The summer concert season is upon us and the Hidden Track staff knows that it’s virtually impossible for us to afford every show we want to hit, and still be able to pay our insanely expensive New York City rents. Luckily for us, there are a plethora of fantastic free concerts throughout the summer that don’t cost a dime. We decided to weed through all the listings and present to you our 5th Annual NYC Free Summer Concert Picks. Let’s take a look… HT Recommends: Laura Marling / Michael Kiwanuka / Willy Mason Where: Celebrate Brooklyn! – Prospect Park Bandshell ...

El cantautor presenta su tercera y definitiva inmersión en el legado de Woody Guthrie, el gran padre del rock político, de Dylan al punk.  Leer .  Escuchar

Artist: Paul">Ellis Paul Album: The Hero In You Released: 2012 Style: Pop Format: MP3 196Kbps Size: 79 Mb Tracklist: 01 – The Hero in You 02 – Nellie Bly 03 – Augustus Jackson 04 – Woody Guthrie, Working Man 05 – Chief Joseph 06 – Rachel Carson 07 – Jackie Robinson 08 – Albert Einstein 09 – Rosa Parks 10 – Ben Franklin 11 – Mr. Tee Tot 12 – Thomas [...]

Recorded in June 2006 and subsequently ‘edited and constructed’ by Will Guthrie for this release, Thought Provoking III is the final work from Austrian sound artist Helmut Schafer before his death in 2007. Packaged in a card-embossed jewel case with minimalist design a la ECM, one is misleadingly led to expect a kind of Scandinavian [...] Helmut Schafer – Thought Provoking III (23five records) is a post from: Cyclic Defrost Magazine .

Finland's Children of Bodom have uploaded their cover of the Dropkick Murphys standard 'I'm Shipping up to Boston' to their Soundcloud page, reports Revolver . The track is one of two new cover songs set to feature on the forthcoming Holiday at Lake Bodom (15 Years of Wasted Youth) . Despite the release's subtitle, the other cover isn't by Wasted Youth at all, but is actually a version of the Rick Springfield classic 'Jessie's Girl'. In addition to the two cover versions, the compilation will feature tracks from all of the band's studio albums, and will ...

According to GuitarWorld , Periphery's new album will feature guest appearances by  Guthrie Govan ( The Aristocrats , Asia ), The Faceless guitarist Wes Hauch , and John Petrucci ( Dream Theater ). The currently untitled effort will be released on July 3rd through Sumerian Records .

Filed under: News , Daily News Brief Kevin Winter Bill Ward will not be playing with Black Sabbath at all this summer, to be 100 percent clear. The drummer issued a statement about the matter that is quite lengthy. Miscommunication seems to be at the heart of the fact that he will not be participating at a handful of gigs. He posted: "I sincerely regret to inform you that after a final effort to participate in the upcoming Sabbath shows a failure to agree has continued. At this time I have to inform you that I won't be playing with ...

Deer Tick at Brooklyn Bowl on NYE (more by Tracy Allison) Clearwater Festival is returning to Croton Point Park from June 16-17 in Croton, NY. This year's festival includes Dawes, Deer Tick, Alejandro Escovedo, Punch Brothers, Bela Fleck, Arlo Guthrie,...

Jeff Fitzgerald, candidate for U.S. Senate and current Speaker of the Assembly of Wisconsin, used the *Dropkick Murphys* (http://www.absolutepunk.net/thedropkickmurphys)/Woody Guthrie anthem "Shipping Up To Boston" as his intro at the state’s Republican Party Convention. The band was less than...

Woody & Arlo Guthrie: Grassy Grass Grass [ purchase ] We end our day with a pulsing trance from Woody Guthrie himself, with layers of eerie dreamflute, bells, and shaken percussion added years later by his son Arlo. The tiny kidfolk piece - a world-naming lullaby of elegant simplicity - was first released as a drum and voice duo on 1947 release Songs To Grow On For Mother and Child, thus fitting for the waning hours of Mother's Day.

Billy Bragg & Wilco Mermaid Avenue – The Complete Sessions (Nonesuch) The unrecorded songs of the folk legend Woody Guthrie have been [...]

Seattle resident and rock superstar Dave Matthews has been a supporter of President Barack Obama since the American head of state defeated Hillary Clinton in the 2008 primary season. Yesterday, Matthews helped the President in his bid for re-election by playing a 30-minute set at an Obama fundraiser, which was held at the Paramount Theater in Dave’s current hometown. [Photo of Dave Matthews @ DMB Caravan AC by Jeremy Gordon ] The event, which saw 1,800 guests pony up at least a thousand dollars a piece, was billed as “Lunch With President Obama.” Matthews opened with Don’t Drink The ...

ArtsBeat interviews Alison Bechdel about her new graphic novel, Are You My Mother?. You say that your mother referred to this project as a "meta book." Agree? Well, it's a memoir about writing a memoir. That's pretty meta. And it's...

These days, Jim Guthrie, guitarist of the beloved band Royal City until the group disbanded in 2004 (gone but not forgotten!), has been earning his keep writing music for video games. Guthrie recently composed sounds and songs for the epic Superbrothers-designed iPhone/iPad game Sword & Sworcery EP . Guthrie’s hosting an online Sword & Sworcery AV Remix Jam this weekend. Animation, illustration, and song remix submissions have already started to pour in on the site’s Tumblr page. The jam starts today, Friday, May 11, and runs through Sunday. If you’d like to throw something visual or musical into the mix by the Sunday deadline, click here .  In other news, the LP/digital release of Guthrie’s soundtrack for IndieGame: The Movie is on his Bandcamp page ( here ). Pre-orders ship May 15. Sword & Sworcery LP - The Ballad of the Space Babies by Jim Guthrie

A diverse roster of musicians will come together to celebrate the 100th birthday of Woody Guthrie during a series of free outdoor concerts throughout Manhattan, NY, dubbed “Pastures of Plenty: A Celebration of Song.” Part of Arts Brookfield’s Summer on the Plaza series, the concerts take place May 2...