Singer and songwriter Pete Seeger was a giant of American culture. Born in New York, Seeger was the son of musicologist Charles Seeger. He learned the banjo as a teenager, and traveled the American ...

Back in 1965, Bob Dylan performed his infamous set at the Newport Folk Festival, and legend says Pete Seeger tried furiously ...

US folk singer Pete Seeger performs at a TV show in East Berlin, GDR, 03 January 1967. Photo by: Zentralbild/picture-alliance/dpa/AP Images US folk singer Pete Seeger ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Edward Norton as Pete Seeger in "A Complete Unknown." (Searchlight Pictures/Courtesy Everett Collection) (Searchlight ...

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 ...

Legendary folk singer and activist Pete Seeger, who turns 90 years old today, leaves us with a few parting words. We close our show tonight with birthday wishes to an American legend. Folk singer and ...

Pete Seeger’s last postcard to me read, “My five years at Spring Hill I’ll never forget. Thank you for the photo. Stay well — keep on. Old Pete.” He had drawn his signature (literally) banjo under his ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Several years after the demise of the long popular Clearwater Festival, organizers hope to present a new music and environmental ...

A rail-thin New York radical who loved folk music, Pete Seeger loathed the business side and stuck by his principles, influencing younger stars like Bob Dylan, Joan Baez and Bruce Springsteen. 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 ...