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- Bucky Halker: CDs Now Available For Purchase At Bandcamp
- REVIEW: Love for Music Brings Together “Kids” of All Ages
- Chicago Kids Play and Sing Hoagy: Book/CD Project Wins Award
- Chicago Tribune Review: Chicago Kids Play and Sing Hoagy (2020)
- Rudolstadt Music Festival 2018 (Rudolstadt, Germany)
- Mölln Festival 2018 (Mölln Germany)
- Bucky Halker presenting at Illinois Bicentennial Celebration in Vandalia, IL
- Dark As A Dungeon: Songs and Stories of American Coal Mining
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Bucky Halker: CDs Now Available For Purchase At Bandcamp
As many of you know, CDBaby.com has long been a favorite for indie musicians and Bucky is no exception. However, the company has closed its retail shop and did so with very little advance notice. Many musicians were left scrambling … Continue reading
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Rudolstadt Music Festival 2018 (Rudolstadt, Germany)
Bucky Halker was a performer at the 2018 Rudolstadt Musical Festival in Germany, a legendary and long-running world music festival in Germany. The regional TV station in Mainz did a segment on the festival, which includes Bucky and other … Continue reading
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Bucky Halker presenting at Illinois Bicentennial Celebration in Vandalia, IL
Bucky will be offering up some of his favorite road songs celebrating travel throughout the great State of Illinois. Come out to Vandalia and celebrate the bicentennial. Location TBD. This is a FREE event sponsored by Illinois Humanities.
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Tagged Bucky Halker, Carl Sandburg, Centralia, Folksongs, Illinois Humanities Council, labor songs, protest music
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Dark As A Dungeon: Songs and Stories of American Coal Mining
On March 17, 2018, Bucky Halker appeared on Dave Hoekstra’s “Nocturnal Jouranl” on WGN Radio for a program on the stories and songs of coal mining history. Illinois coal miners were interviewed on the show and Bucky added a … Continue reading
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Wobblies of the World with Bucky Halker
Join Bucky November 10, 2017, for the kick of the new book “Wobblies of the World” (Pluto Press) at the In These Times offices, 2040 N. Milwaukee, Chicago, IL, hosted by Book Editor: Peter Cole and In These Times. Bucky … Continue reading
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Tagged In These Times, IWW, Joe HIll, Wobblies, Wobbly
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Bucky Halker and WLUW Radio @ Grafton Pub, Chicago
Bucky Halker swings into the Grafton Pub for a special program with radio host Dan Kugler and WLUW Radio-Chicago on August 8. You can catch Bucky performing and talking with Dan at the Grafton on August 8 at 9 … Continue reading
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“Coffee Talk” Bucky Halker @ Des Plaines History Center
Bucky Halker in Concert Folk singer Bucky Halker performs “Ain’t Got a Dollar: Illinois Workers and Protest Songs, 1865-1965” at the Des Plaines History Center on August 10th at 1:30 p.m. Come out and hear Bucky perform and talk about … Continue reading
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Rebel Voices – Songs of Joe Hill, Woody Guthrie, Bob Dylan and Bruce Springsteen
Title: Rebel Voices – Songs of Joe Hill, Woody Guthrie, Bob Dylan and Bruce SpringsteenLocation: John A. Logan College, Carbondale, ILDescription: Bucky will be presenting a road scholars program on the Songs of Joe Hill, Woody Guthrie, Bob Dylan and … Continue reading
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Anywhere But Utah – The Songs of Joe Hill with Lil’ Rev
Title: Anywhere But Utah – The Songs of Joe Hill with Lil’ Rev Location: Beulah Briton House, Bay View Historical Society 2590 S. Superior Street Milwaukee, WI 53207-1954 Link out: Click here Description: Today marks the release of a labor of … Continue reading
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Joe Hill’s Funeral Reenactment
Title: Joe Hill’s Funeral ReenactmentLocation: The Hideout, 1354 W Wabansia Ave, Chicago, IL Link out: Click hereDescription: Bucky will be playing Joe Hill tunes as part of the reenactment of the funeral of Joe Hill which occurred 100 years ago … Continue reading
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