MacCarry, Noel
Summary: Presents the life of the folk singer and social activist, and discusses his role in the union, anti-war, civil rights, and environmental movements and the opposition he sometimes aroused for his radical views.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Grosset & Dunlap 2017
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JB SEGER MACSummary: Chronicles the life of Pete Seeger, the American singer/songwriter, who was a leader of the mid-20th century American folk music revival and wrote some of its best known songs. Also looks at his work as a labor and political activist and his experiences of being picketed, blacklisted, and banned from commercial television. Features archival footage and interviews with his family, including wife...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Live Nation Worldwide 2007
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1 available in Music DVDs, Call number: DVD MUSIC PETWilentz, Sean.
Summary: One of America's finest historians shows us how one of the country's greatest and most enduring artists still surprises and moves us after all these years. Growing up in Greenwich Village, Sean Wilentz discovered the music of Bob Dylan as a young teenager; almost half a century later, he revisits Dylan's work with the skills of an eminent American historian as well as the passion of a fan....
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Doubleday 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 DYLAN, BOB WILSummary: Traces Bob Dylan's journey from his roots in Minnesota, to his early days in Greenwich Village, to his tumultuous ascent to pop stardom in 1966. Joan Baez, Allan Ginzberg, Maria Muldaur, Pete Seeger, Liam Clancy, Mavis Staples and others share their thoughts and feelings about the young singer who would change popular music forever. Contains extensive archival footage, some never-before-seen...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Paramount 2005
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1 available in Music DVDs, Call number: DVD MUSIC BOBCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD NODMarcus, Greil
Summary: "Across seven decades, Bob Dylan has been the first singer of American song. As a writer and performer, he has rewritten the national songbook in a way that comes from his own vision and yet can feel as if it belongs to anyone who might listen. In Folk Music, Greil Marcus tells Dylan's story through seven of his most transformative songs. Marcus's point of departure is Dylan's ability to "see...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Yale University Press 2022
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1 available in New Non-fiction, Call number: 921 DYLAN, BOB MARSummary: Looks at the life of Ramblin' Jack Elliott who traveled and sang with Woody Guthrie and became a mentor to Bob Dylan. Documented by his daughter Aiyana, this film, shot over a period of two years, contains performances, interviews and archival material including home movies from the Guthrie family's private collection.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Fox Lorber CentreStage 2001
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1 available in Music DVDs, Call number: DVD MUSIC BalSeeger, Peggy
Summary: Born in New York City in 1935, Peggy Seeger enjoyed a childhood steeped in music and politics. Her father was the noted musicologist Charles Seeger; her mother, the modernist composer Ruth Crawford; and her brother Pete, the celebrated writer of protest songs. After studying at Radcliffe College, in 1955 Peggy left to travel the world. It was in England that she met the man, some two decades...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Faber & Faber 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 SEEGER, PEGGY SEESeeger, Pete
Summary: "In this new book, we hear directly from the artist through the widest array of sources--letters, notes to himself, published articles, rough drafts, stories, and poetry--creating the most detailed picture available of Seeger as a musician, an activist, and a family man, in his own words and from his own perspective... The portrait that emerges is not a saint, not a martyr, but a...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Paradigm Publishers 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 SEEGER, PETE SEESummary: Blues and folk singer Karen Dalton was a prominent figure in 1960s New York. Idolized by Bob Dylan and Nick Cave, Karen discarded the traditional trappings of success and led an unconventional life until her early death. Since most images of Karen have been lost or destroyed, the film uses Karen₂s dulcet melodies and interviews with loved ones to build a rich portrait of this singular woman and...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in Music DVDs, Call number: DVD MUSIC KARAdler, William M.
Summary: In 1914, Joe Hill was convicted of murder in Utah and sentenced to death by firing squad, igniting international controversy. Many believed Hill was innocent, condemned for his association with the Industrial Workers of the World, the radical Wobblies. Now, following four years of intensive investigation, the author gives us a biography of Joe Hill, and presents never before published...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Bloomsbury 2011
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 HILL, JOE ADLPartridge, Elizabeth.
Summary: A biography of Woody Guthrie, a singer who wrote over 3,000 folk songs and ballads as he traveled around the United States, including "This Land is Your Land" and "So Long It's Been Good to Know Yuh."
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2002
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 GUTHRIE, WOODY PARSummary: This film explores Guthrie's creative genius -- his life and music as well as lesser known talents like writing and painting. Every American who has listened to the radio knows Guthrie's 'This Land Is Your Land.' The music of the folk singer/songwriter has been recorded by everyone from the Mormon Tabernacle Choir to U2.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: PBS Home Video 2007
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV WOOVan Ronk, Dave.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Da Capo Press 2005
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 VAN RONK, DAVE VANIsaacson, Walter
Summary: A portrait of the Nobel Prize-winning scientist explores the impact of James Watson's "The Double Helix" on her career and how her team's invention of CRISPR technology enabled revolutionary DNA-editing approaches to fighting disease, as well as curing diseases, fending off viruses, and enhancing our children
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2021