Product Review

Songs of the American labor movement over the 20th century for just wages, dignity, and a fair shake. They voiced grievances, affirmed the value of the worker to society, and painted a picture of just world that could, one day, exist. Classic Labor Songs from Smithsonian Folkways is a collage of these voices champions of the movement, singing songs with a passion and love for their fellow workers that rings just as true today as it did then. Utah Phillips, Woody Guthrie, Pete Seeger, Joe Glazer, the Almanac Singers, and more chronicle the history of the American labor movement in stirring song.