Woody Guthrie – Dust Bowl Ballads
Woody Guthrie Dust Bowl Ballads Victor – 1940 / Folkways – 1964 Rating: 9.7 Everything that made Woody Guthrie an icon – his talentRead More…
Month: February 2022
Season 2, Episode 4 – 2022 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Nominees
In this episode of the Strange Currencies Podcast, Matt, Glenn, and Tim discuss the merits of this year’s nominees for the Rock & Roll Hall oRead More…
Harry Smith’s America: Part 3, Songs
This is the final installment in a three-part series about the music and impact of Harry Smith’s seminal 1952 compilation, Anthology of American Read More…
Harry Smith’s America: Part 2, Social Music
This is the second installment in a three-part series about the music and impact of Harry Smith’s seminal 1952 compilation, Anthology of AmericanRead More…
Harry Smith’s America: Part 1, Ballads
This is the first installment in a three-part series about the music and impact of Harry Smith’s seminal 1952 compilation, Anthology of AmericRead More…
Season 2, Episode 3 – 2021 and the Current State of Music
Last year, the Strange Currencies Podcast devoted an entire episode to their favorite music of 2020. However, 2021 left Matt, Glenn, and Tim feelRead More…
An Introduction to Country Blues
Few genres loom larger in the history of American song than the blues. The style first emerged in the South, prior to the Civil War, deriving froRead More…
Welcome to Pre-War America Month
Certain phrases are fully capable of existing in a realm of ambiguity – with omitted details sufficiently implied by the surrounding context clueRead More…