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Covered in Folk: Pete Seeger On Folk as Engine of Social Change

Sep 24, 2008, 9:37pm Cover Lay Down

Though I believe that folk, most especially in the way it functions as a channel of engagement and public discourse, is by definition an agency of cultural change, I have been reluctant to use this blog as a forum for advocating explicit change of any one type. Perpetuating the relevance of folk as an agenda in and of itself, it seems to me, precludes taking sides for any particular agenda which might be carried by folk, lest we alienate opposing values, and in doing so, diminish the potential of folk to remain dialogic. But it's [...]

• Ani DiFranco - My Name Is Lisa Kalvelage
• Bruce Cockburn - Turn, Turn, Turn
• Elizabeth Mitchell - Little Bird, Little Bird
• Eric Bibb - Michael Row the Boat Ashore
• Holly Near & Ronnie Gilbert - Precious Friend
• Joan Baez - Sagt Mir Wo Die Blumen Sind
• Kate & Anna McGarrigle - Little Boxes (Petites Boites)
• Marlene Dietrich - Where Have All The Flowers Gone
• Natalie Merchant - Which Side Are You On?
• Pete Seeger - Little Boxes (S3E15)
• Pete Seeger - The Draft Dodger Rag
• Pete Seeger - We Shall Overcome
• Richard Shindell - Waist Deep In The Big Muddy
• The Mammals - Quite Early Morning
• Tony Trischka & Jennifer Kimball - Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring

Artist:	Ani DiFranco
Title:	My Name Is Lisa Kalvelage
Link Text:	Ani DiFranco: My Name Is Lisa Kalvelage
File Name:	1-05 My Name Is Lisa Kalvelage.mp3
Bitrate:	160 kbps
Year:	1998

Artist:	Bruce Cockburn
Title:	Turn, Turn, Turn
Link Text:	Bruce Cockburn: Turn, Turn, Turn
File Name:	1-06 Turn, Turn, Turn.mp3
Bitrate:	160 kbps
Year:	1998

Artist:	Elizabeth Mitchell
Title:	Little Bird, Little Bird
Link Text:	Elizabeth Mitchell: Little Bird, Little Bird
File Name:	04 Little Bird, Little Bird.mp3
Bitrate:	160 kbps
Year:	2006

Artist:	Eric Bibb
Title:	Michael Row the Boat Ashore
Link Text:	Eric Bibb: Michael Row the Boat Ashore
File Name:	10 Michael Row the Boat Ashore.mp3
Bitrate:	192 kbps
Year:	2004

Artist:	Holly Near & Ronnie Gilbert
Title:	Precious Friend
Link Text:	Holly Near and Ronnie Gilbert: Precious Friend
File Name:	2-17 Precious Friend.mp3
Bitrate:	128 kbps
Year:	2003

Artist:	Joan Baez
Title:	Sagt Mir Wo Die Blumen Sind
Link Text:	Joan Baez: Sagt Mir Wo Die Blumen Sind?
File Name:	10 Sagt Mir Wo Die Blumen Sind.mp3
Bitrate:	192 kbps
Year:	1965

Artist:	Kate & Anna McGarrigle
Title:	Little Boxes (Petites Boites)
Link Text:	Kate & Anna McGarrigle: Little Boxes (Petites Boites)
File Name:	10 Little Boxes (Petites Boites).mp3
Bitrate:	192 kbps

Artist:	Marlene Dietrich
Title:	Where Have All The Flowers Gone
Link Text:	Marlene Dietrich: Where Have All The Flowers Gone
File Name:	Where Have All The Flowers Gone.mp3
Bitrate:	128 kbps

Artist:	Natalie Merchant
Title:	Which Side Are You On?
Link Text:	Natalie Merchant: Which Side Are You On?
File Name:	02 Which Side Are You On_.mp3
Bitrate:	192 kbps
Year:	2003

Artist:	Pete Seeger
Title:	Little Boxes (S3E15)
Link Text:	Pete Seeger: Little Boxes
File Name:	15 Little Boxes (S3E15).mp3
Bitrate:	128 kbps
Year:	2007

Artist:	Pete Seeger
Title:	The Draft Dodger Rag
Link Text:	Pete Seeger: The Draft Dodger Rag
File Name:	14 The Draft Dodger Rag.mp3
Bitrate:	256 kbps
Year:	1966

Artist:	Pete Seeger
Title:	We Shall Overcome
Link Text:	Pete Seeger: We Shall Overcome
File Name:	04 We Shall Overcome.mp3
Bitrate:	128 kbps

Artist:	Richard Shindell
Title:	Waist Deep In The Big Muddy
Link Text:	Richard Shindell: Waist Deep in the Big Muddy
File Name:	02 Waist Deep In The Big Muddy.mp3
Bitrate:	192 kbps
Year:	2004

Artist:	The Mammals
Title:	Quite Early Morning
Link Text:	The Mammals: Quite Early Morning
File Name:	12 Quite Early Morning.mp3
Bitrate:	160 kbps
Year:	2004

Artist:	Tony Trischka & Jennifer Kimball
Title:	Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring
Link Text:	Tony Trischka & Jennifer Kimball: Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring
File Name:	2-05 Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring.mp3
Bitrate:	128 kbps
Year:	2003

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