This Land Is His Land: Roaming Through Woody Guthrie’s New York

new-york-times

coneyYOU say you want to have a close encounter with Woody Guthrie, to follow his footsteps to greatness, to lay eyes on the places where American music history was made: where Woody first met Pete Seeger; where Bob Dylan first showed up on Woody’s doorstep; where Woody strummed and plucked with Lead Belly, Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee; where he wrote “This Land Is Your Land,” “Vigilante Man,” “The Sinking of the Reuben James” and many,

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Demolition String Duo to Record on Wax Cylinders at the Edison Laboratory

National Park Service

The-Demolition-String-Duo---Boo-Reiners-and-Elena-SkyeWax cylinder recording session, Thursday, October 30 at 7:00 pm

WEST ORANGE, NJ –On October 30, visitors to Thomas Edison National Historical Park will have the opportunity to watch and listen as the Demolition String Duo makes recording history. Elena Skye and Boo Reiners are the featured artists at a wax cylinder phonograph recording session taking place on Thursday evening, October 30 at 7:00 pm in Building 11 of Thomas Edison’s historic West Orange Laboratory.

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