Bucky Halker is a songwriter, performer, and recording artist who grew up on the shores of Lake Superior, began performing as a teenager, and tours extensively in the U.S. and Europe. Chicago-based, he has a dozen recordings to his credit, including the all originals CD projects, "Wisconsin 2-13-63" vols. 1 and 2. His double-CD, "The Ghost of Woody Guthrie," offers an original music tribute to legendary songwriter Woody Guthrie and was released in 2012.
Bucky, a well-known scholar and a Ph.D. in American History, is an expert on American labor protest music and American folksongs. His CDs "Don’t Want Your Millions" and "Welcome to Labor Land" feature his renditions of classic and forgotten worker protest songs. Halker is also the author of the book For Democracy, Workers, and God: Labor Song-Poems and Labor Protest, 1865-1896 (University of Illinois Press), a pioneering work on workers and protest music in America. Bucky also serves as producer for the "Folksongs of Illinois #1-4," a CD series which documents the rich and diverse history of recorded folk and ethnic music in the Land of Lincoln.
Bucky Halker is an active member of "Grammy" organization's historical committee and also serves on the board of directors for the Woody Guthrie Foundation and Archives in New York City (www.woodyguthrie.org). He is currently an Archie Green Fellow with the Library of Congress-American Folklife Center. He has received number awards and honors for his music and scholarship, includes awards from the NEA, NEH, Illinois Arts Council, Puffin Foundation, the Richard Driehaus Foundation, the Illinois Humanities Council, and the Newberry Library.
Bucky records exclusively with Shure microphones and thanks Shure, Inc. for their continued support of his work in music.
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