This well-researched and thoughtful biography of a difficult and sad life ultimately shows the triumph of the human spirit ...

Not all proto-protest songs and singers would invoke such power, and yet the directness of the message became something of a blueprint. Born in Oklahoma in 1912, Woody Guthrie was named after ...

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“It’s hard being free in a song—getting it all in. Songs are so confining. Woody Guthrie told me once that songs don’t have to rhyme—that they don’t have to do anything like tha ...

They're a little bit Beatles, a little bit Beach Boys, Byrds, Kinks, Monkees, Turtles, and every other great Sixties band.

And every Hannukah I include holiday songs with lyrics by Woody Guthrie. That’s right. In 1945, Woody married Marjorie Greenblatt Mazia, the daughter of Yiddish-speaking parents, Isidore and ...

See the original post on Youtube If we're being honest, there are numerous Woody Guthrie songs that could have made this list!

As teenagers, the New York brothers swiftly rose to become retro pop darlings – until they weren’t. Now older, wiser and ...

For all the fantastic songs Dylan has in his ... stories that felt closer to Woody Guthrie than they did to Cash’s brand ...

The 2024 Woody Guthrie Folk Festival will take place July 10-14 in Guthrie’s hometown of Okemah. On opening day of the 27th WoodyFest (as it is affectionately known), legacy artists Joel Rafael ...

Billy Bragg and Wilco are to record a second album of Woody Guthrie songs, NME.com can reveal... Five years on from walking offstage at Reading and splitting up, New Order return with plans for ...