This really ought to be the national anthem. We were lucky to hear Arlo Guthrie perform this last weekend.

nancybaym 4 Jul 2012

The original punk rocker sticks it to the "God Bless America" crowd: There was a big high wall there that tried to stop me; Sign was painted, it said private property; But on the back side it didn't say nothing; This land was made for you and me.   3

7r0773r 4 Jul 2014

My son had a community service project for school and he chose to volunteer at a sustainable farm that donates all of the food they produce to hunger organizations. So our whole family went over with him on Saturday and helped with the tasks for the morning - harvesting eggs and kale, planting sunflower seeds, rotating composting heaps, etc. The manager of the farm was a self proclaimed hippie who said "if you're going to work, you have to have good music to work to" and blasted the local community radio station across the farm. This was one of the songs that played while we were there. Seemed appropriate.   6

kfarrnd 7 Apr 2015

The November 2008 covermount from @MOJOmagazine is titled Rebel Music and collects 14 "songs of protest and insurrection," including two by the month's cover stars The Clash and also ranging from Nina Simone to Robert Wyatt. I really wanted to bring you the still very timely "Choice of Colors" by The Impressions; but, like almost anything controlled by Warner Music Group, it's blocked here. Another great choice was Billy Bragg's "There Is Power in a Union," but I've already Jammed him in recent weeks. Woody Guthrie's legendary tune is a fine substitute; this version comes from the brilliant Asch Recordings set currently available from Smithsonian/Folkways. Despite the video clip showing 1946, the Asch collection's liner notes state that the recording date is unknown for this particular take. Guthrie wrote it in 1940 and it first appeared commercially in 1951, not including two of the original verses; several different performances of the song are available today.   3

covermount 29 Aug 2014