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How Woody Guthrie’s “This Land is Your Land” went from a “God Bless America” spoof to an unofficial national anthem.

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Musician Pete Seeger sings Amazing Grace during a concert celebrating his 90th birthday in New York May 3, 2009.

Pete Seeger woke up America with songs across several cultures

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American Icons: This Land is Your Land

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An Afternoon with Pete Seeger

Renowned for his combination of music and social activism, folk music legend Pete Seeger explains to Steve Curwood that it was Rachel Carson’s book ‘Silent Spring’ that really got him thinking and active on environmental matters. In 1969, with the help of other musicians and activists, Pete Seeger built a sloop he christened the Clearwater, […]

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An Afternoon with Pete Seeger

Renowned for his combination of music and social activism, folk music legend Pete Seeger explains to Steve Curwood that it was Rachel Carson’s book ‘Silent Spring’ that really got him thinking and active on environmental matters. In 1969, with the help of other musicians and activists, Pete Seeger built a sloop he christened the Clearwater, […]

An Afternoon with Pete Seeger

Pete Seeger has been writing and singing songs on social issues for many decades so perhaps it’s no surprise that an environmental issue close to his home, and heart, is one of the things he spoke about with Living on Earth: the cleanup of the Hudson Rive

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American folk singer Pete Seeger is being honored in Sweden today as part of Music Freedom Day. Anchor Lisa Mullins speaks with Seeger’s grandson, Tao Rodriquez-Seeger, a musician in his own right.

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