protest music

Sometimes music surrounds and embeds us so fully as a community that we lose track of how inspired and driven its presence is in our lives as the result of a single artist. We all know the name of Pete Seeger, the artists he has collected around himself (especially as the Weavers), and many of his best known songs. What I had lost track of was how much at the intersection of critical moments in the peace movement Pete Seeger has stood and given voice to our song of freedom and democracy.