SCHENECTADY >> Peggy Seeger who plays the Eighth Step at Proctors tonight remembers her late brother and iconic folk pioneer Pete Seeger as “a person who drew the edges of a wound together and ...
Pete Seeger, Peggy’s half-brother and the legendary composer of “If I Had a Hammer” and “Where Have All the Flowers Gone?”, was more tolerant. To him “the folk revival” in its broadest sense owes much ...
She is the half-sister of a folk music icon and the widow of another great folk luminary. She also is an accomplished musician who plays five instruments, has written hundreds of songs, recorded ...
EXPECT A CROWD ONSTAGE whenever the Seeger family celebrates one of its own. Turning up for folk music luminary Peggy Seeger's 70th birthday bash in London almost two years ago were brother Mike ...
Pete Seeger may be gone, but his half-sister Peggy has some wonderful memories of him, including the concert they did together in Schenectady last May. “I feel blessed that I had the chance to work ...
Pete Seeger says his memory isn’t what it used to be, but ask him to recount tales of Woody Guthrie, Paul Robeson, the Smothers Brothers and many more, and he won’t disappoint you. Telling stories ...
The fashions may have changed but the audience would be recognisable anywhere, and how comfortable it always feels to be among. Old friends, even if you don’t know them – though many of them knew ...