Pete Seeger, one of the most influential artists ... How to create a popular art that doesn’t succumb to banality, cynicism, or spectacle, but that helps inspire activism? Seeger came of age ...
There’s a priceless moment early in “A Complete Unknown” when folk icon Pete Seeger returns to the cabin where he lives with his family after offering a young singer named Bob Dylan a place ...
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 ...
In a handwritten copy of the lyrics – reportedly in Seeger’s own hand – the song, called "The Schooner Denis Sullivan," is credited to "Paul Kaplan, Sara Pirtle, Tom Baldino, Pete Seeger ...
Pete Seeger, a man for whom the modifier “legendary” seems hopelessly inadequate, had many Jewish associations in a career that spanned seven decades. Today began on a sad note with news that ...
Folk singer and social activist Pete Seeger was a regular on US radio over three decades and his music is celebrated to this day by artists including Bruce Springsteen. Seeger was one of the ...