WHAT WE'RE READING: Decades After His Death, This Album Of Woody Guthrie Songs Will Be Played Live
Harold Phillips | Published on 6/27/2026
From The Washington Post:
"On Friday night, in a large field in Western Massachusetts, an album of Woody Guthrie songs will be performed publicly for the first time. Not by Guthrie, of course — the legendary folk singer has been dead almost 60 years.
"In fact, he never even heard this music. But the songs on “Mermaid Avenue” are still his.
"The story of this record’s existence and its overdue path to the stage is one of legacy-keeping and artistic liberties, drugs and death, conflict, remorse and reconciliation."
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