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Tao Rodríguez-Seeger (b. New York 1972) is a contemporary American folk musician. He plays banjo, guitar, harmonica, and sings in Spanish and in English.
Biography
Tao spent nine years of his childhood in Nicaragua. Tao's father, Emilio Rodríguez, a Puerto Rican filmmaker, was invited by the Sandinistas to document the nation's civil war [1]. Tao's mother is Mika Seeger[2].
When he was fourteen, in 1986, Rodríguez-Seeger started performing with his grandfather Pete Seeger[3]. In 1999 he was a member of the band RIG, with Sarah Lee Guthrie and Johnny Irion[4]. In 2001 he was a founding member of the Mammals with Michael Merenda and Ruth Ungar [5]. In 2006 he recorded an album, "Que Vaya Bien", with Puerto Rican folk singers Roy Brown, and Tito Auger of the Puerto Rican rock band Fiel A La Vega and he formed the Anarchist Orchestra (now known as the Tao Rodriguez-Seeger band) with Jacob Silver, also of the Mammals, Laura Cortese and Robin McMillan.
He had a radio show "The Tao of Tao" on WAMC[6].
Discography
With the Mammals
- Born Live (2001)
- Evolver (2002)
- Migration (EP)(2004)
- Rock That Babe (2004)
- Departure (2006)
With Roy Brown and Tito Auger
- Que Vaya Bien (2006)
With the Anarchist Orchestra/the Tao Rodriguez-Seeger Band
- 'The Anarchist Orchestra'(EP)(2006)
Notes
- ^ Link, Melissa, "Not Just Another Folk Singer" Athens Banner-Herald 26 September, 2002. Retrieved April 13, 2007
- ^ Dunaway, David K., How Can I Keep from Singing: Pete Seeger, McGraw Hill (1981), DaCapo (1990), ISBN 0-07-018150-0, ISBN 0-07-018151-9, ISBN 0-306-80399-2
- ^ Mike Green & Associates. Retrieved 14 April, 2007. The Mammals Bios
- ^ Link, Melissa,"Not Just Another Folk Singer"Athens Banner-Herald 26 September, 2002. Retrieved April 13, 2007
- ^ Himes, Geoffrey "Old School" Baltimore City Paper 26 November, 2004. Retrieved 4 September, 2007
- ^ Barry, John W., "Individualism Shines Through Work of Duo" (sidebar) Poughkeepsie Journal 21 November, 2003. Retrieved:14 April, 2007
External links
- http://www.themammals.net
- http://www.anarchistorchestra.com/
- Tao's [ http://www.myspace.com/taorodriguezseeger myspace page]
- Que Vaya Bien
- Management: Tao is now managed by Thom Wolke Management - thomwolke.mgt@pobox.com
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