Dust Bowl ballads (cycle)
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Dust Bowl Ballads is a cycle of folk songs, popularized by Woody Guthrie, that chronicle the hardships and experiences of people living through the Dust Bowl era in the American Great Plains.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Dust Bowl ballads | 1 |
| Dust Bowl ballads (cycle) canonical | 1 |
Statements (40)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
folk song cycle
ⓘ
song cycle ⓘ |
| associatedPerformer | Woody Guthrie NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWork | Dust Bowl Ballads (album) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| chronicles |
experiences of people in the American Great Plains
ⓘ
hardships of Dust Bowl refugees ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
|
| depicts |
Okie migrants
ⓘ
environmental degradation ⓘ rural poverty ⓘ tenant farmers ⓘ |
| genre |
American folk
ⓘ
folk ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Blowin' Down This Road (I Ain't Gonna Be Treated This Way)
NERFINISHED
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Do Re Mi NERFINISHED ⓘ Dust Can't Kill Me NERFINISHED ⓘ Dust Pneumonia Blues NERFINISHED ⓘ Dusty Old Dust (So Long, It's Been Good to Know Yuh) NERFINISHED ⓘ I Ain't Got No Home NERFINISHED ⓘ The Great Dust Storm (Dust Storm Disaster) NERFINISHED ⓘ Tom Joad NERFINISHED ⓘ Vigilante Man NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasStyle |
narrative ballad
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topical song ⓘ |
| historicalContext | Great Depression in the United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influenced | later American protest songs ⓘ |
| inspiredBy | Dust Bowl era NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
American Great Plains
NERFINISHED
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Dust Bowl NERFINISHED ⓘ Great Depression NERFINISHED ⓘ economic hardship ⓘ environmental disaster ⓘ migration ⓘ |
| notableFor |
documenting Dust Bowl experiences in song
ⓘ
social commentary ⓘ |
| periodCovered | 1930s ⓘ |
| popularizedBy | Woody Guthrie NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subjectOf |
American history studies
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folk music scholarship ⓘ |
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Dust Bowl ballads