Upcoming Events
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Bucky Halker is coming to Rudolstadt, Germany
July 5 @ 8:00 am - July 8 @ 5:00 pm CDT
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Tag Archives: folk music
Folksongs of Illinois-Booth Shot Lincoln, Lombard, IL
Bucky will be presenting his folksongs of Illinois program at Lombard Historical Society. Come out and hear folksongs about Illinois and commentary on how they came to this great state.
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Bucky Halker, Booth Shot Lincoln: Folksongs of Illinois 1818-1960, Road Scholar event in Wyanet
Illinois has rich and diverse folk music traditions that remain underrecognized by both specialists and the general public. From the beginning of Illinois statehood through the folk revival that swept the nation and state in the 1950s, the many people … Continue reading
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Bucky Halker: I Need to Make a Dollar, Protest Songs of Illinois Workers 1865-1970, Tuscola, IL
No sooner had the gun barrels cooled from the Civil War than the nation’s burgeoning industrial workforce began to seek redress for a growing list of economic and political grievances. Illinois played a central role in that development as its … Continue reading
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Bucky Halker presents Booth Shot Lincoln: Folksongs of Illinois 1818-1960, Bishop Hill, IL
Illinois has rich and diverse folk music traditions that remain underrecognized by both specialists and the general public. From the beginning of Illinois statehood through the folk revival that swept the nation and state in the 1950s, the many people … Continue reading
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Bucky Halker Presents Rebel Voices
Bucky will be presenting a solo performance of American Protest Songs. Rebel Voices includes music from IWW Icon Joe Hill, Depression Era spokesman Woody Guthrie and how their influence brought forth the likes of Bob Dylan and Bruce Springsteen. In … Continue reading
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Bucky Halker presenting at the World Record Symposium
Bucky will be presenting research and performing the songs of Joe Hill at this important event.
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Bucky Halker, a Road Scholar performance, at Montgomery Village Hall
Bucky Halker will be presenting the Folksongs of Illinois program at Montgomery Village Hall as part of its monthly senior’s program. You will hear folksongs from all over the Midwest, some still popular today and some forgotten gems. This FREE … Continue reading
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The Bucky Halker Trio, featuring: Don Stiernberg and John Abbey
Bucky and the boys (Don and John) will be playing for the craft food benefit at Arlington Heights Historical Museum. Join us for a good cause, some great local artisanal delights and of course, some wonderful local musicianship. FEATURING CRAFT … Continue reading
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Bucky Halker Live on Heartland Radio
Join me February 11, 2018, 3-7 p.m. for a fund raiser for a wonderful, local radio broadcast Heartland Radio, in Chicago’s Rogers Park neighborhood. This year the event will be at the Heartland Cafe Bar, 7006 N. Glenwood. Come out … Continue reading
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Review: Folksongs of Illinois, Vols. 1-3
Bucky Halker’s emotionally powerful performance of Woody Guthrie’s, “The Dying Miner,” commemorating the Centralia mine disaster of 1947, includes actual words that miners left behind on scraps of paper as their oxygen was running out; Halker’s rich voice portrays their plight in a compassionate interpretation that is realistic, avoiding maudlin excess. Continue reading