Music Store:
NOTE: We are on tour in N. California Aug 9-17, so orders received during that time will be filled on Wed, Aug 19. Thanks for your patience!
new large format RUS!
"Meet Me by the Moonlight"
including live recordings of his Solstice celebrations heard on NPR
NY Times article on "Shared Song - Communal Memory".
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Pete Seeger released 28 songs and stories about animals on 2 short LP records in 1955 to an enthusiastic audience. Ever since, they have been sung by generations of parents, grandparents & children. These 2 original LP's have been combined on this single Smithsonian Folkways CD creating a wonderful collection of songs to sing along with, to draw pictures about, to play hand games to, and to be enjoyed by the entire family.
Songs include: The Foolish Frog, I Had a Rooster, The Fox, Cumberland Mountain Bear Hunt, Old Blue, I Know an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly, The Darby Ram and more than 20 more.
Songlist:
1. Fly Through My Window
2. I Had a Rooster
3. Come All You Bold Sailormen
4. Old Gray Mule
5. Alligator, Hedgehog
6. The Frog
7. Raccoon's Got a Bushy Tail
8. I Know an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly
9. Ground Hog
10. Mister Rabbit
11. The Gray Goose
12. The Teency Weency Spider
13. The Old Hen
14. Skip to My Lou
15. My Little Kitty
16. The Little Black Bull
17. Leatherwing Bat
18. The Keeper and the Doe
19. The Darby Ram
20. Mole in the Ground
21. The Fox
22. Turtle Dove
23. I Ride an Old Paint
24. The Elephant
25. The Foolish Frog
26. Whoopie Ti-Yi-Yo, Get Along Little Dogies
27. Cumberland Mountain Bear Hunt
28. Old Blue
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20th Anniversary (yes - Rise Up Singing is 20 years old!) Singalong Concerts & Workshops
Aug. 10, Berkeley CA Evening concert at 7pm at the Berkeley Friends Meeting at 2151 Vine St (at the corner of Walnut & Vine). For more iinformation, contact Bryan Uhlenbrock. Benefit for Meetinghouse renovation and Frieght & Salvage moving fund. Childcare available.
NOTE: This website incorrectly listed the Friends Meetinghouse on 1600 Sacramento St as the location for this concert. Our apologies for the confusion!
Aug. 15, Ben Lomond CA Afternoon workshop 1-3:30pm on songleading techniques at Quaker Center.
Aug. 15-17, Ben Lomond CA Group singing weekend workshop at Quaker Center.
Sun., Aug. 17th, Santa Cruz CA Sing-along concert at Santa Cruz Friends Meetinghouse at 225 Rooney St. For details contact Gretta & Jacob Stone, (831) 336-8333 or go to the Meeting website for directions. Childcare available.
Sat, Nov. 1st, Cambridge MA Retreat with Peter "Be Not Afraid: Embracing Passion, Love & Praise as Friends." Cambridge Friends Meeting, 9:30-5, sponsored by Quaker Studies Comm. For more information contact Sarah Spencer.
April 24-26, Old Chatham NY Women's Retreat with Annie. At Powell House.
Swing performances Annie is doing with the
Tues, Aug. 26, Florence MA Trans Performance, 6:40, Look Park, $10. Fundraiser for Northampton. (This is Peter's birthday!)
We urge you to check out the new website
promoting efforts to secure a Nobel Peace Prize for legendary folk singer & environmental & peace activist, Pete Seeger. A new edition of Seeger's autobiography (which Peter edited) is coming out this spring.
There are some great quotes from Pete on the power of group singing in the recent New York Times article on community sings around the country, many of which use Rise Up Singing.
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