Woody Guthrie

I Like to Watch I Like to Watch
What ever happened to sex, drugs and rock 'n' roll? Witness your favorite vices, neutered, declawed and trussed up in foolish costumes for mass consumption on network TV.
Sharps & Flats
Woody Guthrie's "Dust Bowl Ballads" drew the road map for Bob Dylan and Ramblin' Jack. A reissue recaptures the parched glory.
Genetic predictions
If you could know, would you want to?
Please stand by
Prince Hal (played by Pat Buchanan) experiences technical difficulties.
Been There
Wilco's Jeff Tweedy talks about losing his alt-country baggage
In the tub with Leadbelly
An ex-punk rocker turned mother contemplates her latest passion, children's folk music.
Billy Bragg
Sharps & Flats is a daily music review in Salon Magazine
Words that sing
A child's life is full of music, from 'Happy Birthday,' to 'Hickory, Dickory, Dock.' What better way to capture the delight of childhood than with picture books built around the magic of music? Polly Shulman reviews five new books who's words leap and sing in harmony.
The Lateness of the Hour
Farewells & Fantasies
Carolyn Chute's Wicked Good Militia
The author of "The Beans of Egypt, Maine" is leading an army of grave, silent woodsmen in a backwoods campaign against corporate greed

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