Hutchinson Family Singers

120 years before 1960s protest singers and rock music, this rural New Hampshire family became world-famous for their potent blend of close harmonies, progressive politics, and ideological courage…

Hutchinson Family Singers – Color portrait of the world-famous Milford, NH quartet… PLUS series source links!
Clean Living – The musical history of NH’s famous Singing Hutchinsons runs deep… and complicated:
Musical Family – Decades later, townsfolk fondly remembered one voice in the local church choir…
Brother Jesse – The unfortunate tale of the eldest Hutchinson son …
Resolved – Early 19th century Baptist activism, hosted at the old district two school house …
The Twin Buglers – Milford’s most unusual marching band …
Buying Burnham’s Farm – With ten children (and counting), Jesse and Polly Hutchinson hatch a plan to buy Colonel Burnham’s old inn …
Joshua’s Job – Brother Joshua helps his siblings across the wide Souhegan valley …
Colonel Burnham’s Apple Pockets – Jesse Sr. invites Colonel Burnham to stay on at the old farm …
Heirloom – Brother Joshua discovers his Revolutionary namesake …
Empty Rooms – Yet more neighborly concern for the Hutchinson family’s new home …
Choirmaster Power Play – Brother Joshua makes his move …
Illumination – Whale oil or hog fat? The sustainable energy debate of the 1820s…
Pitch Pine – Brother John digs deep in search of light, and Brother Asa gets the axe … << BEFORE: Candles from hogs …