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"A star of contemporary folk meets the music of Woody Guthrie"
One half of the duo the Story in the 1990s, Jonatha Brooke takes a major step forward with her new album, "The Works." When Woody Guthrie’s daughter Nora invited Brooke into the Woody Guthrie Archives, the intention was for Brooke to write new music for one or two of Guthrie's songs. The end result is a whole album of previously unheard lyrics by Guthrie, with Brooke's original music. Nora Guthrie gushes, “For the first time ever, a woman has composed, arranged, produced, and performed a complete album of Woody Guthrie’s songs. The gods must be shaking their heads, ‘bout time!’” And Jonatha says, "What was perhaps the most thrilling was realizing that I was truly being drawn in to his psyche, particularly during that period of time where Huntington’s disease was altering his life. I think I discovered a side of his writing that few have seen.”
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Presented with support from GreenCurrents, Detroit Edison's Michigan-based renewable energy program.
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