Woody Guthrie: Hard Times and Hard Travelin’ @ Music Room 04/10/16

Woody Guthrie: Hard Times and Hard Travelin’ is a ‘live documentary’ presented by singer, multi-instrumentalist and Professor of American Literature and Culture Will Kaufman. Author of the first political biography of the legendary American balladeer, Will is recognised as the world’s leading authority on Woody Guthrie.

Woody Guthrie: Hard Times and Hard Travelin’ sets Guthrie’s songs in the context of the American 1930s – the Dust Bowl, the Depression, the New Deal and the state of popular music itself. Such hard-hitting songs as “Vigilante Man”, “Pretty Boy Floyd” and “I Ain’t Got No Home” are brought into conversation with other relevant songs – from Joe Hill’s “The Preacher and the Slave” to “Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?”. Altogether the show highlights the blending of music and radical politics that marks Guthrie’s most powerful work.

The ticket prices are £10 full price, £8 concessions available from liverpoolphil.com