January 28, 2021

Long Time Passing: Kronos Quartet and Friends Celebrate Pete Seeger

SFW 40240
Smithsonian Folkways Recordings – SFW 40240

Format: CD, Album
Country: US
Released: Oct 9, 2020
Genre: Folk, World, & Country
Style: Folk
[Tracklist]
01 Which Side Are You On? (2:21)
02 The President Sang Amazing Grace (3:58)
03 Raghupati Raghav Raja Ram (3:40)
04 Waist Deep in the Big Muddy (3:23)
05 Jarama Valley (Live In Barcelona) (3:19)
06 Garbage (3:09)
07 Storyteller (16:29)
08 Mbube (Wimoweh/The Lion Sleeps Tonight) (2:43)
09 If I Had A Hammer (2:07)
10 Where Have All The Flowers Gone? (4:05)
11 Step By Step (3:02)
12 Anda Jaleo (Live In Barcelona) (2:08)
13 Kisses Sweeter Than Wine (3:12)
14 Turn, Turn, Turn (3:58)
15 We Shall Overcome (5:08)
[Credits]
Kronos Quartet (ensemble) David Harrington and John Sherba (violin) Hank Dutt (viola) Sunny Jang (cello)
Aoife O'Donovan, Brian Carpenter, Maria Arnal, Meklit Hadero and Sam Amidon (vocals)
Producer: Janet Cowperthwaite and Reshena Liao, Engineer: Bob Ludwig
[Notes]
On Long Time Passing, the trailblazing Kronos Quartet celebrates the music of Pete Seeger and rejoices in the spirit, inspiration, and fearlessness inherent in his life's work. Along with guests Sam Amidon, Maria Arnal, Brian Carpenter, Meklit, Lee Knight, and Aoife O'Donovan, the group examines Seeger's celebration of beauty and the pleasure of singing together. Through the power of these eternally relevant cries for unity and moral integrity, the album articulates the responsibility we have as citizens and members of a greater community to question war and injustice, and to develop the courage to raise our voices together both in word and song.

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