Singer-songwriters of the 60s & 70s
From very different musical backgrounds, singer-songwriters such as Bob Dylan, Joni Mitchell, Leonard Cohen and Randy Newman brought a powerful mix of storytelling, social commentary and self-exploration to the music scene in the late 60s and early 70s. In this short course we revisit their work and dip into the albums of contemporaries like Carole King, Gordon Lightfoot and John Prine. What made these self-contained talents so distinctive and their songs so enduring? What did they have to say about the times in which they lived?
Event Information
Price: £90
Course Weeks: 6
Room: Weston Room
Campaign: Autumn Term 2025
Your Tutor
Name: Stephen Barnard
Bio: Stephen spent 21 years as a specialist writer with Reader’s Digest before going freelance in 1999. He has been writing and lecturing on broadcasting, film and popular music on a part-time basis for over 30 years. He has run courses for the WEA, De Montfort University, the City University and a number of Hertfordshire arts groups, and his five books include Studying Radio, the standard academic textbook on the subject.
Department: Humanities