Pete Seeger didn't like singing by himself. It wasn't just that he contributed his tenor (and banjo picking) to two seminal folk groups — the Almanac Singers (with Woody Guthrie) and The Weavers ...
From Pete Seeger to Billie Holiday to Rage Against the Machine to Kendrick Lamar, musicians of all genres have spoken truth to power ...
Over the course of nearly 75 years, the singer, songwriter and activist Pete Seeger used his pen and his voice to champion many causes: civil rights, farmworker and labor rights, and the environment.
A DECADE ago, Peggy Seeger’s 70th-birthday concert brought together the best of the British and US folk tradition to pay tribute with brothers Mike and Pete Seeger ... Her songs reflect her political ...
In 1949, Seeger, alongside Lee Hays, Fred Hellerman, and Ronnie Gilbert, founded The Weavers, blending traditional folk, labor songs, American ballads, and children’s songs.
Pete Seeger ... Nearly as much as the music he wrote and helped popularize, Seeger will be remembered for his leftist politics: He supported the labor and civil rights movements, was an unabashed ...
Wilkes-Barre-based folk musician and songwriter Don Shappelle can recall an early, formative moment in his musical journey.