Guthrie spent the final years of his life in New Jersey and New York hospitals before died in 1967 at age 55. Fans of legendary singer Woody Guthrie are getting the chance to hear some of his never ...

Get the full Kumbaya lyrics plus details on its folk origins, first recordings, and cultural importance in music and history.

Decades after his death, new Woody Guthrie music is coming.

Five folk acts are writing and composing a song about people whose lives have been influenced by - or changed track - thanks ...

Jackson Browne recorded “Cocaine” inside room 124 at the Holiday Inn in Edwardsville, Illinois, on August 17, 1977.

Folk tunes posses a rawness, an earthy tone unmatched by any other sound. These tunes not only make you groove, but also carry a message, while reflecting the cultural landscape, the trials and ...

Learn the meaning behind Leonard Cohen’s Who By Fire lyrics reflecting on fate life and death with a deep and haunting melody ...

Simon & Garfunkel’s The Boxer lyrics meaning: recording secrets, raw bruises, and why its fight still hits today.

Guthrie is revered nowadays as a model for singer-songwriters: plain-spoken, casually tuneful, pointedly topical or slyly ...

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But which song best represents Colorado? We’ve got our favorites, ranging from local bands like The String Cheese Incident, ...

"My grandfather wrote, 'A song ain’t nothing but a conversation you can have again and again,'" says Guthrie granddaughter Anna Canoni.