AP - Jul 30, 2009
Joan Baez was just 18 when she performed at the first Newport Folk Festival, a self-described neurotic and high maintenance teenager who remembers trembling in her sandals as she waited her turn on stage...
More »AP - Jul 28, 2009
Pete Seeger has never paid attention to demographics or audience segments. His message has always been about inconclusiveness as a performer. And he s a performer in many senses of the word. A musician...
More »Reuters - May 5, 2009
There was an appropriate egalitarianism on display Sunday at the 90th birthday tribute concert to Pete Seeger at Madison Square Garden. Superstars including Bruce Springsteen, Dave Matthews and John...
More »AP - May 4, 2009
A star-studded medley of musical guests played tribute to Pete Seeger at a benefit concert for the legendary folk singer s 90th birthday. Bruce Springsteen, Dave Matthews, Emmylou Harris, Ani DiFranco...
More »AP - May 1, 2009
When Emmylou Harris was a young girl trying to figure out whether she could have a career in music, she decided to seek advice from the wisest man she could think of — so she wrote a note to Pete...
More »Reuters - Mar 18, 2009
Bruce Springsteen, Dave Matthews, Eddie Vedder, John Mellencamp and Emmylou Harris are among the dozens of musicians who will celebrate American folk music legend Pete Seeger's 90th birthday with...
More »AP - Feb 11, 2009
Nearly a half century ago, amid suspicion and fears of McCarthyism, folk singer Pete Seeger faced an ultimatum from the San Diego school district: Sign an oath against communism or cancel a concert he...
More »AP - Oct 1, 2008
At 89, folk music legend Pete Seeger still has more to say. His latest release, aptly titled At 89, is Seeger s first record of new material in five years and by Seeger s own account it will be his last...
More »AP - Jul 12, 2008
BRATTLEBORO, Vt. (AP) — Folk singer Pete Seeger is coming to the aid of New England farmers. Seeger will headline a Sept. 13 New England Farm Relief Concert in Brattleboro to raise money for a new...
More »Reuters - Feb 22, 2008
At 88, Pete Seeger complains about weakening health, decreasing stamina and that my brain has stopped working. He may protest a bit too much, but then again, protest has long been part of the American...
More »AP - Aug 31, 2007
Pete Seeger has the Joe Stalin blues. Decades after drifting away from the Communist Party, the 88-year-old banjo-picker has written a song about the Soviet leader that s as scathing as any tune in...
More »USRN - Jun 5, 1998
(6/5/98) - Singer-songwriter David Crosby is jumping into the movie business with Stand And Be Counted, a documentary about the role of popular music in social activism and political movements. Stand...
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