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Signature. Peter Seeger (May 3, 1919 – January 27, 2014) was an American folk singer and social activist. He was a fixture on nationwide radio in the 1940s, and had a string of hit records during the early 1950s as a member of The Weavers, notably their recording of Lead Belly 's " Goodnight, Irene," which topped the charts for 14 weeks in 1950.
Toshi Seeger (born Toshi Aline Ohta; July 1, 1922 – July 9, 2013) was an American filmmaker, producer and environmental activist.A filmmaker who specialized in the subject of folk music, Toshi's credits include the 1966 film Afro-American Work Songs in a Texas Prison and the Emmy Award-winning documentary Pete Seeger: The Power of Song, released through PBS in 2007. [1]
Composer Ruth Crawford Seeger, Peggy Seeger's mother. Seeger's father was Charles Seeger (1886–1979), a folklorist and musicologist; her mother was Seeger's second wife, Ruth Porter Crawford (1901–1953), a modernist composer who was the first woman to receive a Guggenheim Fellowship.
Reagon is the goddaughter of folk singer Pete Seeger and is named after his wife, Toshi Seeger. [1] Reagon, a lesbian, [2] lives in Brooklyn, New York with her partner and their adopted daughter. [1] [18] [19]
The proposed Hudson River Folk Festival would revive a legacy of Pete Seeger, the late folk legend and activist who founded the Clearwater Festival with his wife, Toshi, in the 1970s. A new ...
The Hudson River Sloop Clearwater, Inc. is a non-profit organization based in Beacon, New York that seeks to protect the Hudson River and surrounding wetlands and waterways through advocacy and public education. Founded by folk singer Pete Seeger with his wife Toshi Seeger in 1966, the organization is known for its sailing vessel, the sloop ...
Pete Seeger: The Power of Song. Pete Seeger: The Power of Song (2007) is a documentary film about the life and music of the folk singer Pete Seeger. [1] The film, which won an Emmy Award, was executive produced by Seeger's wife, filmmaker Toshi Seeger, when she was 85 years old. [2][3] The documentary was directed by Jim Brown, who also ...
Jaime Lowden. Sam Gary. Charles Polacheck. The Almanac Singers was an American New York City-based folk music group, active between 1940 and 1943, founded by Millard Lampell, Lee Hays, Pete Seeger, and were joined by Woody Guthrie. The group specialized in topical songs, mostly songs advocating an anti-war, anti-racism and pro- union philosophy.