#4407, Tributes to Pete Seeger, Woody Guthrie, and Leadbelly

New Sounds | Sep 14, 2020

Hear contemporary takes on songs associated with folk singers Pete Seeger, Woody Guthrie, and Leadbelly as performed by Kronos Quartet, Wenzel, and Last Forever. Listen to a new tribute to Pete Seeger featuring Kronos Quartet and archival footage of Seeger himself woven together by composer and arranger Jacob Garchik, done for Seeger’s centennial last year.

There’s also a circus-punky tribute to Woody Guthrie from Germany’s Wenzel, sung in both German and English. Then, listen to a lush arrangement of “Boll Weevil Blues” by Leadbelly, in a chamber orchestration by Last Forever. Plus, more Pete Seeger in song with arrangements from South Africa, Spain, and India, also from Kronos Quartet. And more.

Program #4407, Tributes to Pete Seeger, Woody Guthrie, Leadbelly, and More

ARTIST: Pete Seeger, Kronos Quartet, Jacob Garchik
WORK: Jacob Garchik: Storyteller [1:00]
RECORDING: Long Time Passing
SOURCE: Smithsonian Folkways Recordings
INFO: Due Oct. 9 | folkways.si.edu/kronos-quartet-celebrate-pete-seeger

ARTIST: Pete Seeger, Kronos Quartet, Jacob Garchik
WORK: Solomon Linda; arr. Jacob Garchik: Mbube (Wimoweh-The Lion Sleeps Tonight) [2:44]
RECORDING: Long Time Passing
SOURCE: Smithsonian Folkways Recordings
INFO: Due Oct. 9 | folkways.si.edu/kronos-quartet-celebrate-pete-seeger

ARTIST: Pete Seeger, Kronos Quartet, Jacob Garchik
WORK: Maria Arnal, arr. Jacob Garchik: Anda Jaleo [2:38]
RECORDING: Long Time Passing
SOURCE: Smithsonian Folkways Recordings
INFO: Due Oct. 9 | folkways.si.edu/kronos-quartet-celebrate-pete-seeger

ARTIST: Pete Seeger, Kronos Quartet, Jacob Garchik
WORK: Raghupati Raghav Raja Ram [3:40]
RECORDING: Long Time Passing
SOURCE: Smithsonian Folkways Recordings
INFO: Due Oct. 9 | folkways.si.edu/kronos-quartet-celebrate-pete-seeger

ARTIST: Pete Seeger, Kronos Quartet, Jacob Garchik
WORK: Jacob Garchik: Storyteller [16:29]
RECORDING: Long Time Passing
SOURCE: Smithsonian Folkways Recordings
INFO: Due Oct. 9 | folkways.si.edu/kronos-quartet-celebrate-pete-seeger

ARTIST: Wenzel
WORK: Been Down The River Too Long (German version) [2:29]
RECORDING: Ticky Tock - Wenzel Sings Woody Guthrie
SOURCE: Conträr Musik 27 | contraermusik.de
INFO: The English version is record #1933. The German version is record #1925. 

ARTIST: Wenzel
WORK: Ticky Tock [2:44]
RECORDING: Ticky Tock - Wenzel Sings Woody Guthrie
SOURCE: Conträr Musik 27 | contraermusik.de
INFO: The English version is record #1933. The German version is record #1925.

ARTIST: Wenzel
WORK: If I Was Everything On Earth (German version) [3:12]
RECORDING: Ticky Tock - Wenzel Sings Woody Guthrie
SOURCE: Conträr Musik 27 | contraermusik.de
INFO: The English version is record #1933. The German version is record #1925.

ARTIST: Last Forever
WORK: Leadbelly: Boll Weevil Blues [9:16]
RECORDING: Acres of Diamonds
SOURCE: StorySound Records
INFO: storysoundrecords.com

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