Posts Tagged ‘Pete Seeger’
Inspiring Followers Through Faith
Most singers who use religion to connect with others write music that appeals to people with similar beliefs. A good example is Shlomo Carlebach, an Orthodox Jewish singer/composer/lyricist with the nickname “the Singing Rabbi.”
Read MoreHausmann Quartet Spans the Centuries Gracefully at the Maritime Museum of San Diego
Sunday (February 25), the Hausmann Quartet embarked on another year of its “Haydn Voyages: Music at the Maritime,” playing string quartets by Haydn, Ruth Crawford Seeger and Tina Tallon on the museum’s ferryboat Berkeley
Read MoreProtest Goes Another Round at the REP
Last January’s version was clearly an “audience show,” with a fair amount of sing-along to what has become familiar music, mostly of the folk variety. All of the cast members were solid, but Mr. Crossland, a newbie to theatre, impressed with his tenor lead vocals – not surprising, as Mr. Crossland’s mentor was San Diego native John Stewart of the Kingston Trio. Somehow, though, the moment has passed. In January, we could empathize with a cast that had been assembled for a Pete Seeger tribute (Mr. Armstrong even looks a little like Mr. Seeger) and then had to revise suddenly when Mr. Seeger withdrew his support. We could root openly for the sympathetic comments about the Occupy movement. We could watch with studied horror as the Republican Party tried out an ever more conservative, anti-protest, set of presidential favorites.
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