Pete Seeger exemplifies the use of singing to promote social movements
for peace and social justice. This excellent BBC Radio 4 60-minute
documentary on Seeger at 90 can be heard (streamed, not downloaded)
online for the next four days
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00k2nkx
Vincent Dowd celebrates the life and work of American folk singer and
activist Pete Seeger, as he turns 90. Drawing on BBC archives and new
interviews, Vincent explores Seeger's continuing efforts to improve the
world through the power of song.
He hears Seeger's views on a range of issues and his hopes for the
future under the leadership of Barack Obama, at whose inauguration he
performed.
Featuring some of the musicians who have interpreted Seeger's songs,
including Marlene Dietrich, Joan Baez and Bruce Springsteen, and an
unplugged version of This Land is Your Land by Seeger himself.
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