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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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Locating songs on the Teaching Discs:
Recent editions of Rise Up Singing ("15th Edition" 7×10 songbooks and any of the new "Leaders' Edition 9×12 songbooks) contain codes under each song that indicate the Teaching Disk (with a letter) and Track Number where that song can be found on the Teaching Discs.
Note: These are called "teaching discs" because they are designed to teach the tunes in Rise Up Singing. However, these are just recordings of the songs, not talking about the songs or instructions on singing techniques.
Vocalists on Discs:
Annie sings on most of these recordings. Wendi Bourne (who has sung with Annie in the swing bands Big Nite Out and Girls from Mars. Some are recorded by other artists with special expertise in the genre covered by a particular chapter. Here are the chapters that include vocalists other than Annie.
- John McCutcheon sings (& plays 4 different instruments!) on the Mountain Voices chapter of Appalachian songs.
- English balladeer John Roberts is featured on the Ballads & Old Songs chapter of traditional songs from the British Isles.
- Kim & Reggie Harris perform on the Freedom and the Spirituals chapters.
- Michael Cooney brings his wonderful rendering of late 19th century and early 20th century popular songs to the Golden Oldies chapter.
- Jeff Warner, one of this country’s finest performers of sea shanteys, performs on the Seas chapter.
- Renowned labor singer Tom Juravich performs on the Men and the Work chapters.
- Pat Humphries joins with Annie on the Time & Changes and the Dreams & Fantasies chapters.
- Magpie (Greg Artzner & Terri Leonino) perform on the Rich & Poor chapter.
- Susan Stark & Wendi Bourne provide additional parts on the Sacred Rounds & Chants chapters. (For more information on Susan see the Quaker Musicians page on this site.)
See below for artist listing on each disk in order.
Original Teaching Tape series vs. Teaching Discs
These recordings were originally issued on cassette that covered one chapter each. These sets of six cassettes each are are no longer.
The new Teaching Discs were digitally remastered from the original recordings and contain exactly the same audio tracks for each song. These new CDs are sold individually and covers either 1 or 2 chapters from the book.
Artist list by disc
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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. Northampton, MA Sat. Jan. 21 10am - 1pm NoHo Winter Farmer's Market, located in Thorne's basement. Annie Patterson & Mary Witt perform folk & Americana.
Easthampton MA Fri. Feb. 3rd - The Mic @ The Delaney House - Annie's 3-part harmony group, The Harmony Grits, will perform 7-11pm, Mary Witt, Dan Zuckergood, and Annie Patterson (guitar, banjo, mandolin, bass - Americana & Folk music)
Leverett MA Sat. Feb. 4th - No Nukes Benefit Concert & Speak Out. Leverett Town Hall, 9 Montague Rd, 2-9pm. Annie will sing 4 songs at 5:30pm. Info from Ann Ferguson 413-367-2310.
New York NY, Sat. May 5 - People's Voice Cafe, Community Church of NY, 40 E. 35th St (betw Madison & Park), 7pm. Annie & Peter will lead a sing along and Four Shillings Short is also on the bill this evening. 212-787-3903. 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 & applying to join the choir will be posted later 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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