Pete Seeger ― If I Had a Hammer: Songs of Hope and Struggle (1998)

Perubahan masif pada peta geopolitik (kemerdekaan beruntun bagi puluhan negara asia afrika, ekspansi blok timur), menjamurnya gerakan sipil (BLM, Hak Pekerja, Anti-Perang, New Left, Gender, dsb), tumbangnya rezim ini itu, beragam konflik dan perubahan terjadi dalam kurun waktu yang sempit.

Dan album ini, mengartikulasikan semangat universal yang merebak pada masa itu.

Serikat dan Pekerja, Hak Sipil, Kedamaian dan Harapan universal. Disuarakan oleh 26 karya Pete Seeger yang direkam pada akhir tahun 1950 dan 1960. Dikumpulkan kembali pada 1998, dibawah label Smithsonian Record, bersama Almanac Singer dan Cucunya, Tao Rodriguez Seeger.

Diluar dari politik-politikannya, lagu ini jadi pembakar semangat kerja yang bagus buat saya pribadi.

Track paling recomended, untuk first taste: We Shall Overcome, Solidarity Forever, Casey Jones.

Reference

If I Had a Hammer: Songs of Hope and Struggle | Smithsonian Folkways Recordings

For over 50 years Pete Seeger’s music has included songs on labor, civil rights, peace, and the hope for a better world. This CD contains 24 tracks selected from hundreds released on Folkways Records in the late 1950s and 1960s and 2 new songs recorded especially for this collection. Pete plays …

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