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A paean to the joys of live performance, this album features rousing singalongs, blues, spirituals, and songs from South Africa and the Bahamas. Willie Dixon and Memphis Slim join Seeger in this... more

Another classic recording from Memphis Slim and Willie Dixon finds the powerhouse blues duo playing a collection of fine songs. Pete Seeger joins the guys for two tracks on the album: "Stew ball" and... more

Irwin Silber produced this classic 1960 Folkways comp of Civil War songs both famous and obscure, from rousing marches to brokenhearted ballads. Along with Tenting Tonight; Lincoln and Liberty; John... more

Some things never change, and, indeed, Pete's mid-'60s plea to respect the environment and treasure the splendor of nature rings yet truer today. Hear his voice and listen to his message as he sings... more

Icon of the American folk music revival Pete Seeger teaches folk guitar through a detailed written instruction guide (included in the liner notes) which accompanies in-depth teaching and classic folk... more

Pete Seeger teaches the 12-string guitar as played by the virtuoso Lead Belly through a detailed breakdown of both the instrument itself (how to tune it, steel vs. Silk strings etc.) and step-by-step... more

This 1961 LP commemorated the 25th anniversary of the start of the Spanish Civil War. It combines Pete Seeger's 1944 recording Songs of the Lincoln Brigades (Long Live the 15th Brigade; Quartermaster... more

Adventurers, nonconformists, naturalists, and anyone seeking a new life traveled to America's far reaches, singing their old music even as they created new songs to describe life on the frontier.... more

This recording captures Pete Seeger performing some of the most significant folk songs of the mid-20th century. He begins with Malvina Reynolds' "Little Boxes" and ends with Phil Ochs' "The Ballad of... more

This collection contains songs recorded between 1950 and 1955, either live at hootenannies sponsored by Sing Out! Magazine, issued as 78rpm records on the defunct Hootenanny Records label, or... more

This album of songs mostly composed in the early 1960s includes two songs by Malvina Reynolds, as well as "The New York J-D Blues," composed by a New York teenager puzzled by a misguided subway ad... more

To everyone in all the world / I reach my hand, I shake their hand, sings Pete Seeger. The material performed on this album-from a Japanese song, "Never Again Shall We Allow Another Atom Bomb to... more

In this collection of live recordings, Pete Seeger plays some of his favorite Woody Guthrie tunes. Classics such as Pretty Boy Floyd, Reuben James, and This Land is Your Land are included alongside... more

This collection reminds US that the ballad's purpose, first and foremost, is to tell a story. These songs narrate tales of ordinary people-hoboes and lovers and sailors-and their extraordinary deeds.... more

In the liner notes to this second volume of topical songs, Irwin Silber writes, "Traditional folk song, in addition to it's inherent artistic worth and emotion-fulfilling qualities, has always served... more

Pete Seeger and Mike Seeger composed and performed the music for the soundtrack to Indian Summer, singing and playing fiddle, five-string banjo, guitar, twelve-string guitar, chalil (bamboo flute),... more

This album exhibits Pete Seeger's omnivorous approach to music. Here, he plays a variety of instruments, and this collection features a far-ranging repertoire. Seeger's musical travels took him to... more

See also: Smithsonian Folkways Recordings reissued series of American Favorite Ballads.

This recording was made at a concert Pete Seeger gave at the Museum of Modern Art in New York for an audience of five hundred college students. A testament to Seeger's skill at leading a chorus, this... more

In the original liner notes, Pete Seeger writes, "[This album] is influenced by the folk traditions of the American South, popular music of the airwaves, and recordings heard of ethnic music from... more