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Sheryl Crow, Son Volt, Cat Power celebrate Steinbeck, Guthrie

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2008-09-05 06:10:00 by Jim in The Concert Blog
...Guthrie and the American Spirit Saturday, September 20th at 2pm Sleep Train Pavilion at Concord Featuring performances by: Sheryl Crow, The Black Keys Cat Power, Henry Rollins (spoken word), Mike Ness Band Son Volt, Sarah Lee Guthrie & Johnny Irion Food drive to benefit Food Bank of Contra Costa San Francisco, CA (September 4, 2008) - The...
 
Tags: steinbeck, thom steinbeck, john steinbeck, woody guthrie, woody guthrie archives, land, land aims, sheryl crow, power
 
 
 
 
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BMI Foundation Awards Third Annual Woody Guthrie Fellowships

2008-04-21 14:10:00 by Editor in News
 
...Guthrie Fellowship have been announced by Ralph N. Jackson, President of the BMI Foundation, Inc., and Nora Guthrie, Executive Director of the Woody Guthrie Archives (WGA) and Foundation. The program funds research fellowships for scholars to use the rich and extensive holdings available at the WGA in New York City The 2008 recipients are as...
 
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Woody Guthrie Folk Festival 2009

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2008-09-30 23:00:00 by Editor in Sonicbids Recently Added Opportunities
...Guthrie Folk Festival 2009 Deadline: Apr 1, 2009 at 11:59 PM Eastern Time The Woody Guthrie Folk Festival is held annually in mid-July to commemorate the life and music of Woody Guthrie. The 12th Annual Woody Guthrie Folk Festival will be held July 8-12, 2009. Artists do not receive compensation, however, all main stage artists receive full...
 
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BMI Foundation Awards Third Annual Woody Guthrie Fellowships

2008-10-15 14:50:00 by Editor in News
 
...Guthrie Fellowship have been announced by Ralph N. Jackson, President of the BMI Foundation, Inc., and Nora Guthrie, Executive Director of the Woody Guthrie Archives (WGA) and Foundation. The program funds research fellowships for scholars to use the rich and extensive holdings available at the WGA in New York City. The 2008 recipients are as...
 
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Cat Power, Black Keys Play Guthrie/Steinbeck Tribute

2008-09-11 11:25:00 by Dave Maher in Pitchfork: News
 
...Guthrie and John Steinbeck have plenty in common. Guthrie was an Okie; Steinbeck wrote about them. Both filled their work with rural people and descriptions of the natural world, and in the process, both became spokesmen of sorts for the disenchanted It turns out the connection between Guthrie and Steinbeck runs deeper than a comparison of...
 
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Billy Bragg Covers: The Beatles, The Smiths, Seeger, Guthrie, etc.

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2008-01-04 16:40:00 by boyhowdy in Cover Lay Down
...Guthrie in the late nineties reminded me of the genius of both Bragg and genre-defining alt-country musician Jeff Tweedy even as the albums brought the musicians themselves from fringe fandom to full-blown mass market appeal Then today, as I crested the mountain in the frigid New England winter air, our local early-morning folkshow played...
 
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Cisco Houston sings the songs of Woody Guthrie

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2008-03-24 10:35:00 by Joski in Merlin in Rags
...Guthrie songs best...another forgotten non-commercial performer, Logan English, put out a great Woody album on 20th-Century Fox records around the same time Cisco did this one for Vanguard Sadly, Mr. English's work has not been transferred to CD Houston met Guthrie in California in 1938, and the two former hoboes crossed paths time and...
 
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Woody Guthrie's gorgeous "California Stars"

2008-02-01 03:05:36 by MasonJar of MOG in MOG - Editor's Picks
 
...Guthrie. Would you like to put them to music?" That is what happened to Billy Bragg, and he was asked by none other than Guthrie's daughter, Nora Guthrie. Billy Bragg contacted Wilco to collaborate on the project, and Wilco were given their own share of songs to finish. The resulting album was 1998's Mermaid Avenue . The song I'm featuring,...
 
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Islands' Thorburn + Jim Guthrie = Human Highway

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2008-04-23 10:00:00 by Dave Maher in Pitchfork: News
...Guthrie . Guthrie is the man responsible for 2003's quite nice Now, More Than Ever Moody Motorcycle is Human Highway's debut album, and it was crafted in a week of sleeping and recording on Guthrie's couch in downtown Toronto. Thorburn told ChartAttack.com , "the Human Highway album is gentle, like lullaby-type stuff. We're really inspired...
 
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Islands' Thorburn + Jim Guthrie = Human Highway

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2008-04-23 10:00:00 by Dave Maher in Pitchfork: News
...Guthrie . Guthrie is the man responsible for 2003's quite nice Now, More Than Ever Moody Motorcycle is Human Highway's debut album, and it was crafted in a week of sleeping and recording on Guthrie's couch in downtown Toronto. Thorburn told ChartAttack.com , "the Human Highway album is gentle, like lullaby-type stuff. We're really inspired...
 
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