A Nobel Peace Prize for Pete Seeger?

From a painting by Keri Rosebraugh: Pete Seeger's fight against pollution

Pete Seeger, directly or indirectly, is the reason a lot of us first got into old-time music and bluegrass; so thanks to Uri Kohen (organiser of the Westport Folk and Bluegrass Festival at the end of June) for the news that there is a campaign to nominate him for a Nobel Peace Prize. The campaign was launched by Eleanor Walden, a cultural activist in the San Francisco Bay Area. You can sign the petition either here or here.

Among other honours, Pete Seeger was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1996, a year before Bill Monroe.