Folk Singer Pete Seeger’s Favorite Dessert is Perfect for Summer originally appeared on Parade. Pete Seeger created music that changed America with folk songs like “If I Had a Hammer,” “Turn! Turn!

(USA TODAY) -- To Bruce Springsteen, Pete Seeger, the singer/songwriter/activist who died Monday at the age of 94, was "the father of American folk music." "It's been defined as the 'music of the ...

Pete Seeger, the banjo-playing folk singer whose music was indelibly intertwined with his social activism, was honored Thursday as the latest American musician to appear on a US postage stamp. The ...

"When someone lives a long time, his life achieves a discernible pattern, an almost topographical sort of map," writes Alec Wilkinson in his lithe meditation, "The Protest Singer." This "long essay -- ...

Pete Seeger, the banjo-picking troubadour who sang for migrant workers, college students and star-struck presidents in a career that introduced generations of Americans to their folk music heritage, ...

The folk-song collector, whose protest tunes got him blacklisted in the 1950s, died of natural causes in New York on Monday. By Debbie Emery Pete Seeger - H 2014 Seeger’s long and prolific career ...

(Reuters) - Pete Seeger, who helped create the modern American folk music movement, co-wrote enduring songs like "If I Had a Hammer" and became a leading voice for social justice, died on Monday at ...

(Reuters) - Pete Seeger, who helped create the modern American folk music movement, co-wrote enduring songs like "If I Had a Hammer" and in turn became a leading voice for social justice, died on ...