Mike Seeger

Not long before he passed in 2009, noted folklorist and archivist Mike Seeger embarked on what was to be his final trip collecting songs and tunes among the Appalachian mountains he called his home. Mike had dedicated his entire professional

Guest Artist Quiz and Prizes This month’s guest artist is the rajah of the resophonic guitar, Rob Ickes. At an early age, Rob was kidnapped by pirates who left him on an island off the coast of California with nothing but

Among the books mentioned in the University of North Carolina Press Fall/Winter 2011 catalogue is Bill C. Malone’s biography, Music From The True Vine: Mike Seeger's Life & Musical Journey. The recently-deceased Seeger was the son of musicologists Charles and Ruth Crawford Seeger

Ralph E. “Bud” Reed passed away at his home in Rising Sun, Maryland, on Saturday, February 12. He was aged 93. Reed, who married Ola Belle Campbell in February 1949, was born in Conowingo, Maryland on January 16, 1918, and served

Mike Seeger is scheduled to receive the 2009 Bess Lomax Hawes Award from the National Endowment for the Arts on September 22. The presentation will take place in the US Capitol, Senate Caucus Building. Mike passed away on August 7 of

Continuing with our Mike Seeger theme today, here is news of a multi-disc retrospective on the recording career of The New Lost City Ramblers. 50 Years: Where Do You Come From? Where Do You Go? was released August 25 by Smithsonian

Apropos of Richard's fine tribute to Mike Seeger, here is some related news. The Arhoolie Foundation has recently released a DVD of the Yasha Aginsky film, Always Been A Rambler, an hour-long documentary on the New Lost City Ramblers, of which

Mike Seeger: August 15, 1933  - August 7, 2009 Musician, multi-instrumentalist, recording artist, collector, teacher, advocate, record engineer and producer, field-recordist, archivist, folklorist, historian and cultural scholar. Adjectives abound; individually or collectively they cannot begin to describe the influence Mike Seeger

Cathy Fink and Marcy Marxer will be on the Kojo Nnamdi Show today (8/12) on WAMU to remember Mike Seeger and his music. Mike passed away on August 7 at his home. Cathy and Marcy were good friends of Mike's and

It is being widely reported that Mike Seeger has passed away. We've not yet received anything absolutely definitive, but a note expressed as having come from his wife Alexia indicates that he died last night. Dear family, dear friends… Mike has