Welcome to the New Depression: A New Song by Darryl Holter To write a song about the state of today’s economy I thought it would be useful to look at how other songwriters wrote about the Great Depression in the 1930s. The famous Carter Family had a very popular song[…]
In conjunction with the recent release of their new co-authored book, Woody Guthrie L.A. 1937 to 1941, historians William Deverell and Darryl Holter joined GRAMMY Museum Executive Director Bob Santelli for a conversation surrounding the book and the legacy of one of the most iconic and influential songwriters of the[…]
Woody Guthrie’s Years in Los Angeles by Los Angeles Review of Books Radio Hour featuring guests Darryl Holter and William Deverell From January 21, 2016: LARB discusses Woody Guthrie L.A.: 1937 to 1941, a chronicle of Guthrie’s formative years in Los Angeles, during which he not only experimented and refined his music but[…]
Folkworks Review Darryl Holter Tangled Up in Dylan at the Caña Rum Bar – February 19, 2016 By Ross Altman, PhD Dateline, Los Angeles~ The hottest ticket in town turned out to be in a hidden rum bar in the unknown Petroleum Building in the 700 block of Olympic Blvd[…]
Power of the People, Pasadena Weekly Power of the People | Pasadena Weekly Singer-songwriter Darryl Holter and fellow historian William Deverell discuss their new book ‘Woody Guthrie L.A. 1937 to 1941’ and Holter performs at Grammy Museum Tuesday Article by By Bliss Bowen Pasadena Weekly 27 Feb 2016 Woody Guthrie’s been[…]
Folkworks Book Review of Woody Guthrie L.A.: 1937 to 1941 Woody Guthrie L.A.: 1937 to 1941 Darryl Holter and William Deverell $40.00 / 50+ vintage photos 208 pages / hardcover / 9″x9″ Preorder this book at http://www.angelcitypress.com/products/guth Folkworks Book Review of Woody Guthrie L.A.: 1937 to 1941 A Portrait of the[…]
89.3 KPCC Interview: Local authors explore Woody Guthrie’s time in Los Angeles 19 Jan 2016 89.3 KPCC Interview: AirTalk Lively and in-depth discussions of city news, politics, science, entertainment, the arts, and more. Hosted by Larry Mantle Listen to the Interview Here Guests: Darryl Holter, co-author of “Woody Guthrie L.A. 1937[…]
Julia’s Holter’s CD Named “Album of the Year” by Two British Music Magazines A couple weeks back Randall Roberts, the LA Times music critic, named Julia Holter’s new album, “Have You in My Wilderness” as one of the top ten albums of 2015. Then two UK magazines, Mojo and Uncut, in[…]
When Woody Guthrie was the Troubadour of Los Angeles Los Angeles Daily News | Book Review: “Woody Guthrie L.A. 1937 to 1941” by Larry Wilson We associate Woody Guthrie, America’s greatest political troubadour and most prolific songwriter, with his Oklahoma and Texas Panhandle Dust Bowl roots, and with his later[…]
Over the past few weeks, pedestrians gathered to watch Brazilian artist Eduardo Kobra paint his five-story mural of Bob Dylan near 5th and Hennepin in downtown Minneapolis. Named ‘The Times They Are A-Changin’, it is 160 feet wide and five stories tall. Kobra and his team of five artists completed the massive[…]
