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Seeger, Baez Celebrate 50 Years of Newport Folk
Newport Folk Festival Turns 50 With Sets From Seeger, Baez, Decemberists and More. “Pete Seeger", vaunted promoter George Wein said on Saturday, “is the Newport Folk Festival." Its hard to argue the point. Fifty years ago, Seeger co-founded the legendary event with Wein while headlining a bill featuring artists like Odetta, Memphis Slim and the Stanley ...
Seeger Birthday Bash Review: Review
Pete Seeger celebrates 90th with musician pals Bruce Springsteen, Dave Matthews, Emmylou Harris and more join in the festivities at Madison Square Garden. For a 90th birthday, it felt more like a political revival, an old-fashioned revival meeting. And as he stood in the wings Sunday, watching a parade of folk and pop music royalty sing ...
Pete Seeger, Joan Baez, Play 50th Anniversary Newport Folk Festival
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 Seeger. Newer acts like Fleet Foxes, Iron & Wine, the Decemberists, Neko Case and Breaking artists the Low Anthem will also take part in George Weins Folk Festival 50, scheduled for ...
Pete Seeger Turning 90 with Concert Celebrations
American music legend Pete Seeger turns 90 on May 3, but the celebrations honoring his musical legacy and social activism will go on throughout the year. Hudson River Sloop Clearwater, the environmental group founded by Seeger in the 1960s, is marking the birthday and its own 40th anniversary with a series of concerts in the spring ...
Bruce Springsteen, Dave Matthews, Eddie Vedder to Help Celebrate Pete Seegers 90th
Bruce Springsteen, Dave Matthews, Eddie Vedder, Tom Morello and dozens of other musicians will help Pete Seeger celebrate his 90th birthday May 3rd, during a concert at Madison Square Garden. The concert — which will also feature performances of the folk icon’s songs by Warren Haynes, Joan Baez, Arlo Guthrie, Emmylou Harris and Kris Kristofferson — ...
Bon Jovi Set for First Jazz Fest Appearance New Orleans
Bon Jovi has been added to the lineup of the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, which celebrates its 40th anniversary this spring. The rock act will make its first appearance at the festival on May 2. Bon Jovi joins previously announced performers Aretha Franklin, Dave Matthews Band, Wilco, James Taylor, Wynton Marsalis, Kings Of Leon, ...
Pete Seeger Readies First New Album Since '03
Folk legend Pete Seeger will release his first new album of studio recordings in five years this fall. The 32-track “At 89," a nod to Seeger's age, is due Sept. 30 via Appleseed Recordings. According to a spokesperson, the material ranges from new takes on old favorites, vintage songs that have never appeared on an album ...
