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Stephen Chapman (Jan. 1 column) says of Pete Seeger: “He is not one of those artists whose art can be considered separately from his politics-like, say Wagner or Picasso. It would be like ...
Folk singer extraordinaire Pete Seeger turned 90 this week. As one who has always appreciated the art of communication and persuasion, I’ve been a fan of Seeger — when I agreed with his ...
Tom Chapin, on Banjo, playing Pete Seeger tunes By Dan Murphy Back in the 1970s, my parents took me to several concerts at ...
The story of Pete Seeger’s trial starts long before the sentencing that’s shown in A Complete Unknown.According to documents retrieved by Mother Jones’ Freedom of Information Act request ...
“A big part of my relationship with Pete Seeger was sailing on the Hudson River, on this boat right here,” Shappelle said, pointing to the cover art of “Broad Old River,” a record from the ...
WARNING: SPOILERS ahead for A Complete Unknown. One of Bob Dylan's first New York connections, Pete Seeger, is featured in the new Dylan biopic A Complete Unknown. Starring Timothée Chalamet as ...
92-year-old Pete Seeger waves farewell to the audience at conclusion of the 2011 Newport Folk Festival on July 31, 2011. (Photo by Arthur Pollock / MediaNews Group / Boston Herald via Getty Images ...
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.