Entries tagged with: Pete Seeger

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Newport Folk Fest 50 - Day 2 pics & video (Deer Tick, Neko Case, Joan Baez, Del McCoury, Elvis Perkins, Arlo G & more)

photos by Jim Brueckner Deer Tick / Neko Case "...And to think it almost didn't happen. When the [Newport Folk] festival's future was in question earlier this year, original executive producer George Wein took back the reins and scrambled to...

Posted on August 7, 2009 11:27 AM

Newport Folk Fest 50 - Day 1 pics, video, audio (Pete Seeger, Decemberists, Fleet Foxes, Shara Worden as Dylan & more)

photos by Jim Brueckner "Half a century ago, Pete Seeger helped found the Newport Folk Festival, a weekend notorious for its dichotomies- Rhode Island high society and scrappy folk singers, old time traditions and new sounds, social rebellion and responsible...

Posted on August 7, 2009 1:17 AM

2009 Clearwater Festival - day 2 in pics (Grace Potter, rain, Elvis Perkins, soy power, Taj Majal, Arlo Guthrie & more)

photos by Chris La Putt Grace Potter and the Nocturnals "CROTON-ON-HUDSON, NY - The Great Hudson River Revival, Clearwater's annual two-day music and environmental festival at Croton Point Park, came to a rousing close here on Sunday evening as a...

Posted on June 22, 2009 10:59 PM

The 2009 Clearwater Festival - day 1 in pics (Dr. Dog, rain, Pete Seeger, kids, Old Crow Medicine Show, mud & more)

photos by Chris La Putt "Although the [Clearwater] festival was geared towards an older crowd, it did have a pretty stellar lineup. Artists worth noting [that played the first day] were the now 90 years old Pete Seeger (of course),...

Posted on June 22, 2009 10:24 AM

Clearwater Festival this weekend - full schedule ++ Pete Seeger pics (from his 90th birthday & Columbia University)

MSG photos & words by Jacob Blickenstaff, Columbia photos by Jens Schott Knudsen Pete Seeger @ Columbia in April... "Clearwater conducts innovative environmental programs, advocacy and celebrations in order to inspire and energize the next generation of environmental leaders....

Posted on June 20, 2009 11:35 AM

Newport Folk Festival - 2009 lineup & tickets info (Pete Seeger, Neko Case, Iron & Wine, The Decemberists & more)

The 50th annual Newport Folk Festival will take place at Rhode Island's Fort Adams Park on Saturday, August 1st and Sunday, August 2nd. Tickets go on sale Wednesday, May 6th at 10am Pete Seeger, who is a cofounder of the...

Posted on May 5, 2009 1:45 PM

Seeger was the Night

Dark Was the Night (finale) (photo by Natasha Ryan) Last night's Dark Was the Night show was amazing. My only disappointment was that David Byrne didn't come back to sing with Sharon Jones during the finale/encore (he sang with almost...

Posted on May 4, 2009 10:40 AM

a set of pictures from New Orleans Jazz Fest 2009

photos by Graeme Flegenheimer "From the moment you set foot inside the main gate at the Fair Grounds Race Course, the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival is like a music and food lover's "Choose Your Own Adventure" novel, with...

Posted on May 3, 2009 5:10 PM

Jeff Tweedy & Pete Seeger @ Beacon High School - pics

photos by Eric Townsend "Hudson River Sloop Clearwater's sold out "Spring Splash" benefit concert on Saturday night [March 28] at Beacon High School, Beacon, NY, was a big success, raising tens of thousands of dollars for the organization's education and...

Posted on May 3, 2009 4:53 PM

Dark Was The Night today! NPR recording. Blonde Redhead playing? Will anyone else? Who's going? (tix still on sale)

DOWNLOAD: The National - So Far Around The Bend (MP3) Dark Was The Night producers (from left) Bryce Dressner, John Carlin, & Aaron Dressner (Photo by Tim Soter) NPR Music will record the Dark Was the Night Concert and offer...

Posted on May 3, 2009 1:49 PM

Preservation Hall Jazz Band tour dates, NYC this week, MSG

by Andrew Frisicano Preservation Hall Jazz Band... The Preservation Hall Jazz Band, a rotating group of some of the most esteemed musicians in New Orleans, are all kinds of big easy - the mindset, not the proper noun. They are...

Posted on March 31, 2009 10:17 AM

ELVIS PERKINS played Bowery Ballroom, playing the CLEARWATER Festival (initial line-up)

by Andrew Frisicano Elvis Perkins in Dearland outside Bowery Ballroom (jamayaphoto) Elvis Perkins in Dearland played the Bowery Ballroom in NYC Wednesday night (3/25, review below). The show was not long after he got back from SXSW, and he will...

Posted on March 27, 2009 9:34 AM

Pete Seeger's 90th birthday concert happening at MSG - Bruce Springsteen & many more on the bill

The Clearwater Concert: Creating the Next Generation of Environmental Leaders, a star-studded, one night only concert event celebrating Pete Seeger's 90th Birthday, will be held on Sunday, May 3, at 7PM, at Madison Square Garden. This once-in-a-lifetime concert event will...

Posted on March 18, 2009 1:03 PM

Arlo Guthrie & Pete Seeger Annual Thanksgiving Concert -------- a whole bunch of Alice's Restaurant videos

By Andrew Frisicano Folk singer Arlo Guthrie has been associated with Thanksgiving since recording "Alice's Restaurant" in 1967. The song, which starts in an old church owned by his friends Alice and Ray and ends in New York's now-demolished US...

Posted on November 25, 2008 7:34 PM

Lincoln Center Out of Doors, August 7-24, 2008 - free shows

"Come to Damrosch Park for a Lincoln Center Out of Doors season jam-packed with dynamic, free programs that offer something for absolutely everyone, from tributes to beloved cultural icons to cross-cultural collaborations that blur the lines of genre and geography....

Posted on August 7, 2008 10:05 AM

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