All Of The Best Current Folksong Research Is Being Done By Disabled Queers On Tumblr

all of the best current folksong research is being done by disabled queers on tumblr

Woody Guthrie, Pete Seeger, Fred Hellerman and Jean Ritchie in the WNYC studios, 1949

these pictures of phil ochs 💔

me: hehe i will do the history of silly folk songs in my freetime! ^_^ to relax!

also me: reading old boring newspapers for 3 hours just to see if one guy mentions one song one time a year before the folk song is dated as being published.

National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institute

judy collins 1961

this song is so laid back and soft compared to every other woody song, i didn't even recognize it at first?

it feels really vulnerable and sad. Honestly, i haven't heard anything else like it by him.