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Articles for Woody Guthrie

"He's a contrarian": "A Complete Unknown" unmasks Bob Dylan to reveal the man, not enigmatic icon
2 weeks, 1 day ago

"He's a contrarian": "A Complete Unknown" unmasks Bob Dylan to reveal the man, not enigmatic icon

Salon  

James Mangold’s excellent biopic, “A Complete Unknown,” chronicles Bob Dylan’s arrival in New York in 1961 and his burgeoning success to his electrifying performance at the Newport Folk Festival in 1965. That film’s subject, Johnny Cash, has a supporting role in “A Complete Unknown” and he champions Dylan's and his progressive efforts, even as the Folk Festival fears them. The …

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What we know about A Complete Unknown - and why it's so hard to get Bob Dylan right
9 months, 2 weeks ago

What we know about A Complete Unknown - and why it's so hard to get Bob Dylan right

BBC  

What we know about A Complete Unknown - and why it's so hard to get Bob Dylan right Getty Images The film will be set in the early 1960s – the moment in time when Bob Dylan went from 'complete unknown' to rock star. Sean Latham, founding director of the Institute for Bob Dylan Studies at the University of Tulsa …

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What we know about 'A Complete Unknown' - and why it's so hard to get Bob Dylan right
9 months, 2 weeks ago

What we know about 'A Complete Unknown' - and why it's so hard to get Bob Dylan right

BBC  

What we know about 'A Complete Unknown' - and why it's so hard to get Bob Dylan right Getty Images When Dylan went electric in 1965, it spurred immense backlash The film will be set in the early 1960s – the moment in time when Bob Dylan went from 'complete unknown' to rock star. Sean Latham, founding director of the …

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In Tulsa, the new Bob Dylan museum reconsiders the legacies of an icon and a city
2 years, 7 months ago

In Tulsa, the new Bob Dylan museum reconsiders the legacies of an icon and a city

LA Times  

In his liner notes to “The Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan,” the singer saw what was heading toward him back in 1963 and put up his guard, writing, “I do not care to be made an oddball bouncin’ past reporters’ pens.” It’s just as well, then, that he skipped the soft opening of the Bob Dylan Center, in Tulsa, Okla. For somebody …

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Bruce Springsteen receives this year's Woody Guthrie Prize
3 years, 8 months ago

Bruce Springsteen receives this year's Woody Guthrie Prize

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Bruce Springsteen has won the …

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Bruce Springsteen receives this year’s Woody Guthrie Prize
3 years, 8 months ago

Bruce Springsteen receives this year’s Woody Guthrie Prize

Associated Press  

TULSA, Okla. — Bruce Springsteen has won the 2021 Woody Guthrie Prize, which is given to an artist seen as carrying on the spirit of the folk singer whose music focused on the plight of the poor and disenfranchised. “Woody wrote some of the greatest songs about America’s struggle to live up its ideals in convincing fashion,” Springsteen said in …

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This Land is Your Land: America’s other national anthem
4 years, 3 months ago

This Land is Your Land: America’s other national anthem

BBC  

This Land is Your Land: America’s other national anthem Getty Images The song’s verses are filled with the US landscape, encompassing forests, valleys, deserts, wheat fields, highways and small towns Inclusive and patriotic, with its roots in the radical left, Woody Guthrie’s enduring 1940s folk song offers an expansive vision for all Americans, writes Dorian Lynskey In the 2020 TV …

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How 'This Land Is Your Land' Roamed And Rambled Into American Life
5 years, 9 months ago

How 'This Land Is Your Land' Roamed And Rambled Into American Life

NPR  

How 'This Land Is Your Land' Roamed And Rambled Into American Life Enlarge this image toggle caption Al Aumuller/Courtesy of Woody Guthrie Publications, Inc. Al Aumuller/Courtesy of Woody Guthrie Publications, Inc. Nora says that in a way, "the land" was Woody's home. Kate Smith's version of Irving Berlin's "God Bless America" was on jukeboxes and radio everywhere during Guthrie's journey …

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