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Woody Guthrie

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  ‘I ate acid for two months straight. It was the best time of my life’: Americana anarcho-punk Sunny War on booze, drugs and the KKK

  She’s the finger-picking blueswoman whose life was changed by the punk band Crass – and went viral for busking while homeless. She talks about ghosts, her ‘smelly’ childhood and fighting the far right
  

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  From Elton John at the piano to Stormzy at Glastonbury and Madonna snogging Britney: 41 era-defining music photos

  Icons, rock stars – and divas behaving badly: these photographs of musicians struck a chord around the world

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  Oliver Anthony’s divisive song claiming solidarity with workers only benefits the rich who exploit them

  Billy Bragg

  The YouTube singer’s US No 1 hit Rich Men North of Richmond rails against billionaires but punches down on the poor. So I decided to write a song in reply

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  Jailhouse rock: how history’s crimes live on in music

  From Maggie May to Ronnie Kray, crooks have long inspired songs, as a new book proves

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  Daugherty: This Land Sings review – exuberant polyglot Woody Guthrie celebration

  Michael Daugherty’s tribute chronicles Guthrie’s life in 17 fluent pieces for soprano, baritone and ensemble, with tints of US music from folk to jazz

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  The hypocrisy of Trump’s racism

  Letters:Adam Slee, Duncan Grimmond, Norman MillerandDr Bruce Lloyddissect the US president’s recent racist abuse towards four US congresswomen

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  Gary Clark Jr: 'I want to let it be known: this land is your land, but it's mine too'

  The Grammy-winning singer, whose third full-length record finds him subverting genre and expectation, talks Trump, keeping the blues alive and the fire in his belly

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  Living the dream (so we don’t have to): the boy who ran off to Bali

  Sam Leith
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  Wave of teachers' wildcat strikes spreads to Oklahoma and Kentucky

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  Old Man Trump: Tom Morello gives new life to Woody Guthrie's protest song

  Three artists are finishing and producing Guthrie’s song criticizing Donald Trump’s father and reflecting on race – a very current topic in his campaign

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  Wilco frontman Jeff Tweedy: 'Trump's success is a sign of how broken things have been'
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  Woody Guthrie: fighting Donald Trump from beyond the grave

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  Bernie Sanders' 1987 album We Shall Overcome is so bad, it's good
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  Woody Guthrie, 'Old Man Trump' and a real estate empire's racist foundations

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  Various Artists: Joy of Living: A Tribute to Ewan MacColl review – an engrossing portrait

  This centenary collection of Ewan MacColl covers serves brilliantly to show off his songwriting skills

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  Paper Towns review – charming, engaging teen movie

  John Green’s novel blossoms in a well-acted teen movie that rises above the usual nerdish caricatures

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  Pete Seeger, Woody Guthrie and others: Songs of the Spanish Civil War review – intriguing vintage folk laments

  This intriguing compilation focuses on music made by and for US soldiers who joined the fight against fascism in Spain, writesRobin Denselow

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  Woody Guthrie and the Dust Bowl Ballads review – a passionate picture of the folk singer and his times
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  Route 66: America's most famous road – in pictures

  A new exhibition at LA's The Autry traces the history of the 2400-mile-long highway that connects Chicago to Los Angeles, with artefacts from its most well-known travellers, including Woody Guthrie and Jack Kerouac