More Perfect Union by Lorre Wyatt (CD, 2012)

Description: Product Description A More Perfect Union is a newly-recorded 16-song collaboration between Pete Seeger and longtime friend and fellow singer/songwriter Lorre Wyatt, on which the duo is joined by newer generations of socially conscious musicians Bruce Springsteen, Tom Morello, Steve Earle, Emmylou Harris, and Dar Williams, among others. (Seeger also has a second new release, Pete Remembers Woody, a two-CD spoken-word/musical tribute to Woody Guthrie.) Seeger's abiding mission, shared with Wyatt, is to inspire sociopolitical involvement and personal inclusiveness through song. That goal shines through the 14 songs newly co-written with Wyatt. The duo addresses recent and ongoing political, economic and environmental issues alongside gentler appreciations of life's good moments, meditations on the future, and exhortations to individual action. The opening track, God's Counting on Me... God's Counting on You puts the responsibility for battling corporate greed, the BP oil spill, and other manmade catastrophes squarely in our hands. Time to turn things around/Trickle up, not trickle down, rasps Springsteen, while Pete reminds us, What we do, you and me/Will affect eternity. Review The opening track of A More Perfect Union called God s Counting on Me ... God s Counting on You [with guest Bruce Springsteen] is just the latest in an unmatchable career of socially conscious songs that Seeger delivers with unparalleled conviction. --- Scott Bauer, Associated PressSeeger and Wyatt reveal an easy rapport and still vibrant creativity. Musically, it s a richly varied set . . . Uplifting . . . --Nick Cristiano, Philadelphia InquirerThe tone of the album is established on the first song, God s Counting On Me...God s Counting On You, a new anthem for these times about communal responsibility for fixing what s wrong with our contemporary world. . . . It s an inspiring song destined to join the long list of Pete s essential classics. The communal spirit of God s Counting On Me continues to be felt on such songs as A More Perfect Union, sung by Lorre, Pete and Tom Morello, Wonderful Friends and A Toast to the Times. Other highlights include the gorgeous version of Somos El Barco/We are the Boat sung by Pete, Lorre and Emmylou Harris . . . and quietly compelling Bountiful River, the 10-minute opus which ends the album. That Lorre was able, 15 years after his stroke, to return to making vital music again, and that Pete has continued to be such a force of nature, music making and songwriting well into his 90s, is nothing less than inspiring. Mike Regenstreif, Folk Roots/Folk Branches blog --- Mike Regenstreif, Folk Roots/Folk Branches blogcondition info: Original case included! Ships FAST, directly from !

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