COLLECTOR RECORDS

Singer/songwriter Peyton Hopkins specializes in hard-hitting labor union songs. He knows the struggles of the worker well; his father was an autoworker in Detroit and participated in the 1937 Ford...

Not confined to land, Collector Records' series on industrial folklore and folksong includes Steady as She Goes, an album dedicated to workers on the sea. During a time when a captain's reign could...

Louis Killen was one of the major players in the British folk music revival during the 1950s and '60s. Drawing from his extensive collection of English ballads and folk songs, Killen compiled this...

I'm "ninety pounds of fire in a five-foot frame and you'd better move on over" because I'm tired of working for "59 cents for every man's dollar!" Bobbie McGhee means business, literally, in this...

Singer and labor movement activist Joe Glazer said that Larry Penn "is walking in the footsteps of Joe Hill and Woody Guthrie." a truck driver for his entire adult life, Penn started playing folk...

The history of the struggles of workers in Wisconsin is replete with examples of miserable working conditions and violence directed towards strikers, countered by the courage and determination of...

Joe Glazer said of Larry Penn: "[He] is walking in the footsteps of Joe Hill and Woody Guthrie." However, Larry Penn did not always aspire to be a folk musician. A truck driver for his entire adult...

Sung or sometimes whistled in small gatherings, this collection of songs represents the music of defiance that was created during the era of the Soviet Union. In a state where the threat of...

When [Eddie Starr] graduated high school, [he] had a plan to seek fame and fortune with a rock and roll band. However, Starr became a third-generation steelworker who wrote music that led him to...

One hundred and forty-six employees of the Triangle Waist Company in New York City fell victim to a horrendous tragedy in March of 1911. These factory workers were trapped inside a building as it...

Joe Glazer said of Kenny Winfree: "[He's] got a talent that looks easy but few folks can do it. He has [a] knack for writing catchy, moving songs with a message-songs that are easy to sing and easy...

Joe Glazer said of Kenny Winfree: "[He's] got a talent that looks easy but few folks can do it. He has [a] knack for writing catchy, moving songs with a message-songs that are easy to sing and easy...