Songs of the Earth: Woody Guthrie to Neil Young
How American folk songs of the Earth, from Woody Guthrie to Neil Young, tilled the soil for the rise of ‘Green Pop’.
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Americana’s Finest Bring Woody Guthrie’s Dust Bowl Into the Present
Home in This World: Woody Guthrie’s Dust Bowl Ballads may not be as revelatory as the original album, but it’s still quite good and serves a worthwhile purpose.
Waxahatchee Take on Woody Guthrie’s “Dust Bowl Blues”
Waxahatchee released a lyric video of Woody Guthrie’s “Talking Dust Bowl Blues” from an upcoming LP, Home in This World: Woody Guthrie’s Dust Bowl Ballads.
Jeff Tweedy Accompanies Woody Guthrie on a New Rendition of “I Don’t Like The Way This World’s A-Treatin’ Me” (premiere)
Ahead of Record Store Day, a never-before-heard duet between Woody Guthrie and Wilco's Jeff Tweedy comes to light.
Bob Dylan’s ‘The Nobel Lecture’ Requires a Tolerance for Sentimentality
Are Dylan's thoughts the dismissible ramblings of an insecure autodidact still trying to impress the professors?
Woody Guthrie, Bob Dylan, and Myth, Truth, and Anger
Daniel Wolff examines how one tragedy in 1913 Calumet Michigan survived through the anger of topical folk music to be told by self-mythologized characters Woody Guthrie and Bob Dylan.
Authenticity and Unbroken Chains in Rick Massimo’s ‘I Got a Song’
This book is about true believers who kept the torch burning for “authenticity” in folk music at any cost; even if it meant cultural appropriation and commercial compromising.
That Ribbon of Highway: Sharon Jones Re-shapes Woody Guthrie’s Song
Sharon Jones and Woodie Guthrie knew: great songs belong to everybody.
Jimmy LaFave: The Night Tribe
It’s to Jimmy LaFave's credit that all his past accomplishments might just as easily be shuffled aside simply to accommodate a dedicated listen to The Night Tribe.
Darryl Holter: Radio Songs: Woody Guthrie in Los Angeles 1937-1939
By making a record to remind us about Woody Guthrie's tenure on Los Angeles radio, Holter is also reminding us of California’s unique legacy of promises unfulfilled.
Nora Guthrie: My Name Is New York: Ramblin’ Around Woody Guthrie’s Town
An engrossing biographical travelogue that provides a unique perspective on both Woody Guthrie and a long lost New York City