Mike Seeger to hospice care

Here’s some unfortunate news about one of the giants of folk and traditional American music.

Mike Seeger has been in treatment for leukemia this past few years, and has just recently been diagnosed with multiple myeloma, a rare and aggressive form of cancer. Though therapies exist, this sort of blood cancer (plasma cell myeloma) is considered incurable.

It is Mike’s decision to forgo treatment and enter hospice care.

We are told that Mike would love to hear from his many friends in the music world. Email messages can be sent to him via Folklore Productions (his booking agency), where you can also send cards.

Here’s a video of Mike from a happier time.