LOS ANGELES -- More than a dozen writers have tried to chronicle the vagabond life of Woody Guthrie, but none brought him alive quite like Ed Cray, not even Guthrie himself. Cray used a treasure trove ...

In his lyrics, the folksinger and herald of US postwar social struggles described his era. In some ways, it resembles our own ...

Lots of people know Woody Guthrie's classic 1940 ballad "This Land Is Your Land," but the story behind the tune may not be as familiar. Guthrie, who would have turned 100 this week, wrote "This Land" ...

Woodrow Wilson Guthrie (July 14, 1912 – October 3, 1967) was an American singer-songwriter and composer who was one of the most significant figures in American folk music. His work focused on themes ...

“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 ...

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.

The album is based on recordings Guthrie made at home Getty Images A new Woody Guthrie album is being released, 58 years after his death Woody at Home, Vol. 1 and 2 is based on recordings he made at ...

Folk is one of the oldest genres of music in the modern era, and in the last 70 years, its sound has evolved quite a bit, from Pete Seeger and Harry Belafonte in the '50s and '60s, Nick Drake's Pink ...

"I pulled a lot of the performance out of emulating my mom." His characters often struggle on screen, but McNairy does not play them as defeated; rather he expresses their hangdog weariness, which can ...

LOS ANGELES — More than a dozen writers have tried to chronicle the vagabond life of Woody Guthrie, but none brought him alive quite like Ed Cray, not even Guthrie himself. Cray used a treasure trove ...