Hello, Web-boss, I'm just touching base to let you know that on Oct. 9, Appleseed Recordings will release IF I HAD A SONG: THE SONGS OF PETE SEEGER, VOL. 2 (APR CD 1055), which includes an exclusive recording of Moxy Früvous performing "Maple Syrup Time," a Seeger composition they have added some lyrics to and perform partially in French. Would you be kind enough to include this information (there's a full press release below my signature for additional info) on the Früvous website in the "Nuz Flash" section (or elsewhere) and include a link to our home page (www.appleseedrec.com) so that your site's visitors can read about the CD, hear sound samples, and, if inclined, order the disc securely online? We have included the Moxy Früvous Website address in the IF I HAD A SONG booklet and posted it on one of our IF I HAD A SONG Webpages. I hope you'll look favorably on my request and drop me a quick note if you're going to post a news item, link to Appleseed, and/or need more information. Please read on for the full spiel. Thanks for everything, Alan Alan Edwards Appleseed Recordings Joevinyl@aol.com www.appleseedrec.com ph/fax: 215-628-4562 38 Mercer Hill Road Ambler, PA 19002 IF I HAD A SONG: THE SONGS OF PETE SEEGER, VOL. 2 APR CD 1055 - available on CD only Sixteen International Artists Pay Tribute to One of the Century's Leading Musicians and Activists Pete Seeger has embodied the ideals of folk music for more than fifty years. The songs he has written, and those he has discovered and made his own, have helped preserve our cultural heritage, imprinting adults and children with the sounds, traditions and values of our global past and present. A fearless warrior for social justice, Pete's political activism -- from the Civil Rights movement and anti-McCarthyism to resistance to fascism and the war in Vietnam - have become the template for subsequent generations of musicians with something to say about the world. While his frequently unpopular stances perhaps cost him a greater and more superficial popularity through the repercussions of media and performance blacklisting for many years, Pete's contributions have earned him a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award, a Harvard Arts Medal, the Kennedy Center Award, the Presidential Medal of the Arts, and even membership in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. IF I HAD A SONG is the second volume of Pete's original or adapted compositions that were recorded, with rare exception, exclusively for Appleseed by many of his fellow musicians. The first volume, the 2-CD WHERE HAVE ALL THE FLOWERS GONE set released in 1998, contained new recordings by Bruce Springsteen, Jackson Browne & Bonnie Raitt, Roger McGuinn, Nanci Griffith, Judy Collins, Ani DiFranco, actor-director Tim Robbins and many other representatives from the last half-decade of folk music. Widely acclaimed for its scope and execution, WHERE HAVE ALL THE FLOWERS GONE won the American Federation of Independent Music Award as the "Top Independent Release of 1998," and the duet by Jackson Browne and Bonnie Raitt on "Kisses Sweeter than Wine" was nominated for a 1999 Grammy as "Best Pop Collaboration." The sixteen selections on IF I HAD A SONG extend the engagingly diverse guest list and wide range of song topics presented on the first volume. A few artists reappear with new contributions (Jackson Browne, this time teamed with Joan Baez for a gorgeous version of "Guantanamera"; Billy Bragg with Eliza Carthy; Kim & Reggie Harris and Magpie), but there are plenty of additional and varied voices represented (as well as Pete's own, on five selections). Traditional "folkies" and protest singers (Arlo Guthrie, John McCutcheon, Larry Long, Guardabarranco), singer-songwriters (Eric Andersen, Dave Carter & Tracy Grammer, Dar Williams & Toshi Reagon, John Wesley Harding, Kate & Anna McGarrigle, Joel Rafael), alt.country stars (Steve Earle), versatile pop-rockers (Moxy Früvous), and bluesmen (Corey Harris) all pay their respects to the 82-year-old Pete with imaginative arrangements and song choices. There are songs here that were never previously recorded, and many others that have yet to be reissued on any of Pete's CDs, only appearing once on long-vanished Seeger LPs. One of the two collaborations between Arlo Guthrie and Pete on IF I HAD A SONG, "66 Highway Blues," is the first recording of one of the rare co-writing efforts by Seeger and Arlo's father, Woody Guthrie. Virtually all of the artists invited to participate in our three-volume tribute to Pete's songs enthusiastically accepted. Their contributions were recorded in studios across the United States, in Canada, England, Nicaragua, Norway and elsewhere, mirroring Pete's worldwide impact. The final release in this series will be issued in 2002 and will feature performances by Janis Ian, Holly Near, Ronnie Gilbert, Tom Paxton, Tao Rodriguez-Seeger, Kim & Reggie Harris and Magpie, Peggy Seeger, Last Forever, Odetta, Dick Gaughan, Pat Humphries, John McCutcheon, and Pete himself, among others. IF I HAD A SONG: THE SONGS OF PETE SEEGER, VOL. 2: 1. Jackson Browne and Joan Baez: Guantanamera 2. Billy Bragg with Eliza Carthy: If I Had a Hammer 3. John Wesley Harding and the Minus 5: Words, Words, Words 4. Steve Earle: Walking Down Death Row 5. Dar Williams and Toshi Reagon: Oh, Had I a Golden Thread 6. Arlo Guthrie and Pete Seeger: 66 Highway Blues 7. John McCutcheon and Corey Harris: Talking Union 8. Moxy Früvous: Maple Syrup Time 9. Eric Andersen: Snow, Snow 10. Kate & Anna McGarrigle: Little Boxes (Petites Boîtes) 11. Joel Rafael Band: Last Train to Nuremberg 12. Guardabarranco: You'll Sing to Me Too 13. Pete Seeger and Arlo Guthrie: This Old Car 14. Kim & Reggie Harris and Magpie: Old Devil Time 15. Dave Carter and Tracy Grammer: The Emperor is Naked Today-O 16. Larry Long and Pete Seeger: Well May the World Go