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21 hrs ago | Post Tribune

Rudeness has become far too common

Years ago Pete Seeger penned this song, "Where Have All the Flowers Gone." This tune came to mind when I started thinking about "Where Have All the Manners Gone?" Boorish and rude behaviors appear to have overgrown the flowerbeds of civility by strangling respectful and polite behaviors.

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Related Topix: Folk

Fri Nov 06, 2009

Eastbourne Today

Rare chance to hear Peggy Seeger live

PEGGY Seeger ranks as one of the most important people to grace and shape the folk scene, and her brother Pete Seeger, who has just celebrated his 90th birthday, is seen as the father of the American folk revival.

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Related Topix: Peggy Seeger, Folk, Martin Carthy, Ewan Maccoll

Wed Nov 04, 2009

The Seattle Times

Review: Steve Martin, the serious musician

Well, sure. How else to describe one of his encores at Benaroya Hall Tuesday night: a bluegrass version of his 1978 novelty hit, "King Tut?" Or Martin's original protest song, embracing the great tradition of Pete Seeger and Joan Baez: "Let's Keep the Minimum Wage Right Where It Is." Or his attempt at a little folk outreach with the capacity ...

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Related Topix: Folk, Joan Baez, North Carolina, Entertainment

Mon Nov 02, 2009

South Shore Record

Encountering a folk music legend

Max Kutner, a 2007 graduate of South Side High School who is a junior at Vassar College, was chosen to open for legendary folk singer Pete Seeger atA an Oct.

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Related Topix: Vassar College, Folk

Sat Oct 31, 2009

Center for Cooperative Research

Mid-August - August 27, 1949: Concert Planned by Left-Wing Activists; ...

Novelist and political activist Howard Fast, an avowed Communist who writes regularly for the pro-Stalinist Daily Worker, agrees to speak at a concert featuring baritone Paul Robeson and folk singer Pete Seeger.

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Related Topix: Folk, Peekskill, NY

Fri Oct 30, 2009

Ann Arbor.com

Ann Arbor Folk Festival announces Rosanne Cash, Doc Watson, Iron and Wine

Pete Seeger leads the audience in "Amazing Grace" during the 32nd annual Ann Arbor Folk Festival last January.

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Related Topix: Iron & Wine, Indie, Ann Arbor, MI, Detroit Metro, Folk, Rosanne Cash, Country, Doc Watson, Entertainment

Sun Oct 25, 2009

All About Jazz

Music Industry: Jazz and Folk Intermingle - Paying It Forward

Louis Armstrong is credited with saying: 'All music is folk music; I ain't never heard no horse sing a song." Another variation on the quote is 'All music is folk music, because we're all just folk."Quotations aside, there are some interesting jazz-folk synergies at work this autumn.

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Related Topix: Black Entertainment, Jazz, Louis Armstrong, Folk, Tarrytown, NY

Fri Oct 23, 2009

Miami Student

Capstone elevates MU student experience

At 4:30 a.m. I was up and on my way to the Cincinnati airport. By 9 a.m. I was in a pearl white stretch Chrysler 300 limo navigating the streets of New York City.

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Related Topix: Folk, Beacon, NY

Tue Oct 20, 2009

KUAT-TV Tucson

Hudson River Journeys

HUDSON RIVER JOURNEYS is an exploration of "America's first river," through the eyes of artist Len Tantillo and folk singer Pete Seeger.

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Related Topix: Folk

Sun Oct 18, 2009

Pan-African News Wire

Remebering Paul Robeson: On the Anniversary of the Peekskill Concert

On the anniversary of Peekskill Concert: Remembering Paul Robeson By Brenda Sandburg Published Oct 8, 2009 10:27 PM Sixty years ago Paul Robeson - fearless civil rights advocate, renowned actor and magnificent singer - came to Peekskill, N.Y., to give a concert.

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Related Topix: Peekskill, NY, Folk, Westchester County, NY, Criminal Defense Law, Law

The York Daily Record

We need this festival, folks

It's not your father's folk festival -- or your grandfather's. It's not all Pete Seeger and Bob Dylan and those other '60s folkies -- though that musical movement would certain be represented .

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Related Topix: Folk, York, PA, York Metro

Thu Oct 15, 2009

KUAT-TV Tucson

Great Performances

Season 31, Episode 10 of 16 : A concert presentation from "The Boss's" current tour.

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Related Topix: Great Performances, Entertainment, Drama, Television, Pop/Rock, Bruce Springsteen, Folk

Tue Oct 13, 2009

Grand Haven Tribune

Folk singer to perform Oct. 15 at GH library

Folk singer Mark Dvorak, who follows in the footsteps of Pete Seeger and Woody Guthrie, will perform at Loutit District Library, 407 Columbus Ave., at 7 p.m. Thursday, Oct.

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Related Topix: Mark Dvorak, Folk, Woody Guthrie

Sun Oct 11, 2009

CBC News

Inside the Music

Lyrics that stick! Today, episode four of the series The People's Music looks at the lyrics, and the new melodies of 1960s folk.

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Related Topix: Folk

Thu Oct 08, 2009

The Weekly Standard

Red Warbler

We are the folk song army, Every one of us cares. We all hate poverty, war, and injustice, Unlike the rest of you squares.

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Related Topix: Folk

Tue Oct 06, 2009

Poughkeepsie Journal

Sonny Rollins to play benefit concert for Clearwater

Legendary saxophonist Sonny Rollins and his band will play a benefit concert for the Clearwater organization Dec.

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Related Topix: Folk, Fishkill, NY, Columbia County, NY

NME

Laura Marling joins Mumford & Sons onstage in a barn

Laura Marling joined Mumford and Sons onstage for a cover of Dolly Parton 's 'Jolene' as the band launched their new album with a show in a barn at Lordship Farm in Standon , Hertfordshire , last night .

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Related Topix: Dolly Parton, Country, Pop/Rock, The White Stripes, Folk

Mon Oct 05, 2009

All About Jazz

FESTIVAL/CRUISE: 40,000 Fans Attend 52nd Annual Monterey Jazz Festival Presented by Verizon

40,000 Fans Celebrate The Joy Of Jazz, September 18 - 20, 2009. Once again, the festival organizers have brought together fantastic music and a warm community atmosphere for an experience that will be remembered for years to come...there's no place like Monterey.

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Related Topix: Monterey, CA, Folk, Wynton Marsalis, Jazz

Poughkeepsie Journal

Clearwater hopes Walkway will enhance respect for river

Eel petting, a sturgeon carcass and free public sails were a few ways the Hudson River Sloop Clearwater helped celebrate the grand opening of the Walkway Over the Hudson.

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Related Topix: Hudson, NY, Folk, Poughkeepsie, NY, Beacon, NY, Ulster County, NY, Rockland County, NY

Sat Oct 03, 2009

CBC News

Arlo Guthrie

Arlo Guthrie , story teller. Proof, Alice's Restaurant ! Of course he wrote that a long time ago, and while it may remain his best known song he has other stories to tell, as you can hear tonight with a concert from the Vancouver Island MusicFest.

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Related Topix: Alice's Restaurant, Drama Movies, Comedy Movies, Folk, Arlo Guthrie, The Weavers

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