The band’s name comes from a Woody Guthrie lyric called "The Hoping Machine," which was set to music and recorded by Jim ...

The Radical Voice of Woody Guthrie, a new exhibition that aims to highlight Guthrie’s fight for justice through 12 of his ...

The history of protest songs in America dates back to the days of slavery. During these times, gospel songs were often sung ...

We believe that the traditions and practices embedded in these three folk songs have profoundly changed how we view lyrics.

We look back at rapid-response songs -- from Woody Guthrie and Nina Simone to Bruce Springsteen's quick turnaround on 'Streets of Minneapolis' ...

Most remember Woody Guthrie as an Okie, but he was inspired by his years in the Texas Panhandle town of Pampa.

Long before stardom, Bob Dylan paid tribute to Woody Guthrie with a love letter song that shows where his musical journey ...

“I felt like there was something that needed to be said in this moment,” says Anna Canoni. The person to say it, however, turned out to be her grandfather, Woody Guthrie, who died in 1967. The new ...

Nearly 60 years after his death, there is a renewed interest in the life and music of American folk icon and social activist Woody Guthrie. Last week, an album of songs and recordings of him talking ...

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 ...

The recordings would be Guthrie’s last, as he spent the last years of his life hospitalized due to Huntington’s disease Decades after his death, new Woody Guthrie music is coming. The Woody Guthrie ...