The new book Woody Guthrie: Songs and Art, Words and Wisdom is a delightful visual feast, compiled by Guthrie’s daughter Nora with material from the Woody Guthrie Archive in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
From the July/August 2020 issue of Acoustic Guitar | By Greg Cahill
Odetta: A Life in Music and Protest
By Ian Zack
(Beacon Press)
“Unfor... Read More...
It was the Laurel Canyon of the Catskills. In 1969, the forested artist community of Woodstock, in upstate New York, contributed its name to a nearby music festival that many regard as the apex of the 1960s counterculture.
From the September/October 2019 issue of Acoustic Guitar | BY GREG CAHILL
He was cursed, but not by the devil—rather, it was his first b... Read More...
From the September/October 2019 issue of Acoustic Guitar | BY GREG CAHILL
He was cursed, but not by the devil—rather, it was his first b... Read More...
From the September 2017 issue of Acoustic Guitar | BY BLAIR JACKSON
Over the course of his more than four-decade career, the supremely literate and passion... Read More...
From the July 2017 issue of Acoustic Guitar | BY PAT MORAN
“If I had Johnny’s cash & Charley’s pride, I wouldn’t have Buck Ow-en on my car,” Mac Wisema... Read More...
From the October 2016 issue of Acoustic Guitar | BY PAT MORAN
In May 1941, Woody Guthrie walked into the Bonneville Power Administration office in Po... Read More...