Letters @ 3AM

The craziness of this country is that our public and private discussions have almost nothing to do with each other

"...I wondered (not aloud) about Franklin Roosevelt, Woody Guthrie, Martin Luther King Jr., and further back to..."

July 6, 2007 Column by Michael Ventura

Rock & Roll Books

"...Archies' success, Gorillaz aren't entertained. Yet Kraftwerk, Donna Summer, Woody Guthrie, Buena Vista Social Club, Moby, et al. are..."

June 1, 2007 Music Feature by David Lynch

Joe Ely

"...into "Me and Billy the Kid." The ghost of Woody Guthrie smiles over the panoramic Americana visions that Ely..."

May 25, 2007 Music Review by Jim Caligiuri

Jimmy Lafave

"...Employing Woody Guthrie's arrow and Bob Dylan's bow, Jimmy LaFave hits..."

May 25, 2007 Music Review by David Lynch

Joe Strummer: 'Punk Rock Warlord'

"...landed Dylan ("Corrina, Corrina"), not to mention his precursor (Woody Guthrie). Strummer’s first band spunking up golden oldie "Keys..."

May 15, 2007 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Page Two: Lost and Found

'Tis the season when the future is used up yet then renewed by singing each morning out of each night

"...to Vermont, I had listened to the Byrds cover Woody Guthrie's "Pretty Boy Floyd" on Sweetheart of the Rodeo..."

April 27, 2007 Column by Louis Black

The Hightower Report

Why Media Companies Get No Respect; NYPD's 'Intelligence'

"...Holy Woody Guthrie! These goobers would be hilarious … if they..."

April 13, 2007 News Column by Jim Hightower

Thursday Showcase Picks

SXSW Music Fest preview guide

"...a tightly knit blend of grassroots folk in the Woody Guthrie tradition. LaFave's first recording for Red House was..."

March 16, 2007 Music Feature

Spotlight: Nightwatchman

Tom Morello doesn't have to preach revolution through Marshall stacks

"..."My aspiration is to be the black Woody Guthrie," spouts Tom Morello, rock's guitar innovator. "But I'll..."

March 16, 2007 Music Feature by Austin Powell

TCB: Saturday

SXSW music news and carryings on

"...supergroups. At Thursday night's Parish showcase for his new Woody Guthrie homage Nightwatchman, the guitarist yielded the spotlight to..."

March 16, 2007 Music Feature by Christopher Gray

They Hear America Singing!

Grammy-nominated Conspirare brings together 600 voices in search of our national sound

"...of folks such as Aaron Copland, John Philip Sousa, Woody Guthrie, Scott Joplin...."

Jan. 26, 2007 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

The Killers / The Hold Steady

"...As Bruce Springsteen explores the gospel-folk of idol Woody Guthrie, a clutch of younger artists have instigated a..."

Nov. 10, 2006 Music Review by Christopher Gray

The Devil in Us All

Butch Hancock, like Leo Tolstoy and Bob Dylan, takes on this political world

"...with his kicking (and unrecorded) "Mama Does the Kangeroo," Woody Guthrie's "Pretty Boy Floyd," and his Flatlanders set-piece, "Julia."..."

Oct. 6, 2006 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Billy Bragg

In Box

"...niggling question, "What if Pete Seeger, Bob Dylan, and Woody Guthrie had joined Joe Strummer in the Clash and..."

Aug. 25, 2006 Music Review by Marc Savlov

Texas Platters

Live shot

"...tunes of political intent, love songs, and covers from Woody Guthrie and Bruce Springsteen, telling jokes and making it..."

July 21, 2006 Music Feature by Jim Caligiuri

Snake Charmer

Ray Wylie Hubbard survived the crash, recovered the black box, and continues to fly high and get lowdown with 'Snake Farm.'

"...the folk scene. "I noticed songwriting and songwriters like Woody Guthrie," Hubbard recalls. "The floodgates just opened."..."

June 23, 2006 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Letters at 3AM

Bob Dylan says he doesn't know how a guy like him came out of a place like Hibbing. He's been saying things like that for 40 years and I don't know a rock critic who doesn't take him at his word. But I also don't know a rock critic who's been to Hibbing. I wanted to see for myself.

"...which it could be said (as he said of Woody Guthrie's), "You could listen to his songs and actually..."

March 17, 2006 Column by Michael Ventura

SXSW Picks & Sleepers

Friday

"...than folk, yet rooted in the activist tradition of Woody Guthrie and Pete Seeger, Bragg possesses unique wit and..."

March 17, 2006 Music Feature

SXSW Picks & Sleepers

Friday

"...to transcend the Yiddish ghetto, recently working with the Woody Guthrie Foundation to write accompaniments for the father of..."

March 17, 2006 Music Feature

Troy Campbell

"...Campbell flexes some creative muscle with a version of Woody Guthrie's "Along in the Sun & the Rain" that..."

March 17, 2006 Music Review by Jim Caligiuri

Ballroom Dancing

SXSW panels

"...Convention Center, Friday, March 17 Longtime fascist-fighter and sometime Woody Guthrie disciple Billy Bragg proved in a jocular interview..."

March 17, 2006 Music Feature by Dan Oko

The Band

Gift guide

"...lost tracks like Dylan and the Band revving up Woody Guthrie's "I Ain't Got No Home." Disc three follows..."

Dec. 9, 2005 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Wilco

Record review

"...Metal Drummer" up against the Allman Brothers-esque treatment of Woody Guthrie's "Airline to Heaven" and 11-minute guitar squeegee "Spiders..."

Nov. 18, 2005 Music Review by Raoul Hernandez

People Get Ready

Excerpt from Kevin Phinney's 'Souled American'

"...a marriage of social action and populist music with Woody Guthrie, Joan Baez, and Bob Dylan. They're all part..."

Oct. 7, 2005 Music Feature by Kevin Phinney

Terms of Engagement

If 'We Can't Make It Here,' then James McMurtry's in big trouble

"...I guess that's okay if you don't listen to Woody Guthrie and John Lennon. Or Steve Earle."..."

Sept. 9, 2005 Music Feature by Andy Langer

Page Two

The artistic genius of 79-year-old cinematographer Haskell Wexler is only the beginning of his story; the passion and eloquence of his lifelong political commitment stand equal to his cinematic achievements

"...only shot Sayles' Matewan and Bound for Glory, Ashby's Woody Guthrie biography, but covered the labor movement around the..."

June 10, 2005 Column by Louis Black

In Space

There's more to AtomFilms than 'This Land,' the satirical short so broadly bipartisan that it's been touted by unlikely bedfellows Fox News and Salon.com

"...by Ludlow Music, which owns the rights to the Woody Guthrie song). Not to dismiss JibJab brothers Gregg and..."

Aug. 6, 2004 Screens Feature by Marrit Ingman

Working-Class Hero

Is Michael Fracasso's Austin's best kept musical secret?

"..."The Big 1-0." He's an irregular part of the Woody Guthrie road show Ribbon of Highway, Endless Skyway, with..."

April 23, 2004 Music Feature by Dave Marsh

Celebrates the Music of Scott H. Biram

"...and a sheepish grin. He just started an ol' Woody Guthrie tune in the key of G, and the..."

March 31, 2004 Postmarks

Eliza Gilkyson

"...and the pain of "Separated" with a master's touch. Woody Guthrie's unrecorded "Peace Call," meanwhile, features Iris DeMent, Mary..."

March 19, 2004 Music Review by Margaret Moser

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