This easy-going song is one of Guthrie’s most well-known songs. Originally, the song was recorded by Leadbelly but Guthrie made it a hit. 3. “My Daddy (Flies A Ship In The Sky)” In “My ...

Find five songs you didn’t know Guthrie wrote for other artists below. Ramblin’ Jack Elliot marked Guthrie as a hero and a mentor from his very first studio release, Woody Guthrie’s Blues.

American folk icon Woody Guthrie died 50 years ago, at the age of 55. At this year’s Folk Awards, he will be inducted into the Hall of Fame. Woody Guthrie for Folk Awards Hall of Fame Singer ...

If the Oklahoma songwriters' scene is a big family, the Woody Guthrie ... a slate of free educational panels, with experts and activists covering timely topics as well as Guthrie's life and ...

Hosted at Carnegie Hall in 1968, the tribute concert had two shows on January 20 and celebrated Guthrie in an epic send-off. Dylan’s set list included songs “Ain’t Got No Home,” “This ...

Woody Guthrie's songwriting was highly politically charged, and orbited themes of socialism and personal liberation in the face of the growth of capitalism and various forms of facism. Songs such ...

And every Hannukah I include holiday songs with lyrics by Woody Guthrie. That’s right. In 1945, Woody married Marjorie Greenblatt Mazia, the daughter of Yiddish-speaking parents, Isidore and ...

When Woody Guthrie emblazoned ... of an early version of a punk.” Even though Guthrie wrote and sang from the 1930s to 1950s, most of his songs still resonate with people today.

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.