Posts Tagged ‘Pete Seeger’
Pete Seeger – 1919-2014
Written by admin on January 29, 2014 – 3:07 pm -American folk singer-songwriter and political activist Pete Seeger sadly passed away on Monday (January 27) at New York–Presbyterian Hospital. He was 94.
Seeger wrote/co-wrote some of the most significant folk songs of all time, including “Where Have All the Flowers Gone?”, “Turn, Turn, Turn!”, and “If I Had a Hammer”.
Tags: Pete Seeger, Pete Seeger death, Pete Seeger Here Have All the Flowers Gone, Pete Seeger If I Had a Hammer, Pete Seeger Little Boxes, Pete Seeger obituary, the Almanac Singers, the Weavers
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Bruce Springsteen, Pete Seeger and Herbie Hancock elected to American Academy of Arts & Sciences
Written by admin on April 25, 2013 – 6:59 pm -
Tags: American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Bruce Springsteen, Herbie Hancock, Pete Seeger
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Pete Seeger covers Dylan’s “Forever Young” for Amnesty International
Written by admin on March 19, 2012 – 6:37 am -| Today sees the release of Pete Seeger’s cover of the Bob Dylan song “Forever Young” on digital single and music video. The song, which benefits Amnesty International, comes out on the 50th anniversary of the release of Bob Dylan’s self-titled debut album. |
Tags: Bob Dylan, Chimes of Freedom: The Songs of Bob Dylan Honoring 50 Years of Amnesty International, Forever Young, Pete Seeger
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Song of the Week #68 – “Turn! Turn! Turn!”
Written by admin on August 22, 2011 – 11:19 am -| The Byrds’ definitive cover of the Pete Seeger folk standard “Turn! Turn! Turn! (to Everything There Is a Season)” is Song of the Week on Classic Pop Icons. |
Tags: David Crosby, Jim McGuinn, Judy Collins, Nina Simone, Pete Seeger, Roger McGuinn, the Byrds, The Byrds - There Is A Season, Turn Turn Turn
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UK votes on best ever political songs
Written by admin on April 21, 2010 – 6:43 am -The UK’s New Statesmen magazine has published a list of the top 20 political songs, as voted for by their readers and members of the Political Studies Association.
| Not surprisingly, the list contains some of the most famous protest songs of all time, including John Lennon’s “Imagine,” Bob Dylan’s “The Times They are a-Changin'” and Woody Guthrie’s “This Land is Your Land,” which takes the top spot. |
Tags: Bob Dylan, Bob Marley, John Lennon, marvin gaye, Nina Simone, Pete Seeger, Political songs, protest songs, The Who, Woody Guthrie
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