The moment when Woody Guthrie subliminally passed the torch to Bob Dylan was in their iconic 1961 meeting in New Jersey.

In case of abuse, Report this post. Throughout my life into my 78 th year, I have felt inspired by the insightful lyrics and ...

Here are just a few great versions. In the 1990s Billy Bragg and the band Wilco were asked by Guthrie’s daughter Nora to write music using Woody’s unused lyrics. The result was three volumes ...

Decades before anyone could fathom Donald Trump as a potential president, legendary American folksinger Woody Guthrie was having his own problems with the Trump family. In late 1950, Guthrie moved ...

Actor Timothée Chalamet has talked about the emotional impact of working on the upcoming Bob Dylan biopic A Complete Unknown, ...

Folk music icon Woody Guthrie, one of the most important figures in the history of American music, was born July 14, 1912, 100 years ago today. Armed with a guitar bearing the phrase, &quot ...

Dropkick Murphys will release a new LP on September 30 via the band’s Dummy Luck Music. It's called This Machine Still Kills Fascists and finds the band covering 10 Woody Gutherie tracks. One track ...

It wasn't just that he contributed his tenor (and banjo picking) to two seminal folk groups — the Almanac Singers (with Woody Guthrie ... The American folk music legend died Monday at age ...

His music, style, and politics had a profound influence on a range of musical icons, from Bob Dylan and Jonny Cash to Bruce ...

Guthrie died from complications of Huntington’s disease in 1967. Despite his decline, he had a major impact on American popular music in the second half of the 20th century and the rise of the ...

especially music lovers. You can find the Woody Guthrie Center in downtown Tulsa, within the Brady Arts District, accessible via bus, car or by walking (if you’re staying downtown). The center ...