Woody Guthrie
This Land Is Your Land: The Asch Recordings, Vol. 1
Dylan
Lead Belly

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Political Folk follows in the footsteps of the legendary Woody Guthrie, whose highly polemical folk songs inspired a generation of tough-minded, activist singer/songwriters including Bob Dylan and Phil Ochs; simply, protest music follows the aesthetic traditions of folk, but with lyrics which take a definite, usually left-wing, political stance.

Political Folk Artists Highlights

Woody Guthrie
Woody Guthrie
Lead Belly
Lead Belly
Bob Dylan
Bob Dylan
Pete Seeger
Pete Seeger
Peter, Paul and Mary
Peter, Paul and Mary
Joan Baez
Joan Baez

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Political Folk Album Highlights

This Land Is Your Land: The Asch Recordings, Vol. 1
Woody Guthrie
This Land Is Your Land: ...
Dylan
Bob Dylan
Dylan
A Link in the Chain
Pete Seeger
A Link in the Chain
It's My Way!
Buffy Sainte-Marie
It's My Way!
Dust Bowl Ballads
Woody Guthrie
Dust Bowl Ballads
Diamonds & Rust
Joan Baez
Diamonds & Rust

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Political Folk Song Highlights

Title/Composer Performer Stream
Jesse James Woody Guthrie
Positively 4th Street Bob Dylan
Interlude #1: Living in the Country Pete Seeger
Codine Buffy Sainte-Marie
Tom Joad, Pt. 1
Woody Guthrie
Diamonds & Rust Joan Baez
A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall Bob Dylan
Ballad of a Thin Man Bob Dylan
Kisses Sweeter Than Wine The Weavers
Hobo's Lullaby Pete Seeger

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