Your responses should include a sentence or two about five to six recording from
Your responses should include a sentence or two about five to six recording from the lecture(s) and a paragraph that addresses the unit’s recordings as a group. Each individual track response must include a specific observation that points to a particular musical event in the recording. Timestamps pointing to these specific moments should be used to make the point you are referring to as clear as possible (i.e. “At 1:32 in the recording we hear a guitar responding to the vocal line / an abrupt change in tempo / the first of a series of riffs / etc”). You may also discuss a particular recording in more depth or make any other observations you would like in regard to the assigned listening for this. The responses in your listening journal should demonstrate evidence of critical listening and engagement with the course materials more generally.
The tracks you are required to address are as follows:
The Weavers – “Goodnight, Irene” (1950)
Leadbelly – “Goodnight, Irene” (1939)
Bob Dylan – “Gospel Plow” (1961)
Bob Dylan – “See That My Grave Is Kept Clean” (1961)
Muddy Waters – “My Home is the Delta” (1964)
Muddy Waters – “Mannish Boy” (1955)
Muddy Waters – “Got My Mojo Working” (1960)
Ottilie Patterson – “Careless Love” (1955)
Muddy Waters – “Hard Day Blues”