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"Folk music fans are mourning the death of singer Ronnie Gilbert, one of four founding members of the Weavers, who helped popularize folk music and bring its message of social change to the world... Her death was confirmed by her partner Donna Korones, whom she married in 2004, during a brief window when San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom allowed same-sex marriages. Their marriage was later invalidated by the California Supreme Court."
"The Weavers, whose other founding members were Pete Seeger, Lee Hays and Fred Hellerman, started playing together in the late 1940s. Like-minded musicians with progressive political views, they performed work songs, union songs and gospel songs, and became known for American folk standards like “On Top of Old Smoky,†“Goodnight, Irene†(first recorded by the blues singer Lead Belly), Woody Guthrie’s “So Long, It’s Been Good to Know Yuh†and “The Hammer Song†(a.k.a. “If I Had a Hammerâ€) by Mr. Seeger and Mr. Hays, as well as songs from other cultures, including “Wimoweh†from Africa and “Tzena Tzena Tzena,†a Hebrew song popular in Israel (though it was written before Israel was established in 1948). *** In the early 1990s, Ms. Gilbert appeared in regional theaters, performing her own one-woman show about Mary Harris, the labor organizer known as Mother Jones. Her solo recordings include “Come and Go With Me,†“Alone With Ronnie Gilbert†and “Love Will Find a Way.†Her memoir, “Ronnie Gilbert: A Radical Life in Song,†is scheduled for publication by the University of California Press this fall."
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"Folk music fans are mourning the death of singer Ronnie Gilbert, one of four founding members of the Weavers, who helped popularize folk music and bring its message of social change to the world... Her death was confirmed by her partner Donna Korones, whom she married in 2004, during a brief window when San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom allowed same-sex marriages. Their marriage was later invalidated by the California Supreme Court."
"The Weavers, whose other founding members were Pete Seeger, Lee Hays and Fred Hellerman, started playing together in the late 1940s. Like-minded musicians with progressive political views, they performed work songs, union songs and gospel songs, and became known for American folk standards like “On Top of Old Smoky,†“Goodnight, Irene†(first recorded by the blues singer Lead Belly), Woody Guthrie’s “So Long, It’s Been Good to Know Yuh†and “The Hammer Song†(a.k.a. “If I Had a Hammerâ€) by Mr. Seeger and Mr. Hays, as well as songs from other cultures, including “Wimoweh†from Africa and “Tzena Tzena Tzena,†a Hebrew song popular in Israel (though it was written before Israel was established in 1948).
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In the early 1990s, Ms. Gilbert appeared in regional theaters, performing her own one-woman show about Mary Harris, the labor organizer known as Mother Jones. Her solo recordings include “Come and Go With Me,†“Alone With Ronnie Gilbert†and “Love Will Find a Way.†Her memoir, “Ronnie Gilbert: A Radical Life in Song,†is scheduled for publication by the University of California Press this fall."