The above drawing was done by a survivor of the Essex disaster, the drawing is of the Essex...
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Spotlight: Al Hirsch
You know how sometimes you meet someone and you know right away you’ll get on like a house...
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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,...
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Mairzy Doats – Then and Now
This song is more than just a kids’ song, and has both a storied past and a sordid...
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The Hammer Song – Hays/Seeger
In both “Where Have All the Flowers Gone” and “American Favorite Ballads”, Pete Seeger says this about ‘The...
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The Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll
In 1963, a drunk man named William Zantzinger walked into the Emerson Hotel in Baltimore carrying a toy...
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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...
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The Ferryman
The Ferry on the Liffey River in Dublin has a long storied history. There are reports of a...
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Little Boxes and Malvina Reynolds
This song is probably her most famous, and the story is quite simple. According to Pete Seeger in...
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Yankee Doodle
This is a tale of war, fashion, antiquated insults, rebellion, and the spirit of a group of stalwart...