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Jan 28, 2014 · 1183. /14. By Jon Pareles. Jan. 28, 2014. Pete Seeger, the singer, folk-song collector and songwriter who spearheaded an American folk revival and spent a long career championing folk music as...
His music won many awards including a Grammy and inspired countless musicians and people to sing out for justice. Learn More. “If music only could change the world, I’d only be a musician.”. Pete Seeger. Check out the Radio Series. American Folk Music History. BTS with Pete Seeger. Learn More. PeteSeeger.org.
For nearly 70 years as a performer, Pete Seeger has embodied the ideals of folk music – communication, entertainment, social comment, historical continuity, inclusiveness. The songs he has written, and those he has discovered and shared, have helped preserve our cultural heritage, imprinting adults and children with the sounds, traditions and ...
Jan 28, 2014 · Pete Seeger was an environmentalist, an activist and the most prominent folk musician of his generation. Neilson Barnard/Getty Images. A tireless campaigner for his own vision of a utopia...
Jan 28, 2014 · January 28, 2014. Peter Seeger Chris Felver/Getty Images. Pete Seeger, a seminal figure in American music who kept folk music alive and influenced generations of musicians from Bob Dylan...
Jan 28, 2014 · Pete Seeger, "a tireless campaigner for his own vision of a utopia marked by peace and togetherness," died Monday at the age of 94. As former NPR broadcaster Paul Brown adds in an appreciation...
Jan 28, 2014 · Associated Press. By Reuters. (Reuters) - Pete Seeger, who helped create the modern American folk music movement, co-wrote enduring songs like "If I Had a Hammer" and in turn became a leading...
