Long Time Passing Explained

Long Time Passing: Kronos Quartet & Friends Celebrate Pete Seeger
Type:	album
Artist:	Kronos Quartet
Cover:	Album cover art for Kronos Quartet's Long Time Passing.jpg
Released:	October 9, 2020
Recorded:	September 2019 at Studio 9, The Porches Inn at Mass MoCA, North Adams, MA
Genre:	Folk music Classical Music
Label:	Smithsonian Folkways
Producer:	Kronos Quartet, Reshena Liao
Prev Title:	Sun Rings
Prev Year:	2019

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.^{[1] [2] [3]} 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

• Sam Amidon – vocals, banjo
• Maria Arnal – vocals
• Brian Carpenter – vocals
• Lee Knight – vocals, banjo
• Meklit Hadero – vocals
• Aoife O'Donovan – vocals

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 Ludwig – mastering at Gateway Mastering Studios, Portland, Maine, United States

See also

• List of 2020 albums

Notes and References

1. News: Blistein . Jon . Kronos Quartet Preview Pete Seeger Tribute Album With ‘Where Have All the Flowers Gone’ . 20 June 2021 . . 29 July 2002.
2. News: Spencer . Neil . Long Time Passing: Kronos Quartet & Friends Celebrate Pete Seeger – a timely tribute . . 10 Oct 2020.
3. News: Kronos Quartet and Friends: Long Time Passing — songs of protest . 25 June 2021 . Financial Times . 9 October 2020.