Showing posts with label Joe Hill. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Joe Hill. Show all posts

June 22, 2018

The Songs of Joe Hill: Joe Glazer

Folkways Records FA-2039

Format: Vinyl, LP, 10", Album, Repress
Country: US
Released: 1954
Genre: Folk, World, & Country
Style: Folk
[Tracklist]
A1 Joe Hill (2:40)
A2 We Will Sing One Song (2:06)
A3 Scissor Bill (1:37)
A4 Mr. Block (2:36)
A5 The Rebel Girl (2:32)
B1 The Preacher And The Slave (Pie In The Sky) (2:55)
B2 There Is Power In The Union (2:46)
B3 Casey Jones (2:05)
B4 The Tramp (2:22)
B5 Jo Hill's Last Will (1:02)
[Credits]
Joe Glazer (guitar/vocals)
Designer: Ronald Clyne
[Notes]
Sung by labor educator Joe Glazer, this album features songs by union organizer Joe Hill. Although these songs are rooted in their time, their messages are still relevant today, and this collection is valuable to scholars and fans of labor music alike.

May 18, 2018

Don't Mourn-Organize! Songs of Labor Songwriter Joe Hill

Format: CD, Album, Compilation
Country: US
Released: 1990
Genre: Folk, World, & Country
Style: Folk
[Tracklist]
01 Joe Hill: Billy Bragg (8:25)
02 Joe Hill's Last Will: Utah Phillips (3:13)
03 Joe Hill's Ashes: Mark Levy (3:20)
04 The Preacher and the Slave: n/a (3:40)
05 Joe Hill: Paul Robeson (2:59)
06 Paper Heart: Si Kahn (2:37)
07 Casey Jones (The Union Scab): Pete Seeger (1:59)
08 Mr. Block: Mats Paulson (3:03)
09 Joe Hill Listens to the Praying: Joe Glazer and Lori Elaine Taylor (7:23)
10 The Tramp: Cisco Houston (3:17)
11 Joe Hill: Earl Robinson (2:38)
12 The White Slave: Carlos Cortez (3:30)
13 Narrative: Elizabeth Gurley Flynn (1:08)
14 The Rebel Girl: Hazel Dickens (3:00)
15 There is Power in a Union: Entertainment Workers IU 630 with Utah Phillips (4:10)
[Credits]
Producer and Liner Notes: Lori Elaine Taylor, Designer: Daphne Shuttleworth
[Notes]
Joe Hill's powerful songs moved Woody Guthrie, Pete Seeger, Utah Phillips, Si Kahn, and countless others to blend politics and song. This dramatic tribute to the Industrial Workers of the World songwriter and activist Joe Hill, features songs by and about Hill performed by Billy Bragg, Hazel Dickens, Earl Robinson, Paul Robeson, and others. Compiled by Lori Elaine Taylor. "A treasure for anyone interested in American folk or labor music." — Washington Post

June 2, 2015

Joe Hill - Documentary with English Subtitles



Coffin of Joe Hill, Chicago 1915
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A film by Anders Wesslén and Karl Larsson. Music by Joakim Westlund, Anders Åborg, The Giant's Dream and Per Erik Wesslén. Proofreading the subtitles by Björn Abrahamsson.

Subtitles: http://www.historiskaprogram.se/Joel.Hagglund.srt