Woody Guthrie

1 month ago | susannaschrobs.substack.com | Woody Guthrie |Susanna Schrobsdorff

Well hello! I’m so glad you’re here. For reasons I share below, I’ve been reluctant to publish light tales of Paris life for several weeks. Today, I’m leaping into territory I usually avoid, which is a little scary, but here goes. (A note for you writerly readers: There’s one spot left in the non-fiction writing workshop I’m co-hosting in Paris in April; find all the details here.) I didn’t think the United States still had a hold on my heart or even my anger. I walked away, after all.

Jan 20, 2025 | twangville.com | Mayer Danzig |Woody Guthrie

Back in 2012, Bruce Springsteen made the trek to Austin for SXSW. Aside from giving the keynote address, he and the E Street Band played the 2,750 capacity Moody Theater. He, accompanied by some special guests, led the crowd in an amazing sing-along of Woody Guthrie’s classic “This Land Is Your Land”.

Jan 6, 2025 | portside.org | Woody Guthrie

This Land Is Your Land: The Story Behind the Song Published January 6, 2025 Folk singer Woody Guthrie was sick of THAT song. The year was 1939, and everywhere he wandered, “God Bless America” was playing on the radio. It was driving Guthrie nutty. Guthrie felt that Irving Berlin’s song was too sappy, too blindly patriotic, and too cut off from the hard-knock life many Americans were facing as the Great Depression dragged into its 10th year.

Nov 27, 2024 | inkl.com | Woody Guthrie

J Edgar Hoover aims a machine gun. Photograph: New York Daily News Archive/Getty Images John Oller’s new book tells how the FBI took down John Dillinger, Baby Face Nelson, Bonnie and Clyde and other celebrity criminals of the 1930s, as President Franklin Delano Roosevelt waged his “war on crime”. In prose fast as an Essex-Terraplane getaway car, Oller recounts and deconstructs the myths that grew around such bank robbers, kidnappers and killers.

Nov 8, 2024 | beltmag.com | Woody Guthrie

By Woody Guthrie I’m gonna tell you fascistsYou may be surprised The people in this world Are getting organized You’re bound to lose You fascists bound to loseRace hatred cannot stop us This one thing we know Your poll tax and Jim Crow And greed has got to go You’re bound to lose You fascists bound to lose.