Pete Seeger

Guardian Music — Editor of Sing Out!, he spoke for many left-leaning US folk fansAt the 1964 Newport folk festival in the US, a year before he controversially went on stage with an electric band, Bob Dylan turned away from his topical, political songs to perform a mo... more info

Guardian Music — Typical of the 'high, lonesome sound' of the Ozarks, Almeda Riddle's singing always puts the song first, never getting in front of itOver the weekend, a friend sent me a film named Now Let's Talk About Singing, a documentary about the folk singer Al... more info

Yahoo! Music UK — world entertainment news - Folk music legend Pete Seeger has been asked to abandon an upcoming concert in Israel and show his support for a Palestinian-led cultural boycott of the nation. more info

ContactMusic — Folk music legend PETE SEEGER has been asked to abandon an upcoming concert in Israel and show his support for a Palestinian-led cultural boycott of the... more info

Guardian Music — Last week was all about the thrill of the hunt. Now we want songs that rage against the dying of the lightGreetings, wrinklies. Now, don't get me wrong, I know that those wrinkles are not a sign of age, merely a result of a brow furrowed in scepticis... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Pete Seeger @ Clearwater Festival 2009 (more by Chris La Putt) City Winery will be hosting a three-night oil spill relief benefit, dubbed Reclaim The Coast, on July 23rd, 25th and 30th. The lineups vary for each...July 23rd: Pete Seeger,... more info

Guardian Music — Music journalists think spelling 'new' in a wacky way implies bleeding-edge modernity. But no prefix can make the Boden's-catalogue folk of Mumford & Sons sound interestingEvery reader will have their own ideas as to what the major talking points of ... more info

Guardian Music — Royal Festival Hall, LondonPaolo Nutini channels more voices than the late Doris Stokes, and all of them were present at this one-off concert for Meltdown. The singer, still only 23, began inflected with Ray Charles, took in along the way in no parti... more info

Guardian Music — A friend emails to point to this video of the wonderful Pete Seeger singing the first verse of Newspapermen meet such interesting people. The song, written by Vern Partlow (best known for his 1945 anti-nuclear protest song Old Man Atom), ends with su... more info

Guardian Music — Last week was all about casting your votes into our virtual ballot box. This time, we want your musical mishearingsHere's an observation, made after sifting through last week's RR in the manner of an amateur psephologist: if the election campaign was... more info