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August 1, 2012 In News

Sing out for Earth Day Video available online

This was a huge project brought together by Hali Hammer.  Like any great idea - she threw the seeds of Woody Guthrie to the wind - and those seeds took root throughout the nation and world at the same, in the same key, and with

July 27, 2012 In News

Larry’s tribute to Olen Edwards

A tribute to Olen Edwards was published in the Okemah News Leader in conjunction with the recent Woodyfest celebration. You can read the article here.

July 27, 2012 In News

Okemah may adopt ‘Waltz’ as town song

The Okfuskee County Historical Society in Woody Guthrie's hometown of Okemah, Oklahoma are considering making the Okemah Waltz, which Larry wrote with children from Okemah in 1986-87 for their first hometown celebration of Woody, their official town song! Download the chord chart.

July 15, 2012 In News

Woody fest in the news!

Woody Guthrie fans descended on Okemah Friday to listen to folk music and honor the historic icon at the 15th annual Woody Guthrie Festival. The event falls on what would have been Guthrie's 100th birthday Saturday. For the full article and video, click here.

June 23, 2012 In News

Larry to perform at Tibetan cultural gathering

If you are in Minneapolis, Minnesota on July 1, Sunday, please come to this remarkable cultural gathering in celebration and support of our friends from Tibet. Larry will be performing with the Pavarotti of gospel music, Robert Robinson. Visit this link for more information.

May 21, 2012 In News

Larry to Perform at Woody Guthrie’s 100th birthday

Larry will be performing with Fiddlin’ Pete Watercott and Billy Peterson at WoodyFest in Okemah, Oklahoma for Woody Guthrie’s Centennial Celebration, July 11-15, 2012, in Woody’s hometown of Okemah, Oklahoma.   Other performers include: Arlo Guthrie, Judy Collins, Melanie, Billy Bragg, and more! Larry organized the the

May 8, 2012 In News

Larry helps write Section town song

The town of Section is celebrating the essence of its heritage this weekend with a special community program to honor town history and student involvement. For the past year, students at Section High School have been involved in the project by recording  community history through interviews

May 7, 2012 In News

Elders’ Circle featured in Spokesman Recorder

On Thursday, April 26, the North Community YMCA & Teen Enrichment Center played host to Elders’ Circle 2012, which gathered elders representing various West Metro area school districts and communities. These elders were honored by Elder’s Wisdom Children’s Song, a program that creates intergenerational relationships and

May 7, 2012 In News

Rollin’ down the River

Larry's work on the Mississippi River is featured in this month's "Big River Magazine". Read all about it here.

April 20, 2012 In News

Youth Voices Music Project – Southern Poverty Law Center

“Since I was young, at an early age, no one seemed to care what I had to say. If they only knew what we’ve been through, they would say, oh my god, what can I do?” The above excerpt is from “Freedom,” a song written and

April 16, 2012 In News

Elders Circle 2012

This year, Community Celebration of Place's Elder Circle will be held on April 26, 2012, 9am - 1pm, at the North Community YMCA. Featuring Jazz Legends Irv Williams & Jeanne Arland Peterson with Billy Peterson; Harold Mezile, President & CEO, YMCA of Metropolitan Minneapolis; C. Bennice

April 9, 2012 In News

Woody Guthrie at 100 with Darryl Holter and Larry Long

Celebrate the centennial of Woody Guthrie’s birth with a program featuring folk singer Darryl Holter, a former labor education director for the Wisconsin AFL-CIO and labor educator at UCLA, who has developed a “Woody Guthrie in Los Angeles” presentation/performance, and renowned Twin Cities labor troubadour Larry Long, who assembled the first