Undercover
Nikolaj Peyk
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Reviews (3)
PopMatters
d. 24. Oct. 2013
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Matthew Fiander
d. 24. Oct. 2013
"American Radical Patriot, is the sound of a man turning his trade into a job. A man working the best way he knows how for a greater good. These were paying jobs for a man with a family to support, and if he never quite got comfortable making money from his trade, he at least didn't trade in his ideals to do so. This box set is the most complex and perhaps enduring image of Woody Guthrie. The content itself - especially the VD songs and the war skits - may not be arresting from moment to moment in their own right, but each piece presents a curious new angle on a man that seems often like such a clear image of the link between community and land, the link between hard work and humanity".
The guardian
d. 21. Nov. 2013
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Robin Denselow
d. 21. Nov. 2013
"There are the unedited Library of Congress sessions, including relaxed, lengthy interviews about his early life and the dustbowl era, along with traditional material and bravely radical songs such as Jesus Christ. Then there's the praise song to the Grand Coulee Dam, a public rather than private energy scheme, war effort songs attacking Hitler, and home recordings of Public Health initiatives about VD".
AllMusic
2012
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Steve Leggett
2012
"This six-disc set presents Guthrie's complete sessions for the Library of Congress and Alan Lomax, as well as the songs he was commissioned to write by the Bonneville Power Administration, plus a handful of songs he wrote for the government's VD education program, and a series of radio skits and other programs he made for the Office of War Information during the Second World War. It presents Guthrie as an American patriot, and one can hardly argue with the designation. He was in the service of his country for all of these recordings, and the key thing to note is that he changed nothing in his approach or delivery to give that service".