From: Smithsonian Folkways [smithsonianfolkways_at_si_dot_edu]

Sent: 12 July 2012 22:22

Subject: Happy 100th Birthday Woody Guthrie from Smithsonian Folkways

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Happy 100th Birthday, Woody Guthrie! Saturday, July 14, 2012, would have been the 100th birthday of Woody Guthrie, one of America's most influential 20th-century musicians. In honor of the Woody Guthrie Centennial, Smithsonian Folkways presents an in-depth commemorative collection of songs, photos, and essays. Woody at 100: The Woody Guthrie Centennial Collection is a 150-page large-format book with three CDs containing 57 tracks, including Woody's most important recordings and 21 previously unreleased performances.

Woody at 100: The Woody Guthrie Centennial Collection

Subscriber Discount! - Enter code SFJULY12 and save 15% off retail price of this box set or album download through July 31, 2012. Woody at 100 is also being discounted until Monday, July 16 on Amazon.com and iTunes.

New Release: Elizabeth Mitchell Sings Woody Guthrie's Children's Songs Little Seed: Songs for Children by Woody Guthrie, sung by Elizabeth Mitchell, features re-imagined renditions of 13 kid-friendly Guthrie classics. Little Seed pays tribute to the legendary songwriter's uncanny ability to inhabit both the perspective of a loving, protective parent and the voice of a freewheeling child. Subscriber Discount! - Enter code SFJULY12 and save 15% off retail price on this CD or album download through July 31, 2012.

New Release: ?Parranda! Venezuelan Carnival Music ?Parranda! Venezuelan Carnival Music by the group La Sardina de Naiguat? (The Sardine of Naiguat?) is the newest release in the Smithsonian Folkways Tradiciones/Traditions series of Latin American recordings. The album is the definitive statement from a group that revolutionized and reinvigorated the genre. Subscriber Discount! - Enter code SFJULY12 and save 15% off retail price on this CD or album download through July 31, 2012.

Sneak Preview: Texas Towns & Tex-Mex Sounds by Los Texmaniacs On July 31, GRAMMY-Award winning conjunto group Los Texmaniacs will release Texas Towns & Tex-Mex Sounds,  featuring  a blend of polka, boleros, ballads, and Western swing. Guest artists include Western swing singer Ray Benson and fiddle player Jason Roberts from Asleep at the Wheel, as well as GRAMMY-winning fiddler Bobby Flores. Listen to "Ay te dejo en San Antonio" and "Waltz Across Texas." Watch video of "Por una mujer casada."

Smithsonian Folkways Trivia!

Each month we'll ask a trivia question; e-mail your answer, name, and address with the subject "July Trivia" to SmithsonianFolkways_at_si_dot_edu by July 31, and a randomly selected entrant with the correct answer will win a free CD of his or her choice!

July Question: Which of Woody Guthrie's most best-known songs, written about a tragic 1948 plane crash and recorded by Judy Collins, The Byrds, Joan Baez, Dolly Parton, Sweet Honey In The Rock, and Los Super Seven among many others, was never recorded by Guthrie himself?

Congratulations to last month's winner, Chris from Portland, Oregon, who correctly answered "future U.S. President Woodrow Wilson" to the question: "Woody Guthrie was named after which New Jersey governor?"

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