Tag: Pete Seeger
'Decemberists' Colin Meloy Announces 'The Golden Thread' - New Kid's Book About Pete Seeger
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'Pete Seeger Was Part of Secret FBI Investigation Before Senator McCarthy
It's no secret that the late-Pete Seeger was subject to Senator Joe McCarthy's red scare tactics. But it's been reported that the musician was listed earlier than he let on. In a publicly obtained FBI report, it appears the feds were spying on Seeger even when he was enlisted in the Army. -
'EXCLUSIVE: Steve Lowenthal Talks New Book 'Dance of Death: The Life of John Fahey'
"This is not rock 'n' roll. It's not pop music. It's not folk music; it's this sort of transcendental guitar music," Steve Lowenthal emphatically tells me over the phone. And, indeed, his new book, Dance of Death: The Life of John Fahey, details the style (and story) of perhaps this country's most influential "American primitive" guitarist.
