Unconcerned With What Genre His Music Is Labeled article by Jim Trageser, published on January 29, 2026 at All About Jazz. Find more Interview articles ...

Most remember Woody Guthrie as an Okie, but he was inspired by his years in the Texas Panhandle town of Pampa.

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OLIVEBRIDGE, N.Y. — The Winter Hoot returns to the Ashokan Center Jan. 30-Feb. 1, offering a chance to trade the isolation of winter and non-stop screen time for a real, tangible experience and ...

Folk singer Arlo Guthrie returned to Stockbridge for a CBS interview, recounting the 1965 littering incident that inspired his hit song, “Alice’s Restaurant.” ...

“It’s become a Thanksgiving ballad, more than an anti-war this, or a pro-that, or whatever it was. And I think it could only happen (in America)” - Arlo Guthrie (2005) How did an 18-minute long song ...

OKEMAH, Okla. — The Woody Guthrie Festival has begun and will continue into the weekend in the famed artist's hometown of Okemah, Oklahoma. The event, now in its 28th year, is held annually in Okemah ...

No folk music collection is complete without the all-time classic 1967 LP, Arlo Guthrie’s debut, the entire first side of which was the 18-minute opus called “Alice’s Restaurant Massacree.” It was a ...

The Black Legacy Project's free concert and film screening at Tempe History Museum explores the Black experience in America through song.

Local musician Don Shappelle performs at the 30th annual Wyoming Valley Riverfest in 2024. Wilkes-Barre-based folk musician and songwriter Don Shappelle can recall an early, formative moment in his ...

Folk music has a long and vibrant history in South Florida, from Coconut Grove’s Gaslight Café, where David Crosby discovered Joni Mitchell, to Fred Neil writing songs about dolphins. To continue this ...