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Pete Seeger

  1. obits
    Jody Rosen: There Was No ‘I’ in Pete SeegerPete Seeger, who died yesterday at 94, was for many decades the most famous folk singer on earth, although to call him a star seems absurd. 
    By Jody Rosen
  2. Obits
    Read Pete Seeger’s Prescient Foreword to a Cookbook From 1972Forty years ago, the legendary folk singer recruited participants for his so-called “pumpkin project.”
    By Hugh Merwin
  3. obits
    Pete Seeger, Legendary Folk Musician and Activist, Dies at 94His career took him from the McCarthy-era blacklist to Obama’s inauguration.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  4. vulture lists
    8 Unique Versions of Inside Llewyn Davis’s ‘Fare Thee Well (Dink’s Song)’You can trace the history of folk music through covers of “Fare Thee Well.”
    By Jesse David Fox
  5. music
    Stream the Preservation Hall Jazz Band’s Benefit Album, With Tom Waits, Merle Haggard, Andrew BirdStream now, buy later.
    By Edith Zimmerman
  6. quote machine
    Pete Seeger Just Found Out About Pitchfork This MorningPlus: No matter who’s elected president tomorrow, Sammy Hagar still wins.
    By Stan Park
  7. quote machine
    Lil Wayne Speculates on Brett Favre’s AgePlus: Will the ‘Survivor’ incident mean more flapping penises?
    By Stan Park
  8. agenda
    Pete Seeger Doc Argues Music Is Not His Greatest FeatHistory will remember Pete Seeger the folk singer, but director Jim Brown’s inspiring documentary argues that music was one of his lesser accomplishments.
  9. gossipmonger
    Kristin Davis Is Not a Slut, Okay?Kristin Davis got annoyed that Evan Handler’s wife jokingly referred to her as a “slut” when Handler had to film sex scenes with Davis on Sex and the City. Real-estate developer and Observer owner Jared Kushner recently replaced his dinner table with a Ping-Pong table and says more people come visit him now. Carly Simon says she never slept with Mick Jagger, but Bianca Jagger doesn’t believe her. Folk legend Pete Seeger is still annoyed that his protégé Bob Dylan switched to electric guitar back in 1965. Gwen Stefani says that she thinks celebrity gossip is gross, but she’s addicted.