Under a starry western sky last weekend, Park City Song Summit founder Ben Anderson stood onstage and held court in front of an audience of creatives.
“We’re going to change the legacy and culture of music on this mountain,” Anderson howled into the evening chill, his voice echoing far and wide into the surrounding high-desert peaks of Utah. Then he dove headlong into a rendition of “Will the Circle Be Unbroken.”
Ivan Neville, Eric Krasno, and Anders Osborne all joined Anderson for the tribute, along with a slew of...
“We’re going to change the legacy and culture of music on this mountain,” Anderson howled into the evening chill, his voice echoing far and wide into the surrounding high-desert peaks of Utah. Then he dove headlong into a rendition of “Will the Circle Be Unbroken.”
Ivan Neville, Eric Krasno, and Anders Osborne all joined Anderson for the tribute, along with a slew of...
- 9/16/2023
- by Garret K. Woodward
- Rollingstone.com
In the fall of 1975, Sam Shepard — the hottest playwright on both sides of the Atlantic — returned to his new home in Northern California one day to find a note waiting for him that said Bob Dylan had called. Having never met him, the 31-year-old Shepard called the phone number on the note and was informed that Dylan wanted him to write the screenplay for the film to be based on his upcoming, star-studded Rolling Thunder tour. Because Shepard, who would later be nominated for an Academy Award for his portrayal of Chuck Yeager, America’s most famous test pilot, in The Right Stuff but was so afraid of flying that he had not been inside a plane for the past twelve years, he crossed the country by rail to meet Dylan in New York. As Robert Greenfield recounts in an exclusive excerpt from his new biography of Shepard, True West,...
- 4/21/2023
- by Robert Greenfield
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Pussy Riot will be honored with the 2023 Woody Guthrie Prize on May 6. The award presentation, set for Cain’s Ballroom in Tulsa, will take place as part of the Woody Guthrie Center’s 10th Anniversary Celebration, to be held May 5-7.
The Russian band will perform their Riot Days multimedia show following the ceremony, marking its U.S. debut. The group has previously performed the show in various countries around the world.
Band members Maria “Masha” Alyokhina and Nadya Tolokonnikova will accept the prize on behalf of Pussy Riot. Nora Guthrie,...
The Russian band will perform their Riot Days multimedia show following the ceremony, marking its U.S. debut. The group has previously performed the show in various countries around the world.
Band members Maria “Masha” Alyokhina and Nadya Tolokonnikova will accept the prize on behalf of Pussy Riot. Nora Guthrie,...
- 3/24/2023
- by Emily Zemler
- Rollingstone.com
Music and politics were always entwined for Steve Katz. As a teenager in the Sixties, he’d travel from his apolitical family’s home on Long Island to Greenwich Village, where he’d watch radical folkies like Tom Paxton, Ramblin’ Jack Elliott, and Dave Van Ronk play. He grew especially close with Van Ronk, who taught Katz guitar — and took him to socialist party meetings.
So it was frustrating and difficult when, in 1970, the U.S. State Department announced that Blood, Sweat & Tears – the band Katz had co-founded in 1967 — would...
So it was frustrating and difficult when, in 1970, the U.S. State Department announced that Blood, Sweat & Tears – the band Katz had co-founded in 1967 — would...
- 3/21/2023
- by Jon Blistein
- Rollingstone.com
In early 1961, Bob Dylan arrived in New York City in search of a career in music. He found a community in the city that offered to teach him and give him a couch to crash on whenever he needed one. When he first arrived in New York, though, many of his future friends had no idea what to make of him. His appearance and dedication to music, despite a lack of experience, puzzled them.
Bob Dylan | Sigmund Goode/Michael Ochs Archive/Getty Images 1. Bob Dylan’s appearance stood out to his new friends in New York
Dylan arrived in New York as a 19-year-old seeking out his idol, Woody Guthrie. Like Guthrie, he wanted to make his way in the city. While musician Ramblin’ Jack Elliott described him as “cute,” many others took note of Dylan’s scraggly appearance.
“[Dylan] was the scruffiest-looking fugitive from a cornfield I do believe I had ever seen,...
Bob Dylan | Sigmund Goode/Michael Ochs Archive/Getty Images 1. Bob Dylan’s appearance stood out to his new friends in New York
Dylan arrived in New York as a 19-year-old seeking out his idol, Woody Guthrie. Like Guthrie, he wanted to make his way in the city. While musician Ramblin’ Jack Elliott described him as “cute,” many others took note of Dylan’s scraggly appearance.
“[Dylan] was the scruffiest-looking fugitive from a cornfield I do believe I had ever seen,...
- 2/25/2023
- by Emma McKee
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Even though 91-year-old troubadour Ramblin’ Jack Elliott didn’t feel like getting out of bed this morning, there was a gig to play. Another chance to dust off his cowboy hat, grab the guitar case, and make it to the show on time.
“I didn’t know if I could play at all this morning. I spent the whole day in bed,” Elliott tells Rolling Stone backstage after at a sold-out gig at the Grey Eagle in Asheville, North Carolina, earlier this month. “But it’s the enthusiasm, all these...
“I didn’t know if I could play at all this morning. I spent the whole day in bed,” Elliott tells Rolling Stone backstage after at a sold-out gig at the Grey Eagle in Asheville, North Carolina, earlier this month. “But it’s the enthusiasm, all these...
- 10/8/2022
- by Garret K. Woodward
- Rollingstone.com
From the rough, spontaneous energy of the rehearsals that open this box to the set’s barely-tamed-tornado climax, on stage in Montreal, Bob Dylan’s Rolling Thunder Revue barely lasted a season: seven weeks in the frenzied autumn of 1975. And no song captures the distance and velocity of Dylan’s legendary touring phenomenon across these 14 CDs, between concept — a loose-limbed rock & roll medicine show — and its swinging vengeance on the road, better than “Isis.”
Written by Dylan in July, 1975 with his collaborator at the time, theater director Jacques Levy, and...
Written by Dylan in July, 1975 with his collaborator at the time, theater director Jacques Levy, and...
- 6/7/2019
- by David Fricke
- Rollingstone.com
John Prine surprised Nashville’s Ryman Auditorium this past weekend when he showed up during the encore of Todd Snider’s concert for a rousing 4/20-performance of “Illegal Smile.”
The longtime friends traded verses on the 1971 classic, with Snider, grinning ear-to-ear, ceding the stage to his songwriting hero and mentor before eventually singing the second verse himself.
“John’s been really good to me my whole life,” Snider, who recorded several albums for Prine’s Oh Boy Records label earlier this century, told Rolling Stone in the spring. “He’s a really altruistic person.
The longtime friends traded verses on the 1971 classic, with Snider, grinning ear-to-ear, ceding the stage to his songwriting hero and mentor before eventually singing the second verse himself.
“John’s been really good to me my whole life,” Snider, who recorded several albums for Prine’s Oh Boy Records label earlier this century, told Rolling Stone in the spring. “He’s a really altruistic person.
- 4/22/2019
- by Jonathan Bernstein
- Rollingstone.com
A previously unreleased recording of Woody Guthrie performing “Hoodoo Voodoo” is available after being discovered at the Shel Silverstein Archive, Variety reports.
“Hoodoo Voodoo” was thought to be one of the myriad unfinished songs Guthrie wrote lyrics for but never put to music or recorded. The authenticity of the recording was verified by the Woody Guthrie Archive.
The lost version of “Hoodoo Voodoo” features Guthrie alongside his frequent collaborators, Ramblin’ Jack Elliott and Sonny Terry, who likely taped the song as part of a 1954 session for Folkways Records’ Moses Asch.
“Hoodoo Voodoo” was thought to be one of the myriad unfinished songs Guthrie wrote lyrics for but never put to music or recorded. The authenticity of the recording was verified by the Woody Guthrie Archive.
The lost version of “Hoodoo Voodoo” features Guthrie alongside his frequent collaborators, Ramblin’ Jack Elliott and Sonny Terry, who likely taped the song as part of a 1954 session for Folkways Records’ Moses Asch.
- 12/19/2018
- by Jon Blistein
- Rollingstone.com
Unreleased cover songs by Bruce Springsteen, Tom Morello, Donovan and Tim Robbins highlight the massive compilation celebrating the 21st anniversary of protest music label Appleseed Recordings.
In addition to Springsteen’s take on “We Shall Overcome,” Appleseed’s 21st Anniversary: Roots and Branches exclusively features the rocker’s rendition of the Pete Seeger folk classic “If I Had a Hammer (The Hammer Song).” Morello contributes his version of AC/DC’s “Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap,” while Donovan covers Joan Baez’s “Wild Mountain Thyme.”
John Wesley Harding, John Stewart,...
In addition to Springsteen’s take on “We Shall Overcome,” Appleseed’s 21st Anniversary: Roots and Branches exclusively features the rocker’s rendition of the Pete Seeger folk classic “If I Had a Hammer (The Hammer Song).” Morello contributes his version of AC/DC’s “Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap,” while Donovan covers Joan Baez’s “Wild Mountain Thyme.”
John Wesley Harding, John Stewart,...
- 8/20/2018
- by Daniel Kreps
- Rollingstone.com
There are filmmakers out there playing with the form, breaking the rules of narrative, and creating some truly unique works with distinctive voices. To find them, you might have to go down less familiar paths, but the rewards are films like Frank Mosley's "Her Wilderness," and today we have the exclusive trailer for his movie. Starring Lauren McCune, Morgana Shaw, Crystal Pate, Jack Elliott, and Riley Templeton, the fairy tale film follows four women wondering just how much power they wield in choosing their next stage in life. And Mosley — as writer, director, and editor — expands "Her Wilderness" across platforms, with an interactive online component paired with main feature that allows a richer exploration into the themes of responsibility, identity, and choice. Having already screened at Sidewalk Film Fest and Dallas Videofest, "Her Wilderness" will next appear at 14 Pews in Houston, Texas on March 7th, Kinoscope in New York.
- 2/26/2015
- by Kevin Jagernauth
- The Playlist
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