Search This Blog

Followers

Monday, July 16, 2012

"Folk Songs of Great Lakes Region" - Courhouse Square program - Lee Murdock, singer

The History Center at Courthouse Square, Berrien Springs, Michigan offers this summer program -- free of charge -- thanks to program sponsorship by Ber. Springs / Eau Claire Rotary Club and Indiana Michigan Power. -- 6:30 p.m. on Thursday July 19, 2012 at the Courthouse History Center.

Lee Murdock has uncovered a boundless body of music and stories in the Great Lakes. There is an amazing timelessness in this music. Great Lakes songs are made of hard word, hard living, ships that go down and ships that come in.

The music is grounded in the work song tradition, from the rugged days of lumberjacks and wooden sailing schooners. Murdock comes alongside with ballads of contemporary commerce and revelry in the grand folk style. Lee's fans have discovered a sweetwater treasure in his songs about the Great Lakes, finding drama and inspiration in the lives of sailors and fishermen, lighthouse keepers, ghosts, shipwrecks, outlaws, and everyday heroes.

http://leemurdock.com/index.htm

No comments: