Letters

Seeger Singing

If I were sure that more than 10 percent of National Review readers were fully aware of the range of contributions to music by Pete Seeger — his reputation as a musician, composer, and singer — I could comfortably believe that the brief indictment of his political activism in The Week (February 24), delineating his bias for Communism, would be viewed as a study in tragic contrasts. But I doubt that recognition of the complete Seeger is widespread. Like hundreds of other devotees of traditional and folk music, I listened to Seeger sing over the years, admiring his ability to enlist audience participation, such as in “Wimoweh.”