YouTube Recording of "Range the Wild Woods Over: Loggers’ Songs and Stories"
Wed, Jan 12
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This is an on demand link to a YouTube recording of Folklorist Jeff Warner's January 10, 2022 presentation of the songs and stories of the people who worked the wintry woods. YOU DO NOT NEED TO USE THE RSVP BUTTON TO WATCH THIS VIDEO
Time & Location
Jan 12, 2022, 10:00 AM – Jan 31, 2022, 12:00 AM
YouTube
About the Event
Range the Wild Woods Over: Loggers’ Songs and Stories
With Jeff Warner, Folklorist and Community Scholar for the New Hampshire Council on Arts
{This program was made possible by a grant from the New Hampshire Humanities "Humanities to Go" program.}
Loggers at the turn of the twentieth century cut the timber that built and warmed our houses and provided the ties for America's ever-expanding railroads. Timber established Portsmouth, Portland and Bangor as important ports, sending New England lumber around the world. Folklorist Jeff Warner relates the songs and stories of the people who worked the wintry woods, showing their humor and their grit, and giving us a glimpse into everyday life in long ago lumber camps.
Jeff Warner connects 21st century audiences with the music and everyday lives of 19th century people. Warner accompanies his songs on concertina, banjo, guitar, and several pocket instruments,…