Jazz Articles about Pete Seeger

Pete Seeger: Pete Seeger: The Smithsonian Folkways Collection

by Jakob Baekgaard
April 20, 2019

It is no coincidence that folk singer, songwriter and social activist Pete Seeger (1919-2014) turns up as one of the important voices on the recently released Smithsonian Folkways box set The Social Power of Music (Smithsonian Folkways, 2019). Seeger, one of the towering figures of American folk music, believed in songs as tools that could transform society bit by bit, but he also subscribed to the social aspect of songs. The songs he played were written by the people and ...