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Woody Guthrie Initially Wrote This 1945 Song as a Parody of a Popular Patriotic Tune

Musician Woody Guthrie poses for a portrait with his guitar circa 1950. (Photo by Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images) One of Woody Guthrie's most popular songs, this patriotic tune...

Woody Guthrie, Nearly 60 Years After His Death, Keeps Speaking to New Generations

A new documentary connects the life and music of the Depression-era singer-songwriter to today’s struggles for social justice, equality, and immigrant rights

Clark County History: Woody Guthrie’s song about Vanport Flood

Seven years after Woody Guthrie left his Bonneville Power Administration songwriting job, penning “Roll on Columbia,” and 25 other songs, he wrote another. The song, “Vanport’s Flo...

It’s Woody Guthrie Folk Festival Time!

Look, gang. We’re living in one of those dark nights of the soul sort of moments, what with the global far-right power grab and white Evangelical Christians acting like they’re bei...

3 Underrated Folk Songs That Celebrate Rural America

Photo of folk singer Woody Guthrie playing his guitar while a cigarette dangles from his lips. Ca. 1960s. (Photo by �� John Springer Collection/CORBIS/Corbis via Getty Images)...

Margo Price Covers Woody Guthrie with Joan Baez and Memphis Mariachi for ‘Days of Unrest’

On Friday, Margo Price will release a new collection of protest music. The nine tracks on Days Of Unrest explore a variety of issues and ideas that Price has long addressed. She re...

29th Annual WoodyFest This Week

This week, the Woody Guthrie Coalition will welcome  musicians, artists, educators, panelists, volunteers, residents, and visitors to downtown Okemah to celebrate the Woody Guthrie...

See Bruce Springsteen Play With Kenny Chesney, Dropkick Murphy’s at ‘Music America’ Concert

“This is a song of Woody’s that could have been written yesterday,” Springsteen said before playing “Deportee (Plane Wreck at Los Gatos)” with Roseanne Cash, “whether it’s Minnesot...

Margo Price Surprise-Releases ‘Days of Unrest’ Mixtape of Protest Songs

Hear singer's rendition of Woody Guthrie's "Deportee (Plane Crash at Los Gatos)" alongside Joan Baez and Memphis Mariachi

“This Land Is Your Land”: Jesse Welles, Warren Haynes, Daniel Donato, Grahame Lesh, Margo Price and More Highlight Hudso...

Photos by Madison Dodd Jesse Welles brought Croton-on-Hudson’s second-annual Hudson River Music Festival to a close last night, inviting out most of the event’s marquee performers...

3 Folk Songs From the 1960s That Were Too Strange To Become Protest Anthems

NEW YORK CITY - FEBRUARY 29: Arlo Guthrie attends 10th Annual Grammy Awards on February 29, 1968 at the New York Hilton Hotel in New York City. (Photo by Ron Galella, Ltd./Ron Gale...

3 Unique Protest Songs From the 1960s That Still Feel Relevant Today

American folk singer and musician Arlo Guthrie, dressed in a fleece-trimmed Afghan coat and cowboy hat, performs at the National Mobilization to End the War, Washington, D.C., Nove...

This 1974 Bob Dylan Lyric Borrowed From a Home Run Call

UNITED STATES - MAY 09: Photo of Bob DYLAN; performing live onstage at the benefit for ousted Chileans: Felt Forum, New York (Photo by Steve Morley/Redferns) Bob Dylan's reunion a...

Paul Metsa “Songs of Resistance & Resolve: 1984–2025”

Collection spanning the Minnesotan’s career highlights how fighting for justice is as important now as it ever was. When you think of americana and protest music, the striking imag...

The World’s First Folk-Rock Hit That Inspired Bob Dylan To Go Electric (After He Already Stole an Acoustic Version From...

Bob Dylan poses for a portrait to promote the release of his album 'The Times They Are A-Changin'' in January 1964. (Photo by Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images) Bob Dylan took gre...

28 years on, Wilco, Billy Bragg and Natalie Merchant play Mermaid Avenue live for the first time

Their Woody Guthrie tribute is the highlight of the first night of Wilco’s Solid Sound Festival, also featuring Gang Of Four, Scott McCaughey, The Mini-Mekons and Billy Bragg solo

Wilco, Billy Bragg, & Natalie Merchant Performed Mermaid Avenue Live For The First Time At Solid Sound

In 1998, Wilco and Billy Bragg joined forces for Mermaid Avenue, an album of previously unheard lyrics written by the late folk icon Woody Guthrie organized by his daughter Nora. I...

Bob Dylan Plays “You Ain’t Goin’ Nowhere” for First Time Since 2012

“Bob Dylan (Bring it All Back Home Sessions)” by ky_olsen is licensed under CC BY 2.0. During the onset of Bob Dylan’s Chateau Ste. Michelle Winery weekend in Woodinville, Wash., t...

Born on This Day in 1992, the Appalachian Artist Who Became an Overnight Sensation With a Politically Polarizing Folk An...

NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE - FEBRUARY 21: Oliver Anthony performs at the Ryman Auditorium on February 21, 2024 in Nashville, Tennessee. (Photo by Jason Kempin/Getty Images) On June 30, 1...

Born in Ohio on This Day 88 Years Ago, the Outlaw Country Legend Who Inspired a Mass Workforce Exodus

3 Folk Songs From the 1970s That Are as Visual as Any Painting

Bob Dylan These folk songs from the 1970s are as visual as any painting. They capture details of scenes just as well as any visual artist. The post 3 Folk Songs From the 1970s Th...

Wilco Continue to Celebrate ‘Mermaid Avenue’ After Solid Sound, Bill Bragg Shares Perspective

Photo by Ellen Qbertplaya via Bill Bragg’s Facebook page Wilco continue to highlight material from their beloved collaboration with Billy Bragg, Mermaid Avenue on the road. The Chi...

Saturday Sessions: Punch Brothers perform "This Land Is Your Land"

Bluegrass band Punch Brothers was formed by mandolinist Chris Thile in 2006. In celebration of the Fourth of July, here's Punch Brothers performing their cover of Woody Guthrie's c...

Born in Arkansas 119 Years Ago Today, the School Principal Turned Country-Folk Songwriter Who Penned This Humorous Histo...

American folk music songwriter and musician Jimmy Driftwood performing on stage at the Newport Folk Festival, Rhode Island, USA, July 1964. (Photo by Gai Terrell/Redferns/Getty Ima...