Pete_Seeger--Brothers_And_Sisters-2CD-2006-1way

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MP3/FLAC

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1way

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85,29 MB

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36

Date

2007-06-20

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      a r t i s t : Pete Seeger
        t i t l e : Brothers & Sisters
          d a t e : 2006
        l a b e l : Discmedi
        g e n r e : Folk
  r l s.  d a t e : Jun/2007
      t r a c k s : 36
    b i t r a t e : VBRkbps
          s i z e : 85,3 MB

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     "Perhaps no single person in the 20th century has done more to
     preserve, broadcast, and re-distribute folk music than Pete
     Seeger" --All Music Guide

     American folk legend Pete Seeger is an outstanding figure of
     contemporary music. A real working class hero which songs
     always were a loud shout against everything that makes this
     world be a cruel place to live in: war, social unfairness,
     lack of freedom, poverty...

     A passionate performer, gifted composer and a thorough music
     archaeologist, Pete Seeger has always been the voice to awake
     sleepy consciences as well as the voice of American music
     heritage. His five-stringed banjo (look for famous phrase
     "this machine surrounds hate and forces it to surrender"
     written on it) it's been the perfect vehicle for him to go
     into the realms of folk, country-tinged music, blues and even
     gospel. Music as simple as pure-hearted; just as clever as
     honest.

     Prestigious music journalist Miquel Jurado has selected all
     songs included in this two disc set and written the
     liner-notes (translated to English and French). On the first
     album we found Pete Seeger going solo, singing with the sole
     accompaniment of his banjo and performing mostly traditional
     songs in addition to a few of his own numbers.
     Second CD, even if it includes some solo performing of Pete
     Seeger, is devoted to the work of two legendary ensembles the
     new Yorker was involved: Almanac Singers and The Weavers.

     Almanac Singers deserves to be remembered as one of the most
     important reunion of talents folk music has ever known about.
     With Seeger, the short-lived Singers (they only remained
     together for a year, between 1941 and 1942) included in his
     changing line-up Woody Guthrie, Josh White, Lee Hays and Bess
     Lomax, among others artist which later will carry their own
     successful and influential career.

     The Weavers stayed longer (almost four years from 1948 to
     1952) and saw Pete Seeger meeting again with Lee Hays. The
     band penned some songs that still stay as real American
     classics and folk standards like Kisses Sweeter Than Wine and
     Wimoweh. With The Weavers, Seeger open new perspectives for
     American roots music by linking its heritage with influences
     coming from jazz and even world music, when they look for
     inspiration in the folklore songbook of Latin, African or
     Israeli music.

     http://www.discmedi.com/en/cataleg/cd_s/pete_seeger/dm4203

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     Note: As always with recordings as old as these, the bitrates
     are very low. Great songs, though.

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      cd1

      01-if i had a hammer                                      [01:56]
      02-where have all the flowers gone?                       [02:09]
      03-skip to my lou                                         [03:12]
      04-deep blue sea                                          [02:15]
      05-down in the valley                                     [03:46]
      06-study war no more                                      [03:15]
      07-oh, mary don't you weep                                [02:33]
      08-last night i had the strangest dream                   [02:31]
      09-beans, bacon & gravy                                   [02:58]
      10-river of my people                                     [03:08]
      11-listen mr. bilbo                                       [02:04]
      12-paddy works on the railroad                            [02:25]
      13-pegg and awl                                           [02:27]
      14-the big rock candy mountain                            [03:08]
      15-hard times in the mill                                 [02:16]
      16-the fox                                                [02:05]
      17-the buffalo skinners                                   [02:46]
      18-wayfaring stranger                                     [01:15]

      cd2

      01-wimoweh                                                [03:04]
      02-kisses sweeter than wine                               [03:02]
      03-on top of old smoky                                    [02:45]
      04-so long                                                [03:24]
      05-around the world                                       [02:34]
      06-tzena, tzena, tzena                                    [02:46]
      07-suliram                                                [02:56]
      08-bay of mexico                                          [02:46]
      09-follow the drinking gourd                              [03:05]
      10-jig along home                                         [02:58]
      11-hard ain't it hard                                     [03:07]
      12-cindy                                                  [02:31]
      13-round, round hitler's grave                            [02:51]
      14-solidarity forever                                     [02:54]
      15-which side are you on?                                 [02:10]
      16-union maid                                             [02:17]
      17-the sinking of the reuben james                        [03:08]
      18-wasn't that a time                                     [03:01]
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                                                                 97:28 min

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