“You may have thought you were comin’ here tonight to sit back and take things easy while we did all the work,” Pete Seeger told the audience at the legendary 1955 Weavers concert at Carnegie Hall.

Pete Seeger at age 88 at the Clearwater Festival 2007 by Anthony Pepitone (Wiki commons) Below, Warren talks to David King Dunaway, an oral historian and radio producer whose many books include, “How ...

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: ...

In PETE SEEGER: POWER OF SONG, the only authorized biography, Jim Brown documents the life of one of the greatest American singer/songwriters of the last century. Pete Seeger was the architect of the ...

Pete Seeger chuckles at the unruly flames burning in the fireplace of the Beacon Sloop Club on this frigid afternoon. Though he’s just a few months shy of turning 90 years old, he immediately grabs ...

For its 50th anniversary, the Newport Folk Festival has recruited two artists who took the stage at the inaugural 1959 event: Joan Baez and Pete Seege. Newer acts like Fleet Foxes, Iron & Wine, the ...

Seeger was shaped by the 1930s, Baez by the 1960s, and both, like Dylan, had a moment of decision that defined their allegiances. By Thomas Doherty Based on Elijah Wald’s hour-by-hour countdown Dylan ...

The City of Hoboken will mark the 100th birthday of Pete Seeger, the godfather of American folk music, with a free concert at Sinatra Park at 7 p.m. Thursday, June 6. The celebration will be only one ...

The cast of A Complete Unknown—Timothée Chalamet, Elle Fanning, Monica Barbaro and Ed Norton—delve into the intricate process of portraying figures from Bob Dylan's orbit. From Dylan's input on the ...

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 ...