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Tag Archives: labor songs
Ageless Northshore: Bucky Halker in Concert
On the town with Don and Peg: Bucky Halker Ageless Northshore (November 4, 2009) Last Friday night we saw Bucky Halker at the Skokie Theatre – the program was the music of Pete Seeger, Woody Guthrie and Bob Dylan. Now, … Continue reading
Posted in Music, News, Reviews
Tagged Bob Dylan, Bucky Halker, IWW, labor songs, Pete Seeger, Republicans, Skokie Theatre, Wobblies, Woody Guthrie
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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
The Great American Labor Song
Title: The Great American Labor Protest Song Location: Roosevelt University, Chicago, IL Description: Bucky and the Johnsburg 3 (Bucky, Don Stiernberg & Tom Piekarski) are joined by Janet Bean, Bill Brickey, and Jon Langford for a concert of labor protest … Continue reading
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Tagged labor songs, protest music, unions, Woody Guthrie
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