Woody Guthrie

It Takes The Village: Interviews with Shelby Lynne, Rickie Lee Jones, Michael Timmins, John Oates, Amos Lee, Rachael Yamagata, Steve Berlin, and More

Mike Ragogna | Posted 10.31.2009 | Entertainment


Mike Ragogna

It's a little surprising that until now, no one has put together a tribute album to folk's fertile days in New York's Greenwich Village.

An Interview with Dan Zanes, Plus Pete Yorn & Scarlett Johansson, Smokey & Santana, and More

Mike Ragogna | Posted 09.25.2009 | Entertainment


Mike Ragogna

With the new DVD release The Fine Friends Are Here!, Dan Zanes and Friends present colorful music and images that are not just for children, but also for the big kid in all of us.

Asking President Obama for a Job

Gregory Daurer | Posted 11.15.2009 | Denver


Gregory Daurer

Things still aren't looking good here in Colorado. As for the stimulus, the keg must have been turned off before the dram trickled down to me.

The Role of Song in Advancing Health Care Reform

Peter Yarrow | Posted 10.18.2009 | Politics


Peter Yarrow

Let us sing, not to confront or protest the absence of an equitable health care system, rather to affirm our commitment to allowing all Americans the right of affordable medical care.

So Long, It's Been Good to Know You, Senator

Jamie Stiehm | Posted 09.30.2009 | Politics


Jamie Stiehm

Troubles in paradise, to be sure, yet Kennedy overcame tragedies and addressed flaws that would have broken or bent most of us.

An Interview With Janis Ian Plus This Week's New Albums

Mike Ragogna | Posted 09.23.2009 | Entertainment

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Mike Ragogna

Janis Ian is one of the Woodstock era's unsung musical heroes who, just two years prior to the Bethel Bash, shocked our nation with her controversial single "Society's Child."

Progressives Take Back the Flag

Peter Dreier | Posted 08.03.2009 | Politics


Peter Dreier

Most Americans are unaware that much of our patriotic culture was created by people with decidedly progressive sympathies.

Nanci Griffith Releases New Album, Plays At The Grammy Museum

Howie Klein | Posted 07.11.2009 | Entertainment


Howie Klein

The exhibit explores the 200-year history of music and politics in America, assembling over 100 diverse artifacts from government archives, private collections, and myriad musical artists.

Pete Seeger, "Folk Music" and the Left

Jesse Larner | Posted 06.08.2009 | Entertainment


Jesse Larner

As someone on the left who loves folk music, I understand that I'm supposed to feel mystically uplifted by the dean of activist folkies. But I never could stand Pete.

Create Your Ode to the Financial Crisis

Craig Crawford | Posted 03.09.2009 | Politics


Craig Crawford

The songs and movies of the 1930's had a unifying effect on the country during the Great Depression. I want to see your contributions about today's crisis.

An American Tune

Anne Hill | Posted 01.09.2009 | Entertainment


Anne Hill

It's one of those weird things, the patriotic hymns of your youth still live in your heart somewhere, despite all the things you learn in the meantime.

Why Not One Country

Rich Silverstein | Posted 11.30.2008 | Politics


Rich Silverstein

2008-10-30-thisland.jpg Our country is all the "real America," from sea to sea. It's one place and in tough times, it's all the more important to remind ourselves of what we share, rather than what divides us.

Andrew Rice

Alison Teal | Posted 11.28.2008 | Politics


Alison Teal

This is the kind of race that can only be won in a total wave year. So if you believe in the wave, this is a place to throw a wish in the water and hope it will wash up on friendly shores.

Utah Phillips, A Good Man Gone

Toby Barlow | Posted 06.05.2008 | Entertainment


Toby Barlow

Utah Phillips was a great American artist who never stopped thinking, laboring, and singing for the hard-working and the long-suffering of the world.

"I'm Not There" Director Todd Haynes Dishes On Dylan

Huffington Post | Michelle Kung | Posted 03.28.2008 | Entertainment


Todd Haynes has much to be thankful for this holiday season. Boosted by gushy reviews and positive film fest receptions, I'm Not There, the indie dire...