Tag Archives: Pete Seeger

Remembering Pete Seeger in Song

Posted on January 28, 2014 by Erik

We are all sad to hear of the passing of folk legend Pete Seeger Monday at his home in New York at 94. To celebrate his life and music, we went back and found this 1976 performance of “This Land … Continue reading →

Posted in Resources | Tagged 1976, American Masters, Arlo Guthrie, Banjo, Folk music, Fred Hellerman, In Memory, Judy Collins, PBS, Pete Seeger, Program, public television, Remembering, Soundstage, Studs Terkel, This Land is Your Land, Wisconsin, Wisconsin Public Television, Woody Guthrie, WPT, youtube

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Rediscovering Carl Sandburg – A Spokesman of “The People”

Posted on September 22, 2012 by David

“Would you rather be remembered as a poet, a biographer, a historian, or what?” That question posed to Carl Sandburg late in his life also could have included, folk singer, news reporter, labor organizer from Wisconsin, diplomat, anarchist, an on … Continue reading →

Posted in Show Previews | Tagged American Masters, Carl Sandburg, PBS, Pete Seeger, Wisconsin Public Television, WPT, Zoe Keating

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Give us that banjo!

Posted on November 4, 2011 by Erik

Watch PBS Arts from the Blue Ridge Mountains — Give Me That Banjo at 10 p.m. Friday, Nov. 4 on Wisconsin Public Television. Everyone has their own thoughts and understanding of the banjo. Some folks write it off as that … Continue reading →