The Asch Recordings

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The Asch Recordings is a collection of influential folk and protest songs recorded by American singer-songwriter Woody Guthrie for Moses Asch’s Folkways label in the 1940s.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf archival recording collection
compilation album
associatedWith American folk music revival NERFINISHED
political protest music
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
creator Woody Guthrie NERFINISHED
featuresInstrument acoustic guitar
vocals
genre folk music
protest song
hasHistoricalPeriod World War II era
hasInfluenced American protest singers
Bob Dylan NERFINISHED
hasPart 1913 Massacre NERFINISHED
Do Re Mi NERFINISHED
Dusty Old Dust (So Long, It’s Been Good to Know Yuh) NERFINISHED
Grand Coulee Dam NERFINISHED
Hard Travelin’ NERFINISHED
I Ain’t Got No Home NERFINISHED
Jesus Christ NERFINISHED
Pastures of Plenty NERFINISHED
Pretty Boy Floyd NERFINISHED
Talking Columbia NERFINISHED
Talking Dust Bowl Blues NERFINISHED
This Land Is Your Land NERFINISHED
Tom Joad NERFINISHED
Union Maid NERFINISHED
Vigilante Man NERFINISHED
hasStyle acoustic folk
talking blues
language English
laterIssuedBy Smithsonian Folkways NERFINISHED
mainSubject American working-class life
Dust Bowl migration NERFINISHED
World War II era America NERFINISHED
labor movement
social justice
notableFor documentation of Woody Guthrie’s 1940s output
influence on American folk revival
originallyIssuedBy Asch Records NERFINISHED
partOf Woody Guthrie discography
performer Woody Guthrie NERFINISHED
producer Moses Asch NERFINISHED
publicationFormat multi-volume set
recordedAt New York City NERFINISHED
recordedFor Moses Asch NERFINISHED
recordingPeriod 1940s
recordLabel Folkways Records NERFINISHED

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