prince, Wynton Marsalis, Peter Yarrow, Diplomatic Viewpoint, Jordan, Luce Index, Queen Silvia of Sweden, Bill Clinton, Rene Preval, Yoko Ono Lennon, Haiti, New York City, Daily Kos, French Cultural Institute, Angelique Kidjo, African Diaspora, New York Times, Ban Ki-Moon, Huffington Post, Michael Douglas, Media News

The Hon. Kenneth H. Merten, American Ambassador to Haiti, has written the first "Diplomatic Viewpoint" for The Jim Luce Stewardship Report launched tw...

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Pete Seeger, Peter Yarrow Release New Books

Poughkeepsie Journal | John W. Barry | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Books With Music, Where Have All the Flowers Gone, Folk Singers, Pete Seeger, New Books, Day Is Done, Books, Children's Books, Peter Paul and Mary, Peter Yarrow, Books News

Two famous folksingers named Peter, who both have deep roots in the Hudson Valley, have released new books with accompanying CDs....

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New Jersey 20-Year-Old Builds Orphanage in Nepal

Jim Luce | Posted 05.25.2011

Maggie Doyne is your typical girl from New Jersey. She happens to live in Nepal caring for 27 orphans - in an orphanage she built ...

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No Word Yet From Our Orphaned Children in Haiti

Jim Luce | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Earthquake, International Relief Agencies, Minustah, OI Haiti, Cyvadier Plage Hotel, United Nations Peacekeepers, Thought Leaders, Global Citizens, Oiww, Indonesia, Family Care Model, Leogane., Prince Albert of Monaco., Port-Au-Prince, Gonaives, Peter Paul and Mary, Peter Yarrow, Olafson Hotel, Cite De Soleil, Emmet Murphy, Monaco Red Cross, Haiti, Jacques Africot, Tsunami, Hurricane Jeanne, American Red Cross, Orphaned Children Haiti, Orphans International Worldwide, Jacmel, Chernik House, Norwich Mission House, U.S. State Department, Cyvadier, Haiti Earthquake, Impact News

I cannot imagine, however, how bad Haiti is at this moment -- and we cannot reach our project there outside Jacmel. We have just gotten through to our American neighbor there.

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Meet the U.N. Secretary General's Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide

Jim Luce | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees, The Man Called Deng Majok, Father Miguel Brockman, U.S. Library of Congress, United Nations General Assembly, Office of the Prevention of Genocide and Mass Atrocities, United States Institute of Peace, Carnegie Corporation of New York, Nobel Peace Prize, Center for International Studies at MIT, Conflict Resolution Studies, Global Citizens, Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies, Sadako Ogata, Sudan, Ban Ki-Moon, Ngok Dinka, City University of New York, David Hamburg, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Woodrow Wilson International Center, Thought Leaders, Brookings Institution, U.N. Under-Secretary General for Genocide, Francis M. Deng, Rockefeller Brothers Fund, Peter Yarrow, General Romeo Dallaire, Arc-Bishop Tutu, Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Yale Law School, Graduate Center of the City University of New York, Gareth Evans, World News

Sudanese Diplomat Francis Deng believes genocide can be anticipated and even stopped before it begins.

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Will A Vow Of Poverty Fill The Void In My Soul?

Jim Luce | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: The Inner Life, Family Man, Franciscan Order, Society of Friends, Sri Lanka, Dartmouth, Guyana, Living Wages, Indonesia, Paul Moore, Cheddi Jagan, Bogota, Prodigal Son, Roman Catholic Priests, Dorothy Day, Phil Donahue Show, Episcopal Church, Sacred, Quakers, Thich Nhat Hanh, Jesuit Order, Abject Poverty, Family Care, Oscar Romero, Katharine Drexel, Kingdom of God, Christianity, Simple Life, Hinduism, Street Children, Frances D. Alleman-Luce, Social Justice, Tikkun Olam, Social Responsibility, Talmud, Mahatma Gandhi, AIDS Orphans, Voluntary Poverty, Vow of Poverty, Planet Earth, Tanzania, Orphans International, Peter Yarrow, Betty Millard, Dalai Lama, East Coast Establishment, Stanford L. Luce, Colombia, Haiti, Good Samaritan, Yale, Benjamin Moore Paints, Episcopal Book of Common Prayer, Tsunami, Wall Street, Developing World, Maryknoll Order, Buddhism, Soul, Andover, Tzedakah, Unitarian, Reformation, Anglicanism, Healthy Living News

As I approach my fiftieth birthday, I am feeling incomplete. Part of me - my soul? - is still missing. In secular terms, I think I am not yet in tou...

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My Response to the Mean-Spirited "Barack the Magic Negro"

Peter Yarrow | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Celebrities Talk Politics, Puff the Magic Dragon, Rnc Chairman Race, Magic Negro, Peter, Chip Saltsman, Barack the Magic Negro, Peter Paul and Mary, Rnc Chairman, Peter Yarrow, Politics News

Taking a children's song and twisting it in such vulgar, mean-spirited way, is a slur to our entire country and our common agreement to move beyond racism.

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Deluxe of the Draw: R.E.M., Warren Zevon, Peter, Paul and Mary, and Juno

Mike Ragogna | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Carl Wilson, Bonnie Raitt, Linda Ronstadt, Greg Calbi, Paul Stookey, Christmas, Cd, Michael Cera, J.D. Souther, Apple, Peter Buck, Folk, Lindsey Buckigham, Capitol Records, Gregg Ogorzelec, John Stewart, Belle & Sebastian, Stevie Nicks, Arrested Development, The Bristols, Digital Download, Ellen Page, Mike Mills, Phil Everly, Mary Travers, Bill Berry, Cheryl Pawelski, Barnes & Noble, Punk, Jason Reitman, Carlos Grasso, Borders, Michael Stipe, Paul & Mary, Glenn Frey, David Lindley, Toronto, Buddy Holly, Dana G. Smart, Jay Boberg, Canada, Rock, Trio Los Panchos, Athens, Mitch Easter, I.R.S., Asylum Records, Warren Zevon, Southern California, Labor Day, Compact Disc, John David Souther, Don Dixon, Hindu Love Gods, Feist, Yo La Tengo, Don Henley, Kimya Dawson, Amazon, Peter Yarrow, 45s, Jim Croce, Texas, Juno, Best Buy, Jon Stewart, Georgia, John Denver, Jr. James & the Late Guitar, New West, Jackson Browne, Astrud Gilberto, Itunes, R.E.M., Peter, Ppm, Hib-Tone, Peter Paul, Entertainment News

In case we didn't know the holiday season was fast approaching... a spate of CD box sets, hits compilations and expanded, Deluxe Editions of some of our favorite albums are usually tell-tale sign.

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