Has anyone the courage now? (Moses Asch)

Subject: RE: Has anyone the courage now?
From: Amaranth
Date: 29 Jul 98 - 11:19 PM

The songs are being written, some are even recorded, they just don't make play lists. Check out your local folk festival.

Subject: RE: Has anyone the courage now?
From: BSeed
Date: 29 Jul 98 - 10:34 PM

Is anyone writing and performing political music nowadays, aside from Rap artists, that is? Everybody I know--and about everybody I run across here--is concerned more with musicianship and with getting back to roots. Where are the Woodie Guthries of today?

Subject: RE: Has anyone the courage now?
From: Bert
Date: 29 Jul 98 - 04:06 PM

If my memory serves me correctly didn't "Our Max" pick up Digital Tradition after some other publisher was scared off?

Bert.

Subject: Has anyone the courage now?
From: Dr John
Date: 29 Jul 98 - 01:33 PM

In 1940 Woody Guthrie recorded 14 titles for RCA Victor, 12 of which were released by that company as two 78" rpm albums: Dust Bowl Ballads, vols 1 & 2 (Now familiar to us). Shortly after their release, when the company officials learned of Woody's left wing political activities and writings, they were withdrawn from the catalogue. Moses Asch, with Woody's encouragement but not with RCA's licence, took copies of the records and released eight of the titles in 1950 as Talking Dust Bowl.

Does anyone nowadays have the courage of Moses Asch?