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Home in this world : Woody Guthrie's Dust bowl ballads


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American songwriter

2021

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Lee Zimmerman

2021

"There's been no shortage of tributes to the original American journeyman, Woody Guthrie. That's easy to understand; after all, with the exception of the late Pete Seeger, Guthrie remains the most hallowed folksinger this country's ever produced ... This latest compilation culls a varied cast of current artists to cover these so-called "Dustbowl Ballads," a series of songs that detailed the horrors and hardships encountered by those living in the drought-stricken Southern Plains during the debilitating dust storms of the 1930s. Though these songs reference that particular time and place, each of these current covers captures the essence of Woody's approach- simple, straightforward, and without any frivolous embellishment".


PopMatters

d. 25. Oct. 2021

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Steve Horowitz

d. 25. Oct. 2021

"Home in This World: Woody Guthrie's Dust Bowl Ballads may not be as revelatory as the original album, but it's still quite good and serves a worthwhile purpose. The Dust Bowl Troubadour still has much to teach us about the damage we do to the Earth and ourselves. We need to care for the land and each other to make the world a better place. We may no longer be living in the Great Depression, but there are strong correspondences between them that we ignore at our peril".


No depression

d. 8. Sep. 2021

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Chuck Armstrong

d. 8. Sep. 2021

"Though each artist gives their respective track its own special touch, Home in This World, just like Dust Bowl Ballads, remains an album that must be experienced in its confrontational totality. Guthrie held nothing back as he sang about the Dust Bowl, migrant workers, fascism, war, and more. Home in This World manages to capture both that spirit and the whole beauty of Guthrie's work - not just his storytelling, but why he was telling these stories in the first place. These 14 artists work with that in mind, individually and collectively, and there may be no better way to honor Guthrie than that".