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Monday Morning Video – This Land Is Your Land

Monday, January 20, 2025 By Mayer Danzig

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”. Said guests included […]

Filed Under: Folk, Reviews, SXSW, Videos Tagged With: Bruce Sprinsteen, Woody Guthrie

Monday Morning Video – Revisiting Woody Guthrie’s “This Land Is Your Land”

Monday, July 04, 2016 By Mayer Danzig

Inspired, or more rather provoked, as a populist response to Irving Berlin’s “America the Beautiful,” Woody Guthrie’s “This Land Is Your Land” has become an American institution in its own right. In celebration of Independence Day, here is a video playlist that includes some engaging covers of the Guthrie classic from the likes of the […]

Filed Under: Acoustic, Americana, Folk, Videos Tagged With: Bruce Springsteen, Counting Crows, Jamey Johnson, Old Crow Medicine Show, Pete Seeger, Steve Earle, Tom Morello, Woody Guthrie

Celebrate the New Year with Slaid Cleaves and Matthew Grimm

Thursday, January 01, 2015 By Mayer Danzig

Let’s ring in the new year with Slaid Cleaves’ classic “One Good Year,” plus a bonus rocker from Matthew Grimm that highlight’s Woody Guthrie’s list of New Year’s resolutions from 1942.

Filed Under: Acoustic, Rock, Streams, Videos Tagged With: Matthew Grimm, Slaid Cleaves, Woody Guthrie

Woody Guthrie in New York City

Tuesday, July 15, 2014 By Mayer Danzig

Woody Guthrie has a storied place in music history. He is one of those touchstones that continues to inspire both musicians and activists around the world. Heck even the poor souls folks who aren’t familiar with Guthrie have undoubtedly sung a few verses of his seminal “This Land Is Your Land.” Although he is most […]

Filed Under: Americana, Folk, News Tagged With: Woody Guthrie

Monday Morning Video: Ramblin’ Jack Elliott and Friends Perform Woody Guthrie

Monday, July 22, 2013 By Mayer Danzig

Here’s a great one from the archives. Legendary folk singer Ramblin’ Jack Elliott is joined by Marty Stuart, Joe Henry, Kelly Hogan and Billy Bragg to perform a cover of Woody Guthrie’s “The Ballad of Pretty Boy Floyd” from SXSW back in 2006.

Filed Under: Acoustic, Americana, Folk, Videos Tagged With: Billy Bragg, Joe Henry, Kelly Hogan, Marty Stuart, Ramblin' Jack Elliott, Woody Guthrie

SXSW 2012: The Scene

Tuesday, April 17, 2012 By Mayer Danzig

For me, the true harbinger of spring is the arrival of the SXSW Music and Media Conference in Austin, Texas. Or rather, spring begins for me when I arrive in Austin for SXSW. With upwards of 2,200 bands and 19,000 attendees, SXSW is the world’s premiere music conference. Even better, it is one heck of […]

Filed Under: Acoustic, Americana, Indie, Pop, Reviews, Rock, Soul/R&B, SXSW Tagged With: 50 Cent, Antonio Lulic, Bahamas, Bob Mould, Bruce Springsteen, Counting Crows, Crystal Method, Ekykah Badu, Eminem, Frank Turner, Glen Hansard, Jesus and Mary Chain, Kenny Rogers, Lionel Richie, Skrillix, Snoop Dogg, Sugar, The Cult, the Lumineers, Thomas Dolby, Tom Morello, Wayne Kramer, Woody Guthrie

Monday Morning Video: Los Lobos

Monday, October 03, 2011 By Mayer Danzig

So the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame nominees were announced last week. Lots of interesting artists were on the list, but not the one artist that I was looking to see. That band? Los Lobos. I have to imagine that there will be a line of artists volunteering to induct the band when the […]

Filed Under: Acoustic, Rock, Videos Tagged With: Bob Weir, Buddy Miller, Emmylou Harris, Grateful Dead, Jerry Garcia, Los Lobos, Ritchie Valens, The Beatles, Woody Guthrie

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