NPR has been airing a two hour exerpt from the May 15th concert held at the Keswick Theater as tribute to Pete Seeger and a benefit for Singout. The concert includeds apearences by Bruce Cockburn, Judy Collins, Ronnie Gilbert, Ginny Hawker & Tracy Schwarz, Janis Ian, Natalie Merchant, Holly Near, Odetta, Bernice Johnson Reagon, and Stephan Smith. You can stream the entire NPR broadcast here at the NPR website. There’s also an interview with Pete by NPR’s Scott Simon
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