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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If I Had a Hammer: Songs of Hope & Struggle
 For over 60 years Pete has performed songs on labor, civil rights, peace, and the hope for a better world. This CD contains 25 tracks selected from hundreds released on Folkways Records in the late 1950s and 1960s & 2 new songs recorded especially for this collection. Just a terrific collection!
Songs range from the deeply political such as Talking Atom, Solidarity Forever, Casey Jones (The Union Scab) & Sydney Carter's powerful Crow on the Cradle to the whimsical Well May the World Go & the tenderly hopeful Oh Had I a Golden Thread. His new song Arrange & Rearrange is a wonderful testimony to a world that never stops changing! Songlist
THE SONGS OF PETE SEEGER
Jim Musselman, founder of Appleseed Records, set out a few years ago to ask a large number of well-known folk and popular artists to record songs written by Pete Seeger for a “tribute album". The results are simply wonderful. The initial volume has been a world-wide best seller. The subsequent 2 volumes are equally moving.
Where Have All the Flowers Gone: The Songs of Pete Seeger, Vol. 1
 This includes recordings by Bruce Springsteen, Bonnie Raitt, Bruce Cockburn, Ani DiFranco, Sweet Honey & the Rock, Holly Near & dozens of others. The title song is incredibly moving. It was recorded in Ulster by Tommy Sands & Delores Keane with an interfaith Belfast children’s choi, accompanied by Vedran Smailovic, the cellist who played in the central square of Sarajevo during the bombing of that city during the Bosnia war.
35 songs in all.
If I Had a Song: The Songs of Pete Seeger, Vol. 2
This single CD includes cuts by Joan Baez, Dar Williams, Jackson Browne, Arlo Guthrie.
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Seeds:The Songs of Pete Seeger, Vol. 3
The 1st CD of this set is Pete's only recording of the last decade. It captures Pete’s voice as it sounds today, with all the “rough edges", passion and commitment for the things he still is saying to the world through his singing at age 84. He sings with his grandson Tao. The 2nd CD has recordings by other artists of Pete's songs, as on Vols 1 & 2. Details on CD
HARP: Holly Near, Arlo Guthrie, Ronnie Gilbert & Pete Seeger
 Former Weavers Pete Seeger and Ronnie Gilbert, the irrepressible Arlo Guthrie, and Holly Near all brought favorite songs to perform at this classic 1984 concert. Selections include “Wimoweh," a stunning rendition by Ronnie of “The Water is Wide", “Mr. Tambourine Man" (complete with trademark deadpan commentary by Arlo), “City of New Orleans" and Marvin Gaye’s “What’s Going On." This re-release on CD includes 12 previously unreleased songs. Details on CD
MORE PETE SEEGER ON FOLKWAYS
Sing-Along Demonstration Concert (Pete Seeger)
 We particularly love this double cassette/CD, recorded live at Sanders Theatre in Cambridge in 1980. Pete had been frustrated that his live concert recordings mainly picked up his own voice and not the audience’s, so he asked Folkways to mike the audience for this record. You get a wonderful feeling of actually being at a Seeger concert, hearing him teach songs, banter with the audience, hearing the audience learning the songs and the rising harmonies as they join in with Pete.
Songs include: Amazing Grace, the humorous “filksong" version of Old Time Religion, Hole in the Bucket, Old Time Religion, If I Had a Hammer, The Water Is Wide and many others. 2 hours of rousing music!
AMERICAN FAVORITE BALLADS SERIES
One Pete’s most important series of Folkways recordings in the 1950’s was a series of albums of traditional American folksongs. These are being gradually re-issued on CD. These recordings are spare in the extreme -- just Pete accompanying himself with guitar or banjo. You may well have sung these songs as a child around the campfire or piano. Hundreds of the traditional songs and ballads in Rise Up Singing are on these CD’s. This is the most recent volume to be issued.
American Favorite Ballads, Vol. 1, Pete Seeger
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This is our very favorite Christmas album! Pete’s wonderfully simple renditions of these carols are a stark contrast to most Christmas music.
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PETE SEEGER KIDS’ RECORDINGS
Abiyoyo & Other Story Songs for Children
Pete’s own timeless rendering of his classic story about the courage of an unpopular boy and his father’s who saved their time from a giant who didn’t brush his teeth.
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Birds, Beasts, Bugs & Fishes, Little & Big
2 LP’s of animal songs recorded by Pete Seeger in 1955 combined on one CD. Playful favorites of young children for decades. Songs include: The Foolish Frog, I Had a Rooster, The Fox, Cumberland Mountain Bear Hunt, Old Blue & more than 20 more. Details on CD
American Folk, Game and Activity Songs, Pete Seeger
On this award-winning CD, Pete plays banjo & sings 22 songs for young kids, especially great for 3-7 year olds. Extensive notes include lyrics and some instructions for dance.
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The Life & Music of Pete Seeger
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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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