While
Peggy Seeger was active as an artist as early as the 1950s, and while she played a vital role within the traditional faction of the folk revival, she seems to have recorded infrequently until recent years. Beginning in 2000, however, she has released a steady stream of albums on Appleseed, a folk label aptly suited for her bare-bones, traditional style. Many of
Bring Me Home's songs, "Dink's Song," "Wagoner's Lad," and "O the Wind and Rain," will be familiar to fans of traditional music. As to why she has remained committed to these golden folk oldies, she comments in the liner notes: "These old songs...I wouldn't know how to live without them. I don't choose the songs for these albums -- they choose me." In fact,
Seeger's style and choice of material has changed very little since the 1950s (and she has always clung tighter to strict tradition than her half-brother
Pete Seeger). The arrangements are very simple on
Bring Me Home, acoustic guitars, banjos, and harmonium, allowing
Seeger's vocals to hold the center. What makes
Bring Me Home more fascinating than the average traditional album is that
Seeger and a few other musicians proceed with relaxed confidence: they easily fall into the moment, allowing each song to unfold naturally. This easy-flowing confidence makes
Bring Me Home easy to like. ~ Ronnie D. Lankford, Jr.