It's no exaggeration to say that Pete Seeger has done more to popularize American folk music than any other contemporary musician, authoring or co-authoring the songs that have become folk standards: ...

"A living archive of America's music and conscience, a testament of the power of song and culture to nudge history along," was how Bruce Springsteen described Pete Seeger at the late, great folk ...

Pete Seeger was uncool when uncool was kind of cool. Seeger, who turns 87 on May 3, is the embodiment of modern folk music, with all the good and bad that entails. A native of Patterson, N.Y., Seeger ...

Legendary folk singer Pete Seeger — who inspired countless musicians from Bob Dylan and Emmylou Harris to Bruce Springsteen and Tom Morello — died on Monday, Jan. 27, at the age of 94. Throughout ...

He was both the longtime archivist of folk music at the Library of Congress and a widely respected singer and songwriter. By Clay Risen Listen to Peter, Paul and Mary’s finale singalong, plus songs ...

As part of their Summer School of Music classes, Boston musician Trevin Nelson will lead the special workshop “Pete Seeger: Folk Songs of Hope.” For people at any level, the class will explore the ...

Seeger’s most famous composition is “Turn! Turn! Turn!” While Seeger penned the track, the cover by The Byrds is far more famous than the original That’s not too surprising, as many hit songs from the ...

My introduction to Pete Seeger's music came as a boy in 1956 when I attended sleep-away camp in Wisconsin. My counselor played an album by the Weavers, the ground-breaking folk group Seeger formed in ...

CDR copy--Recorded by Pete & Toshi Seeger in the winter of 1951 at two Texas prison farms, this album represents some of the oldest and most traditional work songs found among African American prison ...