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Sprouts Radio from the Grassroots is a 30-minute weekly program featuring radio programs produced at community radio stations or by other independent producers from across the country and sometimes around the world.
PART 2 of a two-part musical celebration of Pete Seeger’s 100th birthday, produced by musician and friend of Seeger, Larry Long. Featured is a recording from a gathering of community leaders, activists and musicians organized in honor of Pete Seeger, led by Long & Dan Chouinard at a concert held in 2014 at the Fitzgerald Theatre in St. Paul, Minnesota.
Civil rights and social justice elders read Seeger’s accounts of Paul Robeson’s activities and concerts, and confrontations with violence against him and others in freedom movements. There is a tribute to Pete’s wife, Toshi Seeger, a rousing rendition of “If I Had a Hammer,” “Climbing Jacob’s Ladder,” among other performances, and at the end of the show, a clip of Pete Seeger is heard, improvising on the song, “This Land is Your Land.”
Featuring:
Pete Seeger and Larry Long with community musicians, poets, leaders, and activists in a concert at the Fitzgerald Theater in St. Paul, MN in 2014.
Credits:
Produced by Larry Long with production assistance from Ursula Ruedenberg, Pacifica Radio Network.
Recordings: “Well May The World Go” by Larry Long on Smithsonian Folkways & Appleseed Records and selections from For Pete’s Sake: Celebrating Pete Seeger’s 95th Birthday held on May 3, 2014 at the Fitzgerald Theater in St. Paul, MN.
