Music Store:
NEW CD! "Mountain Side"
Personal Favorites from Rise Up Singing
"Meet Me by the Moonlight"
Where Have All the Flowers Gone:
A Singalong Memoir - new edition!
including live recordings of his Solstice celebrations heard on NPR
NY Times article "Shared Song - Communal Memory" talks about Annie & Peter, the origins of Rise Up Singing & ways it's being used in singalong around the country.
So, what are Quakers? (And do they even sing???!!!)
Peter's Quakerism writings have been moved to a new website: InwardLight.org
Information on Quaker Spring has been moved to a new website:QuakerSpring.org
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 Announcing: Annie's just released CD, Mountain Side, with full renditions of 13 of her personal favorites out of Rise Up Singing! You can listen to 2 of the tracks from this CD on You Tube: The L&N Don't Stop Here Anymore and Black Is the Color. You can order a copy of the CD on this site now!
Quakersong.org is the music website of Annie Patterson & Peter Blood and Rise Up Singing. We are dedicated to promoting group singing, folk music and all forms of grassroots "people's music" that empowers families, communities, and social movements that are working to make this planet a more livable place for all.
Many of you have told us what a difference Rise Up Singing has made for you and the wider folk community. We hope you will consider  buying copies of Rise Up Singing and the RUS "teaching discs" directly from us on this site. (You can also receive bulk discounts here not available through most outlets.)
The site also includes:
--Information on Annie's recordings, including her brand new release, Mountain Side.
--Biographical information about Pete Seeger's life & work and a place to purchase a broad selection of Pete Seeger's best recordings (more than are available for purchase than in any other single
location!) - as well as the new expanded edition of Pete's autobiography, Where Have All the Flowers Gone that Peter (Blood) edited.
--A geographical listing of regular singalongs
and song circles around North America (most of which use Rise Up
Singing at least in part). If you know of more such regular sings,
please send us information and we'll include these.
--A popular directory of Quaker musicians organized by name & region
--Links
to other websites promoting the kind of music we are committed to and
sites of some of the musicians that we feel are doing the most
to promote the same musical culture and world changes that Rise Up
Singing represents.
In the future we plan for the site to serve as a multifaceted resource for people seeking to create their own music, singing together with others, promoting a people's music culture, and utilizing music to address the huge challenges facing our world today. Watch for the following that are coming soon:
--More history of the "roots" of Rise Up Singing and how it came into being.
--Ideas on how to hold a successful singalong or start a regular singalong in your area.
--More promo info on Annie's folk performing work & the singalong concerts & workshops we lead using the book
--More information on the sequel to Rise Up Singing that we are working on.
Please contact us if you have any questions about our work or ideas for improving this site as a vehicle for the values it is built on.
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UPCOMING EVENTS & WORKSHOPS with Annie & Peter
WFCR interview with Peter and Annie. Hear us talk about sing-alongs and the origins of Rise Up Singing with live performances of several favorite songs. New York NY, Sat. May 5 - People's Voice Cafe, Community Church of NY, 40 E. 35th St (betw Madison & Park), 8pm (doors open 7:30). Annie & Peter will lead a sing along and Four Shillings Short is also on the bill later this evening. 212-787-3903. Newton MA. Sun. May 13 - Mother's Day family concert, 2pm at Newton Cultural Center, 225 Nevada Street. Benefit for Mother's Milk Bank of New England. You can buy tickets online at the MMBNE website, call 617-527-6283 or view the concert flyer.
Kingston RI, Fri. July 6 - We will be taking part in another performance of "The Fire & the Hammer" - which Peter organized & we both took part in at New England Yearly Meeting last August. The final evening plenary of the 2012 Friends General Conference summer gathering. Detailed information on the performance & how to apply to join the choir is posted now on the FGC website.
See also swing performances Annie is doing with:
GIRLS FROM MARS and The O-TONES
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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