AMST 430.02

Songs of Protest, Songs of Praise

Roger Williams University

GHH 208, 

M, TH 2:00 -3:20

Spring Semester 2013

Michael R. H. Swanson, Ph. D.

Office:  GHH 215

Hours: T, TH 9:00 - 11:00

M, W, 1:00-2:00

mswanson@rwu.edu

(401) 254 3230

A Retrospective Look at the Week of April 1

I managed to catch "what's going around" and was out Thursday the week before.  So we did some catching up--playing videos and listening to Labor Songs associated with Joe Hill and other early labor organizers.  We continued with that on Thursday.  I had organized some songs from the Little Red  Song Book and also from Talking Union. 

Next week, we'll start transitioning into music of the Woody Guthrie and Almanac Singers eras, and look at what effect the Great Depression and Drought had on Americans devastated by these disasters, and the musicians who sang out in their favor.

The picture above links to an interesting site called "Hobonickel"   You'll find lots of labor songs there.