George Wein and Pete Seeger

Pete Seeger’s Clearwater non-profit will host its first annual Power of Song Award concert at New York’s Symphony Space on October 21. Musician/promoter George Wein, who founded the Newport Folk and Jazz Festivals as well as the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, will receive this year’s inaugural honor. Arlo Guthrie, Suzanne Vega, Joan Osborne, Guy Davis, David Amram, Toshi Reagon and Lucy Kaplansky will all perform at the award show. Seeger and Wein will also perform during the course of the night. Proceeds benefit Clearwater’s educational programs..