Festival Friday proved to be uncomfortably hot in the beer garden attached to Lou’s Rocky Road Tavern. The previous day’s patio performances
Woodyfest 2018: Scott Taylor (Community Outreach)
This year’s Woodyfest continued a long-standing tradition of providing accessible entertainment throughout the host-town of Okemah. On festival Friday
Woodyfest 2018: Gypsy Twang
Making their Woodyfest debut, Gypsy Twang played the Hen House stage Friday afternoon. Husband and wife Steve Huhn (bass) and Sarah Barker-Huhn (guitar, vocals)
Woodyfest 2018: Turnpike Troubabdours
Marking their third appearance at the Woody Guthrie Folk Festival, the Turnpike Troubadours closed opening night 2018 on the Pastures of Plenty stage. […]
Woodyfest 2018: Red Dirt Rangers
The Red Dirt Rangers may not have birthed Red Dirt, but they helped midwife the musical genre into the world. […]
Woodyfest 2018: Mary Battiata
From the moment she began to sing “Trance” from the Brick Café stage, Mary Battiata had this writer’s short hairs standing at attention. The song, from her second full-length […]
Woodyfest 2018: Rick Reiley
Rick Reiley has never missed attending the Woody Guthrie Folk Festival. At least, he doesn’t think so. Reiley kicked off the afternoon proceedings at Lou’s Rocky Road Tavern […]
Woodyfest 2018: Bill Lewis
Kicking off the 21st annual Woody Guthrie Folk Festival, Bill Lewis brought his solo troubador act to the basement of the Brick Street Café on 12 July at 11:00 A.M., two days before Woody’s birthday. […]
Alex Culbreth: Black & Blue (Interview & Gallery)
I 1st met singer-songwriter Alex Culbreth (Parlor Soldiers, Alex Culbreth and the Dead Country Stars) in July, when he was featured in a Woody Guthrie […]
Nancy Apple & Rob McNurlin — Okemah Nutrition Center, Woody Guthrie Folk Festival
Princess of Twang Nancy Apple and country troubadour Rob McNurlin are are almost as familiar to Woody Guthrie Folk Festival regulars as the Oklahoma Geniuses (the festival house band); wherever you look, they seem to be there. […]