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Summary:

The trailblazing Kronos Quartet celebrates the music of Pete Seeger and rejoices in the spirit, inspiration, and fearlessness inherent in his life's work. Through the power of these eternally relevant cries for unity and moral integrity, the album articulates the responsibility people have as citizens and members of a greater community to question war and injustice, and to develop the courage to raise voices together both in word and song.

Table of Contents:

• Which side are you on? (2:22)
• The president sang Amazing grace (3:56)
• Raghupati raghav raja ram (3:40)
• Waist deep in the big muddy (3:23)
• Jarama Valley (live in Barcelona) (3:18)
• Garbage (3:06)
• Storyteller (16:29)
• Mbube (Wimoweh/The lion sleeps tonight) (2:44)
• If I had a hammer (2:07)
• Where have all the flowers gone? (4:03)
• Step by step (3:02)
• Anda jaleo (live in Barcelona) (2:37)
• Kisses sweeter than wine (3:10)
• Turn, turn, turn (3:57)
• We shall overcome (5:09).

Contributors:

Seeger, Pete, 1919-2014 , composer, arranger of music

Harrington, David (Violinist) , instrumentalist

Sherba, John , instrumentalist

Dutt, Hank , instrumentalist

Yang, Sunny (Sunny Jungin) , instrumentalist

Knight, Lee , performer

Hadero, Meklit , performer

Carpenter, Brian, 1971- , performer

Arnal, Maria, 1987- , performer

Amidon, Sam , performer

O'Donovan, Aoife , performer

Kronos Quartet , instrumentalist, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/itr

Languages:

English
Catalan
Spanish

Language Notes:

Vocal selections sung in English; track 5 sung in Catalan and English; track 12 sung in Spanish.

Subjects:

String quartets

String quartets, Arranged

Folk music — United States

Folk songs, English — United States

Songs with instrumental ensemble

Folk music

Folk songs, English

United States

Genres:

Folk music

Folk songs

Live sound recordings

Arrangements (Music)

Performers:

Kronos Quartet (David Harrington, violin ; John Sherba, violin ; Hank Dutt, viola ; Sunny Yang, cello) ; with guest artists Sam Amidon, Maria Arnal, Nikky Finney, Brian Carpenter, Meklit, Lee Knight, Aoife O'Donovan, and third-grade classes from Francis Scott Key and Monroe Elementary Schools in San Francisco (California).

Production Credits:

Produced by Kronos Quartet and Reshena Liao.

Performance Medium:

4 performers: violin (2); viola; cello

General Notes:

Recorded Studio 9 at the Porches Inn at MASS MoCA, North Adams, MA ; 25th Street Recording, Oakland, CA.
("Jarama Valley" and "Anda jaleo") recorded live 2019 June 24-27 Festival Grec of Barcelona, Spain.
(3rd grade students on "Garbage" and "We shall overcome") recorded Francis Scott Key Elementary School, San Francisco, CA.
(Nikky Finney on "We shall overcome") recorded Sunset Youth Services, San Francisco, CA
Program notes (42 pages : portraits) with essay by Brendan Greaves inserted in container.
Title from disc label.

Physical Description:

1 audio disc (1 hr., 3 min., 15 sec.) ; 4 3/4 in.

Physical Characteristics:

plastic; metal; 4 3/4 in.; 1.4 m/s; mass-produced

Audio Characteristics:

digital; optical; stereo

Digital Characteristics:

audio file; CD audio

Call Numbers:

LPCD 162,885

Other Standard Numbers:

Universal Product Code: 093074024027
Publisher Number, Smithsonian Folkways Recordings: SFW 40240

OCLC Numbers:

1201804730