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How Woody Guthrie Keeps Resonating With New Generations

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By Steve Appleford Verified
| Truthdig Verified
During his lifetime, Woody Guthrie saw America at ground level, riding boxcars, singing in taverns and on street corners, and even living for a time in a California migrant camp. These experiences shaped the songs he wrote, giving voice to migrant workers, laborers and other marginalized Americans. Through his music, Guthrie protested inequality and championed social justice, helping define the role of folk music as a vehicle for change.
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A voice for change: How Woody Guthrie keeps resonating with new generations

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By Steve Appleford Verified
| Chico News & Review Verified
A new documentary connects the life and music of the Depression-era singer-songwriter to today’s struggles for social justice, equality and immigrant rights.
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Kelsy Karter is Obsessed with Obsession

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By Steve Appleford Verified
| SPIN Magazine
In a recording studio deep in the San Fernando Valley, Kelsy Karter is singing a new song about obsession. The tune is called “Softer,” and, like much of her work, its lyrics are raw and autobiographical. This time, they draw on her recent diagnosis with a form of Obsessive-compulsive disorder known as “Pure O.” Yet Karter is utterly at ease behind the mic, rasping through a wistful melody with an unlit cigarette between her fingers, a black motorcycle jacket slipping off one shoulder.
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