Mike Schneider: Stirring Up the “Great Folk Scare”
There’s nothing easy-going about the folk songs of the Greenwich Village revival, not the ones Dylan sang — a man-killing woman, catastrophic floods, a man driven insane by love — songs that taught him there’s nothing new on Earth.
March 14, 2025 · 19 Comments
John Samuel Tieman: The Sadness Of Alan Seeger
The American poet Alan Seeger died July 4, 1916 — 100 years ago today. There are many cliches about this or that “forgotten war”. World War I is by no … Continue reading
July 4, 2016 · 2 Comments
Video: Pete Seeger — 2013 Anti-fracking rally, Albany, New York
Musician, singer, songwriter, folklorist, labor activist, environmentalist, and peace advocate, Pete Seeger (May 3, 1919 – January 27, 2014) was born in Patterson, New York, son of Charles and Constance … Continue reading
May 2, 2015 · 2 Comments
