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The storm king : stories, narratives, poems : spoken word set to a world of music

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  • Running Time: 02:30 hrs
    Narrator: the author
    Publisher:
    Hachette Audio, 2018
    Note: This book was purchased with support from the Government of Canada's Social Development Partnerships Program - Disability Component.

Details:

  • Author: Seeger, Pete
    Contributor: Haynes, Jeff
    Date:
    Created
    2018
    Summary:

    This audio collection presents Pete Seeger's spoken words as he recounts his most engaging stories, narratives, and poems through musical traditions as diverse as African music, the blues, bluegrass, Celtic music, classical guitar, folk, Israeli music, jazz, Native American music, and Tuvan throat singing--taking Pete's wisdom and stories out to new audiences and into a new technological age.

    Contents:
    • disc 1. Introduction (Jeff Haynes)
    • Covered wagon (7:15)
    • Sailing up my dirty stream (3:42)
    • Talking drum (5:22)
    • To know good will (5:42)
    • Toshi (7:26)
    • Storm king (Dar Williams, vocals) (4:24)
    • Jacob's vision (Ralph Stanley, vocals) (5:11)
    • Peace Pilgrim (4:38)
    • Libba Cotten (5:25)
    • Fanni Lou Hamer (2:57)
    • Big muddy (5:35)
    • Story of the banjo (Pete Seeger, spoken word, banjo) (11:52)
    • disc 2. Imagine (Will Ackerman, guitar) (4:21)
    • Little girl (Kelly Williams, vocals) (4:41)
    • Abiyoyo (Samite Mulondo, vocals, litungu) (7:14)
    • Father (7:21)
    • MLK 14 (3:29)
    • Double helix (2:20)
    • Tzena, tzena (7:58)
    • Rendezvous with death (6:04)
    • Talking leaves (8:00)
    • Woody Guthrie (5:45)
    • Where have all the flowers gone? (Bianca Merkley, vocals) (11:53)
    • Copyright information (Jeff Haynes).
    Genre:
    Biographies and autobiographies, Poetry, Creative nonfiction
    Subject(s): Folk musicians | Poetry, Modern | Seeger, Pete, 1919-2014
    Original Publisher: [New York], Hachette Book Group
    Language(s): English
    ISBN: 9781549169731, 1549169734, 9781619698307, 1619698307