[ Smithsonian Folkways / CD ]
Release Date: Friday 9 October 2020
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On Long Time Passing, the trailblazing Kronos Quartet celebrates the music of Pete Seeger and rejoices in the spirit, inspiration, and fearlessness inherent in his lifes work. Along with guests Sam Amidon, Maria Arnal, Brian Carpenter, Meklit, Lee Knight, and Aoife ODonovan , the group examines Seegers celebration of beauty and the pleasure of singing together. Through the power of these eternally relevant cries for unity and moral integrity, the album articulates the responsibility we have as citizens and members of a greater community to question war and injustice, and to develop the courage to raise our voices together both in word and song.
"These luminous reworkings of 15 songs he discovered or wrote, by San Francisco's most adventurous string quartet, underline the fact that their relevance lives on well after his life ended...His championing of grassroots activism and the collective power of how many small voices can effect change, and fight the unwelcome changes that irresponsibly wield power and capital, remains very reassuring and inspiring." Five Stars BBC Music World Choice
Which Side Are You On?
The President Sang Amazing Grace
Raghupati Raghav
Raja Ram
Waist Deep in the Big Muddy
Jarama Valley (Live in Barcelona)
Garbage
Storyteller
Mbube (Wimoweh/The Lion Sleeps Tonight)
If I Had a Hammer
Where Have All the Flowers Gone?
Step by Step
Anda Jaleo (Live in Barcelona)
Kisses Sweeter Than Wine
Turn, Turn, Turn
We Shall Overcome