Catalog - The City Library

Format:

Music CD, Musical Sound Recording, Sound Recording

Title:

Classic protest songs.

Publisher, Date:

Washington, DC : Smithsonian Folkways Recordings, ℗2009.

Description:

1 audio disc : digital ; 4 3/4 in.

Summary:

War, social injustice, and calls for action have long fueled the creative musical fire for many passionate artists. Here some of folk's greatest artists are featured in some of music's most powerful songs for change.

Subjects:

Protest songs -- United States.

Popular music.

Folk music -- United States.

Popular music -- 1961-1970.

Genre:

Folk music.

Popular music.

Other Author:

Guthrie, Woody, 1912-1967.

Leadbelly, 1885-1949.

Broonzy, Big Bill, 1893-1958.

Ian, Janis.

Forbert, Steve.

Hardy, Jack, 1947-2011.

Burkee, Jill.

Dann, Mark.

Getz, Liz.

La Farge, Peter, 1931-1965.

Ochs, Phil.

Seeger, Pete, 1919-2014.

Seeger, Peggy, 1935-

Sellers, John, 1924-1999.

Dupree, Champion Jack, -1992.

Dane, Barbara.

Cunningham, Sis, 1909-2004.

Estridge, Larry, 1948-

Carawan, Guy.

Guthrie, Woody, 1912-1967. Jesus Christ.

Leadbelly, 1885-1949. Bourgeois blues.

Broonzy, Big Bill, 1893-1958. Black, brown, and white.

Ian, Janis. Baby, I've been thinking.

Dylan, Bob, 1941- Blowin' in the wind.

Guthrie, Woody, 1912-1967. This land is your land.

Getz, Liz. Turn, turn, turn.

La Farge, Peter, 1931-1965. As long as the grass will grow.

Ochs, Phil. Talking pay TV.

Dylan, Bob, 1941- Masters of war.

Seeger, Pete, 1919-2014. Waist deep in the big muddy.

Hogan, Muriel. Agent orange.

Allan, Lewis, 1903-1986. Strange fruit.

Reed, Blind Alfred. How can a poor man stand such times and live.

Dupree, Champion Jack, -1992. I'm going to write the Governor of Georgia.

Ellzey, Dorie. When we make it through.

Lawrence, Icie Jewell. Evicted tenant.

Cantú, Felipe. Corrido de César Chávez.

Estridge, Larry, 1948- Spirits of the revolution.

New World Singers.

Bergerfolk (Musical group)

New Lost City Ramblers.

Perros del Pueblo Nuevo (Musical group)

Red Shadow (Musical group)

Other Title:

Title on container: Classic protest songs from Smithsonian Folkways

We shall overcome.

Freedom now chant.

Gone, gone, gone.

Notes:

Selections originally released 1959-2005; track 16 previously unreleased.

Compact disc.

Program notes by Jeff Place, bibliography, and discography (29 p. : ill.) inserted in container.

Compiled by Mark Gustafson and Jeff Place.

Various performers.

Sung in English (principally) and Spanish.

Contents:

Freedom now chant (mass-meeting participants in Hattiesburg, Mississippi) Jesus Christ (Woody Guthrie) Bourgeois blues (Lead Belly) Black, brown, and white (Big Bill Broonzy) Baby, I've been thinking (Janis Ian) Blowing in the wind (the New World Singers) This land is your land (Steve Forbert, Jack Hardy, Jill Burkee, and Mark Dann) Turn, turn, turn (Liz Getz) As long as the grass will grow (Peter La Farge) Talking pay TV (Phil Ochs) Masters of war (the Bergerfolk) Waist deep in the big muddy (Pete Seeger) Agent Orange (Peggy Seeger) Strange fruit (Brother John Sellers) How can a poor man stand such times and live (New Lost City Ramblers) I'm going to write the Governor of Georgia (Champion Jack Dupree) When we make it through (Barbara Dane) Evicted tenant (Sis Cunningham) Corrido de César Chávez (Los Perros del Pueblo Nuevo) Gone, gone, gone (Red Shadow) Spirits of the revolution (Larry Estridge) We shall overcome (Guy Carawan)

ISBN:

9786312822769 : CD

6312822761 : CD

Publisher Number:

SFW CD 40197

SFW740197

Other Number:

316066750

System Availability:

1

Current Holds:

0