Pete Seeger

How Woody Guthrie’s “This Land is Your Land” went from a “God Bless America” spoof to an unofficial national anthem.

Legendary folk singer Pete Seeger reminisces about life, politics and narrow escapes.

Pete Seeger was a giant, and barely a singer-songwriter has touched a guitar who doesn't owe him a musical debt. He died this week, at age 94. In 2010, Kurt Andersen went to Seeger'...

Acclaimed singer and activist Pete Seeger talks about his life, the 100th birthday of Woody Guthrie, and the new book, Pete Seeger: His Life in His Own Words.

Folk singer and activist Pete Seeger died Monday night in New York at the age of 94. In June 2012, he spoke with Brian Lehrer about his life, his music, Woody Guthrie and more.

This is the national anthem we actually know the words to. Americans sing it at school; Bruce Springsteen sang it at President Obama's inauguration. Yet Woody Guthrie's song was onc...

Folk icon Pete Seeger, who rode the rails with Woody Guthrie and wrote protest songs once banned from television, has mellowed over the years. But he's still as relevant as ever, as a new documentary, "Pete Seeger: The Power of Song," reveals. Seeger joins us to talk about music and ...

We look at people living outside the law — both voluntarily and involuntarily. Host Dean Olsher explores the messy legal terrain confronting gay couples who want the privileges of a "divorce," and talks to local historians about female criminals on the Lower East Side in the 19th century. Sound artist ...

The folk music of the farms and fields of America.