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  1. Unabomber Updates Status in Harvard Alum Magazine

    Wed, 23 May 2012

    Thoreau spent a night in the Concord, Mass., jail rather than pay the poll tax. Folk singer and political activist Pete Seeger was sentenced to a year in prison for refusing to name names before the House Un-American Activities Committee. Not

  2. Bruce Springsteen Gets Political (Again) with New Song

    Thu, 19 Jan 2012

    Sessions experience, with new textures and styles," Landau told Rolling Stone, referring to Springsteen's 2006 Pete Seeger tribute tour and album. As for the new styles, Springsteen worked with a new producer, Ron Aniello, who previously

  3. What's Next for the Smothers Brothers?

    Mon, 30 Nov 2009

    had points of view." Outspoken performers were invited on the show, including antiwar folk singers Joan Baez and Pete Seeger . Campaigning for freedom of speech was 25-year-old Beatle George Harrison. The show was a ratings hit. But

  4. Mary of Peter, Paul and Mary Trio Dead at 72

    Thu, 17 Sep 2009

    family to New York's Greenwich Village. She attended school through the 11th grade before pursuing a singing career. Pete Seeger , a founding member of the folk group the Weavers, lived in the same building as the Travers family and Travers performed

  5. A 1960s Classic Gets a 21st-Century Update

    Fri, 25 Apr 2008

    explosive on his drum kit and both injured himself and damaged Pete Townsend's hearing). Even that old Stalinist Pete Seeger came on and sang, to the network's fury, his anti-military song "Waist Deep in the Big Muddy." The comedy acts

  6. Lending a Voice to the Homeless

    Fri, 9 Nov 2007

    dignity to the homeless was to give them a voice, and she lent them hers. Merchant and other musical celebrities like Pete Seeger , Bruce Springsteen, Bon Jovi and Keb' Mo' paired up with homeless and formerly homeless musicians to create a new

News

  1. Bruce Fans Say It's Never Too Early for the Boss

    Tue, 25 Apr 2006

    raucous folk and soul-flavored ensemble. Springsteen's new CD consists of folk standard covers popularized by singer Pete Seeger . McCabe's friend Jennifer Cameli, who also grew up on the Jersey Shore, said she didn't know much about the concert

  2. What's Next for Bruce Springsteen

    Mon, 24 Apr 2006

    hard-core fans may expect. On "We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions," Springsteen pays tribute to folk music legend Pete Seeger , moving away from the classic sound of the E Street Band while still stamping the classics with the Springsteen signature

  3. 'Mighty Wind' Cast Honors Folkies

    Mon, 22 Sep 2003

    Irene," were being investigated by a J. Edgar Hoover-led FBI for alleged ties to the Communist Party. Group leader Pete Seeger was called to testify during the House Un-American Activities Committee and was indicted for contempt of Congress

  4. American Roots Music Documentary

    Fri, 26 Oct 2001

    years, as Brown researched 175 archival sources and interviewed performers including Bonnie Raitt, Willie Nelson and Pete Seeger who talk about their own musical heroes. Raitt has long worked to highlight the early blues musicians, and Brown says

  5. Old Song, Story of Modern Culture, Part 1

    Thu, 28 Sep 2000

    Century Lomax put it into a songbook, and it spread like a cold into the 1940s New York City folk music scene. To Pete Seeger and Woody Guthrie, to Lead Belly, to Josh White, who may have known it already. Each put it on a phonograph record

  6. Neeson Hurt in Motorcycle Crash

    Wed, 12 Jul 2000

    short time after the accident. Neeson and Richardson are among a host of celebrities who call Dutchess County home, including actors Mary Tyler Moore, Eddie Murphy and James Earl Jones, as well as singers Natalie Merchant and Pete Seeger .

Videos

  1. Phil Ochs Documentary

    Wed, 5 Jan 2011

    thought music is apparently had that what was it about the ability do that to change people's opinions. Well and Pete Seeger and any number of others see you can move audiences they get involved I think And He was a very passionate physically

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    about the ability do that to change people's opinions. Well -- and Pete Seeger and any number of others see you can move audiences they get involved I think -- -- And He was a very
  2. Boss and Beyonce Rock for Obama

    Mon, 19 Jan 2009

    history. In 1939. One of America's greatest artists Marian Anderson. Okay and the reformers spanned decades from Pete Seeger . Yeah. Hundreds of thousands of well wishers flocked to the mall for the concert nicknamed Obama's stock. To watch

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    America's greatest artists Marian Anderson. Okay and the reformers spanned decades from Pete Seeger . Yeah. -- -- Hundreds of thousands of well wishers flocked to the mall for the concert nicknamed Obama's stock. To watch the
  3. Person of the Week: Natalie Merchant

    Fri, 9 Nov 2007

    telling stories their music. music is on a new album called give us your four where established artists like merchant. Pete Seeger and Bruce Springsteen Bon Jovi. And Kevin Lowe are paired with homeless and formerly homeless musicians. Singing songs

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    new album called give us your four where established artists like merchant. Pete Seeger and Bruce Springsteen Bon Jovi. And Kevin Lowe are paired with -- homeless and formerly homeless musicians. Singing songs written by homeless

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