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Irwin Silber obituary

4970 days ago
Guardian MusicEditor 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

Hail, Hail, Rock'n'Roll

4983 days ago
Guardian MusicTypical of the 'high, lonesome sound' of theĀ 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

Seeger urged to scrap Israel show

4996 days ago
Yahoo! Music UKworld 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

Pete Seeger - Seeger Urged To Scrap Israel Show

4996 days ago
ContactMusicFolk 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

Readers recommend: songs about old age

5032 days ago
Guardian MusicLast 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

City Winery hosting a 3-night Pete Seeger Oil Spill relief benefit & Big Star tribute night

5047 days ago
Brooklyn VeganPete 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

Inky Fingers: Maggoty Lamb asks 'What's nu- pussycat?' and finds the devil is in the details

5076 days ago
Guardian MusicMusic 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

Paolo Nutini

5083 days ago
Guardian MusicRoyal 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

Roy Greenslade: Pete Seeger sings about journalists and their union

5113 days ago
Guardian MusicA 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

Readers recommend: Songs with indecipherable lyrics

5123 days ago
Guardian MusicLast 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

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