Long Time Passing

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| name = Long Time Passing: Kronos Quartet & Friends Celebrate Pete Seeger

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| artist = Kronos Quartet

| cover = Album cover art for Kronos Quartet's Long Time Passing.jpg

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| released = October 9, 2020

| recorded = September 2019 at Studio 9, The Porches Inn at Mass MoCA, North Adams, MA

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| genre = Folk music
Classical Music

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| label = Smithsonian Folkways

| producer = Kronos Quartet, Reshena Liao

| prev_title = Sun Rings

| prev_year = 2019

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Long Time Passing is a 2020 album by Kronos Quartet celebrating the music of Pete Seeger. The album was commissioned by the FreshGrass Foundation and released on the Smithsonian Folkways label.{{cite news |last1=Blistein |first1=Jon |title=Kronos Quartet Preview Pete Seeger Tribute Album With ‘Where Have All the Flowers Gone’ |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/kronos-quartet-pete-seeger-album-long-time-passing-1035365/ |accessdate=20 June 2021 |work=Rolling Stone |date=29 July 2002}}{{cite news |last1=Spencer |first1=Neil |title=Long Time Passing: Kronos Quartet & Friends Celebrate Pete Seeger – a timely tribute |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/oct/10/long-time-passing-kronos-quartet-and-friends-celebrate-pete-seeger-review-a-timely-tribute |work=The Guardian |date=10 Oct 2020}}{{cite news |title=Kronos Quartet and Friends: Long Time Passing — songs of protest |url=https://www.ft.com/content/1089e2bc-c4f0-41bc-ab31-a7e671500aef |access-date=25 June 2021 |work=Financial Times |date=9 October 2020}} This release follows 2017's Folk Songs, which saw the Kronos Quartet teaming with a variety of folk musicians.

Track listing

  1. "Which Side Are You On?" – 2:22
  2. "The President Sang Amazing Grace" – 3:56
  3. "Raghupati Raghav Raja Ram" – 3:40
  4. "Waist Deep in the Big Muddy" – 3:23
  5. "Jarama Valley" – 3:18
  6. "Garbage" – 3:06
  7. "Storyteller" (Jacob Garchik) – 16:29
  8. "Mbube" – 2:44
  9. "If I Had a Hammer" – 2:07
  10. "Where Have All the Flowers Gone?" – 4:03
  11. "Step By Step" – 3:02
  12. "Andajaleo" – 2:37
  13. "Kisses Sweeter Than Wine" – 3:10
  14. "Turn, Turn, Turn" – 3:57
  15. "We Shall Overcome" – 5:09

Personnel

; Kronos Quartet

  • Hank Dutt – viola
  • David Harrington – violin
  • John Sherba – violin
  • Sunny Yang – cello

; Friends

; Production

  • Kronos Quartet and Reshena Liao – producers
  • Arrangements by Jacob Garchik
  • Scott Fraser – engineering for Kronos Quartet
  • Mixed by David Harrington and Zach Miley
  • Additional mixing by John Kilgore
  • Bob Ludwigmastering at Gateway Mastering Studios, Portland, Maine, United States

See also

References