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The Hudson River sloop Clearwater, launched five decades ago by the folk icon Pete Seeger, has sailed through the storm of the pandemic with plans for a streaming music festival June 20 and a future of online environmental education and activism. One of Seeger’s greatest legacies and the flagship of one of the nation’s oldest music-rooted

Arlo Guthrie has called for donations to save the Hudson River sloop Clearwater, which was launched 50 years ago by the late folk icon Pete Seeger, “because I love that old guy Pete.”

The Hudson River sloop Clearwater -- one of the greatest legacies of the folk icon Pete Seeger and the flagship of one of the nation’s oldest music-rooted activist organizations -- may never sail again, as the coronavirus pandemic halts its activities and threatens its solvency.Just over a decade ago, on May 3, 2009, Seeger took center stage at Madison Square Garden for a 90th birthday concert to benefit the Clearwater.

By Erik Pedersen

The Hudson River Sloop Clearwater, the environmental organization anchored by the sailing vessel launched five decades ago by folk icon Pete Seeger, has announced plans for a weekend of hands-on activism in June in place of its long-running annual music festival.A Clearwater Community Celebration, described as two days of “unity, action, education, food, music, crafts and merrymaking,” will take place June 20-21 -- the traditional Father’s Day Weekend reserved for the Clearwater music festival

Grammy voters are going back in time as they consider nominees for best historical album. The contenders include retrospectives by Bobbie Gentry, Vladimir Horowitz and Pete Seeger, as well as Various Artists collections spotlighting the much-chronicled Woodstock festival and a more esoteric collection of ambient 1980s music from Japan.As usual, the original artists are not nominated.