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\nFlowers<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n
\n<\/span>2014<\/span>
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\nThe hip-hop artist Decora<\/a> hails from Newburgh, New York, just across the Hudson River from Beacon, where Pete Seeger made his home up until his death in 2014.\u00a0 .\u00a0 Seeger took Decora on as a mentee, connecting the younger artist with Clearwater\\’s<\/a> music festival, the Great Hudson River Revival, and encouraging Decora\\’s activist inclinations.<\/p>\n
\n<\/em>When will they ever learn?<\/em>
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