The above drawing was done by a survivor of the Essex disaster, the drawing is of the Essex...
Spotlight: Al Hirsch
You know how sometimes you meet someone and you know right away you’ll get on like a house...
The Songs of Ivar Haglund
If you’ve ever been to Seattle, you know the iconic Ivar’s Acres of Clams restaurant on Pier 54,...
Mairzy Doats – Then and Now
This song is more than just a kids’ song, and has both a storied past and a sordid...
The Hammer Song – Hays/Seeger
In both “Where Have All the Flowers Gone” and “American Favorite Ballads”, Pete Seeger says this about ‘The...
The Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll
In 1963, a drunk man named William Zantzinger walked into the Emerson Hotel in Baltimore carrying a toy...
Custom Made Woman Blues – Hazel and Alice
Alice Gerrard has been performing since the early 60’s and through the folk revival. American bluegrass artist Laurie...
The Ferryman
The Ferry on the Liffey River in Dublin has a long storied history. There are reports of a...
Little Boxes and Malvina Reynolds
This song is probably her most famous, and the story is quite simple. According to Pete Seeger in...
Yankee Doodle
This is a tale of war, fashion, antiquated insults, rebellion, and the spirit of a group of stalwart...
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