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February 28, 2019 By

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Smithsonian Folkways Recordings has announced an upcoming box set entitled Pete Seeger: The Smithsonian Folkways Collection, due to arrive on May 3, exactly 100 years after Seeger's birth. The newly curated collection was produced by Jeff Place and Robert Santelli, who also produced the acclaimed box sets Woody at 100 and Lead Belly: The Smithsonian Folkways Collection. The set is filled with 137 tracks -- classic songs, historic live recordings recorded from the '50s to the '90s, special

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Categories: Holiday Gift Guide Formats: CD Genre: Blues, Folk, Gospel Tags: Big Bill Broonzy, Brownie McGhee, David Amram, Mary Travers, Memphis Slim, Mike Seeger, Peggy Seeger, Pete Seeger, Sonny Terry, Tom Glazer, Willie Dixon, Woody Guthrie

February 20, 2019 By Sam Stone Leave a Comment

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May 3rd will mark 100 years since the birth of Pete Seeger.  He was a musician of incalculable influence, an activist, lyricist, banjo picker, and, most significantly, a unifier of the masses.  Like a Johnny Appleseed of music, Pete Seeger spent his life spreading music to all that would listen.  From "We Shall Overcome" and "If I Had A Hammer," and "The Bells of Rhymney," to "Turn! Turn! Turn!" "Wimoweh," and "Kisses Sweeter Than Wine," Seeger left an indelible mark on music history that

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD Genre: Folk Tags: Big Bill Broonzy, Brownie McGhee, Lee Hays, Mary Travers, Memphis Slim, Mike Seeger, Peggy Seeger, Pete Seeger, Sonny Terry, The Almanac Singers, Tom Glazer, Willie Dixon, Woody Guthrie

April 2, 2015 By Joe Marchese 3 Comments

Soundstage Blues Summit

Muddy Waters (1913-1983) was frequently considered the father of Chicago blues.  Born in Mississippi and discovered there in 1941 by musicologist Alan Lomax, he moved to the Windy City in 1943 and proceeded to refine and redefine the sound of the blues, inspiring not just future artists in the genre but, significantly, those who later created rock-and-roll.  In July 1974, some of the country’s premier blues artists joined together onstage in Chicago to celebrate the Muddy Waters legacy with the

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Categories: News Formats: DVD Genre: R&B/Soul Tags: Buddy Miles, Dr. John, Mike Bloomfield, Muddy Waters, Willie Dixon

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