Philadelphia Folksong Society Premieres "New" Woody Guthrie Songs

December 12, 2007

In honor of the 50th anniversary of the Philadelphia Folksong Society, the organization is hosting an event that features new songs written with previously unheard lyrics by Woody Guthrie. "In Woody's Words" offers musical creations by Chris Smither, John Gorka, Jonatha Brooke, Tom Paxton, Sara Lee Guthrie & Johnnie Irion and Cathy Fink & Marcy Marxer at Philadelphia's World Cafe Live on Sunday, Dec. 16. These artists join others, such as Billy Bragg, Wilco and the Klezmatics, who have written songs using a depth of unrecorded lyrics found in the Woody Guthrie Archives, maintained by Guthrie's daughter, Nora.