https://www.songkeepers.ca/home daily 0.75 2016-04-06 https://www.songkeepers.ca/stills-gallery daily 0.75 2026-01-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ae6078ea2772c3020f071c8/1582346173272-WN8HSP3HF00A6NT440B4/WBS+Patterson+and+Blood+at+Beacon+Sloop+Club+monthly+Songfest.jpg Stills Gallery Song leaders Annie Patterson and Peter Blood attending the Beacon Sloop Club’s monthly songfest in Beacon, NY (February 2013) Photo credit: Polly Wells https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ae6078ea2772c3020f071c8/1582346173272-WN8HSP3HF00A6NT440B4/WBS+Patterson+and+Blood+at+Beacon+Sloop+Club+monthly+Songfest.jpg Stills Gallery Song leaders Annie Patterson and Peter Blood attending the Beacon Sloop Club’s monthly songfest in Beacon, NY (February 2013) Photo credit: Polly Wells https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ae6078ea2772c3020f071c8/1595968299537-3TYJHUQUVQ0KXDV7Q5NZ/ReggieHarris+DSC_1509.jpg Stills Gallery Singer-songwriter Reggie Harris at Rise Again launch event, Hadley MA (October 2015). Photo credit: Polly Wells https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ae6078ea2772c3020f071c8/1583203004521-W6ARMPONF53JKJXIDZIN/mus_m351_0503p.jpg Stills Gallery Student volunteers registering voters in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, in 1964. Photo credit: Herbert Randall, McCain Library, Univ. of Southern Mississippi https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ae6078ea2772c3020f071c8/1582345349696-5TG2QSP08LNFRXYGFKQD/WBS+Burlington+VT+singalong.jpg Stills Gallery A Rise Up Singing community sing organized by Young Tradition Vermont in Burlington, VT (October 2013) Photo credit: Polly Wells https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ae6078ea2772c3020f071c8/1583204194444-ERURW7IR0H8PMI1TUP9Y/Seeger%2Bon%2Bstaage%2B1969.jpg Stills Gallery Pete Seeger and friends singing at the Moratorium Against the Vietnam War in Washington DC, November 15, 1969. Photo credit: U.S. National Archives and Records https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ae6078ea2772c3020f071c8/1582345647535-ZBZ7QMA8XUBZ0XTKD6ZO/WBS%2BPete%2BSeeger%2Bat%2Bhome%2B2013.jpg Stills Gallery Folksinger Pete Seeger at his home in Beacon, NY (February 2013) Credit: Polly Wells https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ae6078ea2772c3020f071c8/1595968621963-HKUIQ87Y2AG9J8DLETT1/B%26W+scherman.png Stills Gallery Peter Yarrow, Mary Travers, Paul Stookey, Joan Baez, Bob Dylan, Bernice Reagon, Cordell Reagon, Charles Neblett, Rutha Harris, Pete Seeger, and Theodore Bikel singing “We Shall Overcome” at Newport Folk Festival (July 1963). Photo credit: Rowland Scherman https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ae6078ea2772c3020f071c8/1595968803194-PUR0AR7BHAO3EBGN6RBZ/Hadley+wide+shot.png Stills Gallery Rise Again songbook launch with Charlie King, Peter Blood, Terry Leonino, Greg Artzner, Annie Patterson, and Sandy O, in Hadley, MA (October 2015). https://www.songkeepers.ca/photo-gallery-it-happens-when-we-sing daily 0.75 2026-01-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ae6078ea2772c3020f071c8/1732313872942-095YKJ49UJGRCDB49ZIZ/2+JAYNE+GUITAR.png PHOTO GALLERY IT HAPPENS WHEN WE SING https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ae6078ea2772c3020f071c8/1732313872942-095YKJ49UJGRCDB49ZIZ/2+JAYNE+GUITAR.png PHOTO GALLERY IT HAPPENS WHEN WE SING https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ae6078ea2772c3020f071c8/1732313861289-GDI4ZOFD08W9V7O1DIVB/3+ELLEN+SUSAN.png PHOTO GALLERY IT HAPPENS WHEN WE SING https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ae6078ea2772c3020f071c8/1732314002327-DXLPGFRYM52UVZGFVVHI/5+JUDY+DAVE+ELLEN+singing.png PHOTO GALLERY IT HAPPENS WHEN WE SING https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ae6078ea2772c3020f071c8/1732313879850-U1L2K0H1EMMYOXYFXLVN/4+JOHN++with++RICK.png PHOTO GALLERY IT HAPPENS WHEN WE SING https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ae6078ea2772c3020f071c8/1732314004199-11ZW5DTGV76VXBH62H12/6+EVE+LUCY+RICK.png PHOTO GALLERY IT HAPPENS WHEN WE SING https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ae6078ea2772c3020f071c8/1732314027001-7PBFC551FU75DJXMYHC7/7+STEVE+RICK+BOB.png PHOTO GALLERY IT HAPPENS WHEN WE SING https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ae6078ea2772c3020f071c8/1732314026742-XFOUF3T73YYECGN2B7JR/8+BEACH+WIDE+SHOT.png PHOTO GALLERY IT HAPPENS WHEN WE SING https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ae6078ea2772c3020f071c8/440b0162-bf40-4dd0-9718-4706ce0c73a7/image-asset.jpeg PHOTO GALLERY IT HAPPENS WHEN WE SING - It Happens When We Sing Song circle member Ellen in Leduc, Alberta, behind the pizza shop where she and her siblings lived with their mother growing up. https://www.songkeepers.ca/contact daily 0.75 2026-01-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ae6078ea2772c3020f071c8/1582346173272-WN8HSP3HF00A6NT440B4/WBS+Patterson+and+Blood+at+Beacon+Sloop+Club+monthly+Songfest.jpg Contact Us Song leaders Annie Patterson and Peter Blood attending the Beacon Sloop Club’s monthly songfest in Beacon, NY (February 2013) Photo credit: Polly Wells https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ae6078ea2772c3020f071c8/1595968299537-3TYJHUQUVQ0KXDV7Q5NZ/ReggieHarris+DSC_1509.jpg Contact Us Singer-songwriter Reggie Harris at Rise Again launch event, Hadley MA (October 2015). Photo credit: Polly Wells https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ae6078ea2772c3020f071c8/1583203004521-W6ARMPONF53JKJXIDZIN/mus_m351_0503p.jpg Contact Us Student volunteers registering voters in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, in 1964. Photo credit: Herbert Randall, McCain Library, Univ. of Southern Mississippi https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ae6078ea2772c3020f071c8/1582345349696-5TG2QSP08LNFRXYGFKQD/WBS+Burlington+VT+singalong.jpg Contact Us A Rise Up Singing community sing organized by Young Tradition Vermont in Burlington, VT (October 2013) Photo credit: Polly Wells https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ae6078ea2772c3020f071c8/1583204194444-ERURW7IR0H8PMI1TUP9Y/Seeger%2Bon%2Bstaage%2B1969.jpg Contact Us Pete Seeger and friends singing at the Moratorium Against the Vietnam War in Washington DC, November 15, 1969. Photo credit: U.S. National Archives and Records https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ae6078ea2772c3020f071c8/1582345647535-ZBZ7QMA8XUBZ0XTKD6ZO/WBS%2BPete%2BSeeger%2Bat%2Bhome%2B2013.jpg Contact Us Folksinger Pete Seeger at his home in Beacon, NY (February 2013) Credit: Polly Wells https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ae6078ea2772c3020f071c8/1595968621963-HKUIQ87Y2AG9J8DLETT1/B%26W+scherman.png Contact Us Peter Yarrow, Mary Travers, Paul Stookey, Joan Baez, Bob Dylan, Bernice Reagon, Cordell Reagon, Charles Neblett, Rutha Harris, Pete Seeger, and Theodore Bikel singing “We Shall Overcome” at Newport Folk Festival (July 1963). Photo credit: Rowland Scherman https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ae6078ea2772c3020f071c8/1595968803194-PUR0AR7BHAO3EBGN6RBZ/Hadley+wide+shot.png Contact Us Rise Again songbook launch with Charlie King, Peter Blood, Terry Leonino, Greg Artzner, Annie Patterson, and Sandy O, in Hadley, MA (October 2015). https://www.songkeepers.ca/filmmakers daily 0.75 2026-01-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ae6078ea2772c3020f071c8/1595346070624-4MI2HOEGZY4CJP59RZ4U/Head+Shot+cropped++Director+Polly+Wells+xxx.jpeg THE FILMMAKERS - Polly Wells (Director/Producer) I made my first documentary at 21 and have since contributed to 100+ factual programs for U.S. and Canadian television. The inspiration for my two films about group singing was Winds of the People, a charming, homespun songbook given to me by a family that loved to sing together. I still have that book. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ae6078ea2772c3020f071c8/1595345417615-6N5H6S050JZPBNCE92O0/candy.jpg+3.jpeg THE FILMMAKERS - Candida Paltiel (Producer/Writer) I am a Toronto based filmmaker, producing work for major Canadian and international broadcast media networks. For five years I was the artistic director of the environmental film festival Planet in Focus. My interest is in stories about individuals, communities, and landscapes in the midst of transformation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ae6078ea2772c3020f071c8/1582578317233-PSUS359ZJGMV8EIHV2OK/IMG_3464+2.jpeg THE FILMMAKERS - Deborah Palloway (Editor) is a renowned film editor whose work has been featured in noteworthy Canadian and international documentaries over thirty years. Many have garnered Emmy, Gemini, and international film festival awards. https://www.songkeepers.ca/home-1 daily 0.75 2020-02-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ae6078ea2772c3020f071c8/1572723839374-4Y8F9JXZIEHT6IER2IO4/Screen+Shot+2019-11-02+at+3.42.07+PM.png Songkeepers https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ae6078ea2772c3020f071c8/1573099553620-FJ3WQZ1LL3ZOQNY57JTO/1969+Mall+scene.png Songkeepers Newly released, WE BEGAN TO SING https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ae6078ea2772c3020f071c8/1572725079292-WUVZINLSJ8K3Y13LFBGY/Screen+Shot+2019-11-02+at+3.59.23+PM.png Songkeepers More about NIGHT SONGS, currently in production https://www.songkeepers.ca/about-the-film daily 0.75 2026-01-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ae6078ea2772c3020f071c8/1572726777868-F7LGAZ3L1LKR75LHN7FX/DSC_1756.jpg WE BEGAN TO SING - Annie Patterson & Peter Blood Annie and Peter believe in singing as a transformational tool for community and personal change. Over the decades they have curated thousands of songs that support a truly inclusive society. Their songbooks, Rise Up Singing and Rise Again, have changed the face of community singing in North America. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ae6078ea2772c3020f071c8/1573256927983-4EZK6X3J1QP9RJAQ0UI1/SEEGER%252BCU%252B1%252Bcopy.jpg WE BEGAN TO SING - Pete Seeger Born in 1919, Pete Seeger was the iconic folksinger of the 20th century, an activist and songwriter who made an impact on all the major social change movements of his era. 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Everybody needs to feel like they belong somewhere.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ae6078ea2772c3020f071c8/81e8b466-6f01-4b51-96e7-11aaedcb200c/61+Alberta+Ellen+at+back+of+pizza+shop+wide++3.jpg IT HAPPENS WHEN WE SING - Ellen, on first discovering the song circle “The songs that were being sung in this group made me think that these people could understand my story.” https://www.songkeepers.ca/it-happens-when-we-sing-copy daily 0.75 2024-11-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ae6078ea2772c3020f071c8/5629dd69-cb92-4fe8-b8a1-0dee86c78a7e/Eventbrite2+red+sing+2160x1080.jpg IT HAPPENS WHEN WE SING (Copy) - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.songkeepers.ca/media-kit daily 0.75 2026-01-30 https://www.songkeepers.ca/singing-resistance-a-conversation-with-annie-patterson-peter-blood daily 0.75 2026-01-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ae6078ea2772c3020f071c8/ffec70db-3b49-404e-bb91-9113c2c0ebb5/THUMBNAIL+FOR+MAY+31+PAGE+1+CROPPED.jpeg Singing & Resistance: A Conversation with Annie Patterson & Peter Blood - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.