The great American troubadour Woody Guthrie, who wrote our “second national anthem,” “This Land Is Your Land,” would have turned 100 this Saturday, had Huntington’s chorea not claimed him in 1967, ...
Folk artist Woody Guthrie has been heralded at gatherings across the country this year in celebration of his 100th birthday. The culminating event occurs this week in a concert featuring renowned ...
Lots of people know Woody Guthrie's classic 1940 ballad "This Land Is Your Land," but the story behind the tune may not be as familiar. Guthrie, who would have turned 100 this week, wrote "This Land" ...
A new, intimate album will include 13 previously unheard songs and a rewrite of “This Land Is Your Land.” By Jon Pareles In 1951, Woody Guthrie’s publisher gave him a newfangled piece of equipment: a ...
U2 will be honored with the 2025 Woody Guthrie Prize during an Oct. 21 ceremony at Cain’s Ballroom in Tulsa, Ok., and group members Bono and the Edge will be on hand to accept. The award is given ...
New Woody Guthrie music is on the way. Fifty-eight years after the singer died, his estate announced that it will release a new album of his previously unreleased songs. Included on the album is a new ...
The restless spirit of Woody Guthrie has a way of rising up again every few years to fire up a new throng of activists, artists and adventurers with his songs of hope, freedom, change and compassion.
Jul 20, 2025 Jul 20, 2025 Updated Jul 20, 2025 0 Oklahoma-born folk music legend Woody Guthrie died 58 years ago, but that doesn’t mean you’ve heard the last of him. A new collection of Guthrie ...