Music Store:
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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RAVE REVIEWS FOR ANNIE & PETER'S SONGBOOK
Rise Up Singing is:
"The best, most exhilarating and glorious history of the United States: a singing history. It is more than a lovely songbook - it's a play-work-fight-freedom hymnal!"
--Studs Terkel, author of Working
"Worth devouring by all those who love to sing. A true treasure!"
--Joan Baez
"Going to make a qualitative difference in music in America."
--Pete Seeger
"The ultimate sing-along guide, whether your taste runs to Stevie Wonder and Joni Mitchell or Woody Guthrie and Leadbelly...Accessible and fascinating, with new songs to learn on every page."
--Phil Hood, from review in Frets
"Monumental! Colossal! Brilliant! Invaluable! Unprecedented! Stunning! Elegant!"
--Fred Small, singer-songwriter
"The best songbook I've ever seen. All kinds of people want to order copies."
--Nancy Rose, Child Development & Latchkey Coordinator, City & County of San Francisco
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20th Anniversary (yes - Rise Up Singing is 20 years old!) Singalong Concerts & Workshops
June 22-28, Barnesville OH Quakercamp at Stillwater.
June 28-July 5 FGC Gathering, Johnstown PA. Annie will lead a singing workshop for women, noon sings & a closing sing on Friday.
Aug. 10, Berkeley CA Evening concert at the Berkeley Friends Meeting at 1600 Sacramento St.. For more iinformation, contact Bryan Uhlenbrock.
Aug. 15, Ben Lomond CA Afternoon workshop on songleading 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.
Swing performances Annie is doing with the
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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