In New Orleans, Music Is A Climate Issue — And Climate Is A Music Issue!
Over the four years of the Climate Letter Project, I had relatively few opportunities to link climate and music, despite the many […]
Friday’s Recycled Instruments: The First Musical Instrument I Ever Made…
….was in 1970 or thereabouts. I was 12. I’d seen a jug band perform and was deeply impressed with the washtub bass […]
Everyone Should Know Enough History…
…that they’re not doomed to repeat it. Here’s some important history for us:
Wind Energy Isn’t The Only Kind You Can Get!
While there are plenty of raw materials for instrument-making which have come under threat from climate change and environmental destruction (tropical hardwoods, […]
Bernie Krause
Berne Krause has been recording the natural world for decades. His book “The Great Animal Orchestra” is one of the most important […]
Thoughts Towards An Ecology of Music
I remember reading that a natural ecosystem that had taken thousands of years to develop can be destroyed in ten minutes by […]
Garbage, Garbage, Garbage!
I learned this song at summer camp — a camp which was, not coincidentally, run by Pete’s elder brother John Seeger, who […]
As of December 28, 2013…
As of December 28, 2013, people have delivered the Climate Message in San Antonio, Texas: “I have made the commitment, had my […]