Even though A Complete Unknown glosses over Pete Seeger's trial, the true story of the FBI investigation and Congress hearing ...
I met Pete for the last time this past October, when I had the privilege of mixing sound for Toshi Seeger’s memorial service. When Pete passed away six months ago, it left a huge void in my ...
Pete Seeger didn't like singing by himself ... His wife of 70 years, Toshi, died last year. As with all influential musicians and songwriters, Seeger's music will live on. And there were few ...
The New Bob Dylan Biopic Through an Asian American Looking Glass By Roy Nakano Director James Mangold’s new film, A Complete Unknown, the biopic about Bob Dylan’s early years leading up to his ...
Wilkes-Barre-based folk musician and songwriter Don Shappelle can recall an early, formative moment in his musical journey.
TheWrap magazine: Director James Mangold said, “Go out and mine Pete Seeger and bring me back a bunch of gold,” says the actor ...
It took a while for the Popular Front’s strategy to get results in popular music—and Pete Seeger was the catalyst.” Seeger joined the Communist Party in 1942 and, in time, learned to make ...
Pete Seeger, a man for whom the modifier “legendary” seems hopelessly inadequate, had many Jewish associations in a career that spanned seven decades. Today began on a sad note with news that ...
When Pete, Toshi and Tinya finally visited in 1967 - typically both ... which I translated: "Dear Mr. Seeger, I love your music. Can I get a ticket to your concert this evening?" It was signed by "an ...
The early scenes of the film set the stage. When Bob Dylan arrives in New York City in the early 1960s, Pete Seeger, the paterfamilias of folk music, takes the young musician under his wing, getting ...
“If there’s hope for the human race, there’s hope for the Hudson.” —Pete Seeger In the summer of 1969, legendary folk singer Pete Seeger launched the Clearwater, a 19th-century-style ...