Hudson River Music Festival, photo by Scott Harris Mark your calendars: the Hudson River Music Festival has announced its ...

There’s a priceless moment early in “A Complete Unknown” when folk icon Pete Seeger returns to the cabin where he lives with his family after offering a young singer named Bob Dylan a place to sleep ...

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: ...

Several years after the demise of the long popular Clearwater Festival, organizers hope to present a new music and environmental festival next year if they can raise enough money. The proposed Hudson ...

Seeger wrote hundreds of songs performed by greats in American Folk Music. Jan. 28, 2014— -- Legendary folk singer and activist Pete Seeger has died at age 94. Seeger’s record label, Appleseed ...

Hudson River Music Festival has expanded its musical lineup with A Celebration of Pete & Toshi Seeger, led by Grammy-winning folk legend Tom Chapin and featuring 94-year-old Seeger collaborator David ...

Pete Seeger, the banjo-playing folk singer whose music was indelibly intertwined with his social activism, was honored Thursday as the latest American musician to appear on a US postage stamp. The ...

Newport, R.I. – Pete Seeger, the banjo-playing folk singer whose music was indelibly intertwined with his social activism, was honored Thursday as the latest American musician to appear on a U.S.

was uncool when uncool was kind of cool. Seeger, who turns 87 on May 3, is the embodiment of modern folk music, with all the good and bad that entails. A native of Patterson, N.Y., Seeger was raised ...

GROSS: Pete Seeger kept singing and protesting right through 2011, when he joined a march in support of the Occupy Wall Street protests. For many years, he was also a champion of environmental causes.

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 ...