Woody Guthrie

Pete Seeger’s centennial

In 2010, Kurt Andersen paid a visit to Pete Seeger at his home. The folk music giant would have turned 100 this week.

Pete Seeger’s centennial
A woman

Singing in Choctaw, Samantha Crain aims to create new traditions

Singing in Choctaw, Samantha Crain aims to create new traditions
Billy Bragg

Billy Bragg explains how the roots of Americana music lead back to Britain

Billy Bragg explains how the roots of Americana music lead back to Britain

American Icons: This Land is Your Land

American Icons: This Land is Your Land

Bhi Bhiman: A Folk Soul Singer with Sri Lankan Heritage

Bhi Bhiman: A Folk Soul Singer with Sri Lankan Heritage

Country Music Reflects America's Struggles

Country Music Reflects America's Struggles
The World

Country music reflects America's struggles

With 14 million Americans currently out of work, a crippling national debt, and a record number of people living below the poverty line, country music may be going through a sea change.

Country music reflects America's struggles
The World

Alan Lomax: recorder of the world, creator of Pandora?

John Szwed is the author of a new biography centering on the world's most famous ethnomusicologist called 'Alan Lomax: The Man Who Recorded the World.' He joins us in studio.

Alan Lomax: recorder of the world, creator of Pandora?
The World

Tea Party Troubadours

Tea Party Troubadours

Reggie Watts & Woody Guthrie

Reggie Watts & Woody Guthrie
The World

This Land Is Your Land

This Land Is Your Land
The World

Billy Bragg

New music from Billy Bragg. Known widely for collaborating with Wilco on the "Mermaid Avenue" albums, Bragg has had a celebrated career writing some of the best protest songs of the last 30 years.

Billy Bragg

The Living on Earth Almanac

The Living on Earth Almanac