RT @billmckibben: Huge huge win, in Montana of all places, as a judge rules kids have a right to a safe climate. This state has more coal…

There's a Noel Paul Stookey biography in the works. Next Monday, July 31. Today my co-writer, Jeanne Torrence Finley, and have launched a Substack newsletter, STRINGS, to share some of our writing process, interviews, and commentary on culture, faith, and music.

Join Peter and me for a concert on Saturday, Mar 18, at Mesa Arts Center in MESA, AZ.

Here's the lineup for the March 5 GVFF, presented in association with Music To Life, a national non-profit that supports musicians working for progress in their own communities. Watch the show on the GVFF FB page, on the GVFF website, or on youtube.

RT @dittytv: Happy Birthday to @NoelPaulStookey, better known as the “Paul” of legendary 1960s folk trio, Peter, Paul and Mary! We sat do…

My friend George Emlen (former music director of the Cambridge, MA, Revels) and I felt that a counter melody to “Auld Lang Syne” would make a nice musical statement as well as a metaphoric intertwining of the old year/new year. 

here's a music video describing the 'best' Christmas present ever - i was maybe 10 years old, growing up in Dorsey, Maryland.

"There's still my joy for Christmas day . . . "

Merry Christmas Eve!

Originally released on "Peter, Paul, and Mommy" (1969), "Christmas Dinner" was the inspiration for Will Vinton's award winning video "A Christmas Gift."

@sionthor @rayfp funny...i remember this story with some guthrie-talkin blues chords behind it. but hey, maybe he told it more than once (y'think?!)

@Stridequeen @jcjazzinspired twas a gas...and some surprising connections!

"Nothing quite so emotionally compelling as transparency...thank you, Diana!

"...we are now facing the rise of 'illiberal democracy' or “Christian democracy,” which argues that democracy’s protection of equal rights weakens societies by destroying their moral core and by splitting the people internally." -- Heather Cox Richardson

Sharing this song, "There Are No Words," written by folksinger Kitty Donohoe on September 11, 2001

Condolences to the family and country. We were honored to meet Queen Elizabeth in 1965 (“I loved your songs and much prefer your guitars to the electric variety”). This picture was taken prior to my stepping on the hem of Mary's gown, preventing her from doing a proper curtsey.

Richard Blanco’s beautiful, moving 9/11 video of “That Day: When We Were One” is even more relevant today than when first written. The 5th Inaugural Poet in U.S. history, he teaches creative writing at his alma mater Florida International University.

On this day we honor the labor movement and contribution of American workers to the social, cultural, and economic life of our nation.