Links on the Chain
Here are some Web sites with related music and musicians.
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The premier folk-music magazine, co-founded by Pete Seeger. It has been published since 1950 and is a great source for songs, music instruction, Pete's occasional contributions, and current news and resources. Sing Out! also publishes books (including Pete's musical autobiography "Where Have All the Flowers Gone") and maintains an archive of folk music related items. Write: Sing Out!, P.O. Box 5253, Bethlehem PA 18015 Phone: (610) 865-5366 Mail Order: 1-888-SING OUT Fax: (610) 865-5129 Email: info@singout.org |
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An independent recording label specializing in topical/political folk music. It has released compact discs of Kim and Reggie Harris, Dick Gaughan, Casey Neill, and Cornelia's Dad, but its most important release to date is the Pete Seeger trilogy: "Where Have All the Flowers Gone: Songs of Pete Seeger," "If I Had A Hammer," and "Seeds: The Songs of Pete Seeger." Appleseed was founded by Jim Musselman, an attorney who once was on the staff of Ralph Nader. |
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Home of the Hudson River Sloop Clearwater and the annual Clearwater Great Hudson River Revival Festival. |
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Sloop Clearwater
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The River Pool at Beacon is a community group raising
funds to build a pool at the waterfront in Beacon, New York. The pool will sit in the Hudson River, filled with river water and open to the
public. Much of the Hudson River is clean enough to swim in and we are
working to keep it that way. |
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In 1969 the
newly built sloop 'Clearwater' first visited Beacon. A small band of local
youngsters and oldsters organized a welcoming festival to support the
valiant crew of the sloop and to help spread Clearwater's environmental
message. Thus began the Beacon Sloop Club. Our first meetings were held in a Main Street storefront until the City granted us the use of the old Ferry Diner at the riverfront. Over the years, volunteers have enlarged and improved the building. The spruce tree that once stood outside the diner now grows through the roof. Docks, launch ramps and a mooring tender have all been installed by volunteers. Our sailing programs have taught hundreds the art of sailing. Thousands of guests on our free sails have learned a new appreciation of the glorious Hudson River. . . (From their website) Pete Seeger, who lives in
Beacon, New York, is a founding member of this sloop club, and has been
active in it throughout its existence. |
| Beacon Sloop Club
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Information on the 1996 GRAMMY award winning recording. |
| Living
Music ("Pete")
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The official website for all things about Woody Guthrie. |
| Woody
Guthrie Home Page
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A great site run for many years by Dave Downin. Features a complete discography and lyrics to all the songs that Arlo Guthrie sings. One of the best features is the schedule of Arlo's upcoming concerts. |
| ArloNet
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Many of Lead Belly's songs were recorded by Pete Seeger and the Weavers. The number one song in 1950, the year after Lead Belly died, was his "Goodnight, Irene." |
| Lead Belly (Huddie
Ledbetter)
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Pete's sister and the widow of the great British folksinger Ewan MacColl, Peggy Seeger now lives here in the states and still performs her mixture of traditional ballads and political songs. She is currently recording for Appleseed Records. |
| Peggy
Seeger
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| Mike Seeger:
Music From True Vine
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| Magpie
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| Kim and Reggie
Harris
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| Jean Ritchie Home Page
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| Alan Lomax
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of Congress 1939 Field Recordings by John and Ruby Lomax
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Besides having one of the greatest voices in folk music, Ronnie Gilbert was an initial member of the Weavers. Since then she has done many things, including teaming up with Holly Near, recording solo CD's, and performing a one woman show about Mother Jones, "the most dangerous woman in America." |
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One of the original four members of the Weavers, Fred Hellerman recently recorded a CD of Vaudeville Songs. |
| Fred Hellerman
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One of the best topical songwriters of the 1960's. |
| Phil
Ochs
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| Peter
Paul & Mary
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In describing Tom Paxton's influence on his
fellow musicians, Pete Seeger has said: "Tom's songs have a way of
sneaking up on you. You find yourself humming them, whistling them, and
singing a verse to a friend. Like the songs of Woody Guthrie, they're
becoming part of America." Pete goes on: "In a small village
near Calcutta, in 1998, a villager who could not speak English sang me What
Did You Learn In School Today? in Bengali! Tom Paxton's songs are
reaching around the world more than he is, or any of us could have
realized. Keep on, Tom!" |
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In 1993, Pete Seeger was given a Lifetime Achievement Award from the GRAMMY Association. And in 1996, Pete Seeger won a GRAMMY award for his "Pete" CD, in the Best Traditional Folk Recording category. |
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On December 4, 1994, Pete Seeger was given the nation's highest artistic honors by being awarded a Presidential Medal of the Arts. |
| Kennedy
Center Award
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On January 17, 1996, Pete Seeger was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. The award was presented by Harry Belafonte and Arlo Guthrie. |
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Hall of Fame
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Pete's uncle, brother of eminent musicologist Charles Seeger. Alan Seeger wrote the poem "I Have a Rendezvous with Death." He kept that rendezvous as a casualty of World War I, the "war to end all wars." |
| Alan
Seeger
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| Folkways Recordings
at the Smithsonian
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New Smithsonian/Folkways releases are here, as well as information on the entire Folkways catalog. Links to Smithsonian Global Sound. |
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An excellent site containing all of the Folkways catalog as well as other vital world music. In addition to purchasing music downloads, album cover art and liner notes are available, unlike the MSN Music site which only features the songs. |
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Global Sound
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Quakersong.org is the website of Peter Blood and Annie Patterson, the creators of the essential folk music songbook "Rise Up Singing!" They also have available many of Pete Seeger's best recordings. |
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Fred Starner is a folksinger who plays great five-string banjo, twelve-string guitar and writes his own, mostly topical, songs. He was a member of the first crew of the Clearwater in 1969, and he did a ten part series on folk music for public television called The Oleanna Trail in the 1970's. |
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Starner
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Fred Holstein (1942-2004) was a troubadour in the finest sense of that word. When he sang a song he did it beautifully and made it his own. He was a very important part of the Chicago folk scene for many years until his untimely death in 2004. There is a two CD set available of his best recordings, and also a tribute CD called "Remembering Fred." |
| Fred Holstein
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The Golden Voice of the Great Southwest, Utah Phillips sings great songs and tells even greater stories. A real American treasure. |
| Utah Phillips
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British political singer-songwriter who put several Woody Guthrie lyrics to new tunes and recorded them on the Mermaid Avenue series of recordings. |
| Billy Bragg
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| Mudcat Cafe
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Probably the best folk music resource on the internet, with performer information, lyrics, and the Digital Tradition Folk Music Databse. |
| Folk Book
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Folk Music and Dance Alliance
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