Pete Seeger Shares his Wisdom

Soundcheck | May 3, 2010
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 whether protest songs can still have an impact.

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