Pete Seeger

Pete Seeger

male, 90 years old
Peter Seeger (born May 3, 1919), almost universally known as Pete Seeger, is a folk singer, political activist, and author. As a member of the...
Ronnie Gilbert

Ronnie Gilbert

female, 83 years old
Ronnie Gilbert was born September 7, 1926 in New York City to Charles Gilbert, a factory worker, and Sarah Gilbert, a dressmaker and trade...
Erik Darling

Erik Darling

male
Erik Darling was a New York-born folk music artist, and an important influence on the folk scene in the late 1950s and early 1960s. Inspired by The...
Holly Near

Holly Near

female, 60 years old
Holly Near (born June 6, 1949 in Ukiah, CA) is an American singer-songwriter, teacher and social change activist. After starting high school in...
Harold Leventhal

Harold Leventhal

male, deceased (2005)
Harold Leventhal (1919-2005) was an American music manager. He died in 2005 at the age of 86. His career began as a song plugger for Irving Berlin....
Bernie Krause

Bernie Krause

male
Bernie Krause (born December 8, 1938 in Detroit, Michigan) is an American musician, was a member of The Weavers, and was one of the first players...
Tom Glazer

Tom Glazer

male
Thomas Zachariah "Tom" Glazer (September 2, 1914 - February 21, 2003) was an American folk singer and songwriter known primarily as a composer of...
Maynard Solomon

Maynard Solomon

male
Maynard Solomon (January 5, 1930) was co-founder of Vanguard Records, a producer, and a music writer. Maynard Solomon founded Vanguard Records,...
Rian Malan

Rian Malan

male
Rian Malan is a South African author, journalist and songwriter of Afrikaner descent. Born in Johannesburg, Malan developed as a teenager a...

James Stevens

male, deceased (1971)
James Stevens was an American author and composer. Among his literary works were "Brawny Man" (1926), "Mattock" (1927), "Homer in the Sagebrush"...