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Mermaid Avenue

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Mermaid Avenue is a 1998 album of previously unheard lyrics written by American folk singer Woody Guthrie, put to music written and performed by British singer Billy Bragg and the American band Wilco. [1]

56 relations: Album, AllMusic, American Songwriter, Arlo Guthrie, Being There (Wilco album), Billboard (magazine), Billy Bragg, Bloke on Bloke, Blue Rodeo, Bob Dylan, California Stars (song), Chicago Sun-Times, Chronicles: Volume One, Coney Island, Corey Harris, Elektra Records, Eliza Carthy, Encyclopedia of Popular Music, Entertainment Weekly, Folk music, Folk rock, Grant Showbiz, Jay Bennett, Jeff Tweedy, John Stirratt, Ken Coomer, Los Angeles Times, Man in the Sand, Marjorie Guthrie, Mermaid Avenue Vol. II, Mermaid Avenue: The Complete Sessions, Mermaid's Avenue, Natalie Merchant, New Multitudes, New York (state), Nora Guthrie, Omnibus Press, Pazz & Jop, Pedro Yanowitz, Pitchfork (website), Reaching to the Converted, Rolling Stone, Simon & Schuster, Spin (magazine), Summerteeth, The Bootleg Series Vol. 4: Bob Dylan Live 1966, The "Royal Albert Hall" Concert, The Rolling Stone Album Guide, The Village Voice, The Works (Jonatha Brooke album), United Kingdom, ..., United States, Wilco, Wonder Wheel (album), Woody Guthrie, Woody Guthrie Foundation, Woody Guthrie's Happy Joyous Hanukkah. Expand index (6 more) »

Album

An album is a collection of audio recordings issued as a single item on CD, record, audio tape or another medium.

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AllMusic

AllMusic (previously known as All Music Guide or AMG) is an online music guide.

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American Songwriter

American Songwriter is a bimonthly magazine, established in 1984 covering every aspect of the craft and art of songwriting.

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Arlo Guthrie

Arlo Davy Guthrie (born July 10, 1947) is an American folk singer-songwriter.

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Being There (Wilco album)

Being There is the second studio album by the American alternative rock band Wilco, released on October 29, 1996 by Reprise Records.

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Billboard (magazine)

Billboard (styled as billboard) is an American entertainment media brand owned by the Billboard-Hollywood Reporter Media Group, a division of Eldridge Industries.

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Billy Bragg

Stephen William "Billy" Bragg (born 20 December 1957) is an English singer-songwriter and left-wing political activist.

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Bloke on Bloke

Bloke on Bloke is a 1997 outtakes compilation album by British rock musician Billy Bragg.

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Blue Rodeo

Blue Rodeo is a Canadian country rock band formed in 1984 in Toronto, Ontario.

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Bob Dylan

Bob Dylan (born Robert Allen Zimmerman, May 24, 1941) is an American singer-songwriter, author, and painter who has been an influential figure in popular music and culture for more than five decades.

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California Stars (song)

"California Stars" is an American folk song with lyrics by Woody Guthrie.

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Chicago Sun-Times

The Chicago Sun-Times is a daily newspaper published in Chicago, Illinois, United States.

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Chronicles: Volume One

Chronicles, Volume One is a memoir written by American musician Bob Dylan.

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Coney Island

Coney Island is a peninsular residential neighborhood, beach, and leisure/entertainment destination of Long Island on the Coney Island Channel, which is part of the Lower Bay in the southwestern part of the borough of Brooklyn in New York City.

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Corey Harris

Corey Harris (born February 21, 1969; Denver, Colorado) is an American blues and reggae musician, currently residing in Charlottesville, Virginia.

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Elektra Records

Elektra Records is an American major record label owned by Warner Music Group, founded in 1950 by Jac Holzman and Paul Rickolt.

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Eliza Carthy

Eliza Carthy, MBE (born 23 August 1975) is an English folk musician known for both singing and playing fiddle.

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Encyclopedia of Popular Music

The Encyclopedia of Popular Music was created in 1989 by Colin Larkin.

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Entertainment Weekly

Entertainment Weekly (sometimes abbreviated as EW) is an American magazine, published by Meredith Corporation, that covers film, television, music, Broadway theatre, books and popular culture.

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Folk music

Folk music includes both traditional music and the genre that evolved from it during the 20th century folk revival.

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Folk rock

Folk rock is a hybrid music genre combining elements of folk music and rock music, which arose in the United States and the United Kingdom in the mid-1960s.

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Grant Showbiz

Grant Showbiz (real name Grant Cunliffe) is a British record producer principally known for his work with The Fall, The Smiths, and Billy Bragg plus as an artist in his own right with Moodswings.

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Jay Bennett

Jay Walter Bennett (November 15, 1963 – May 24, 2009) was an American guitarist, multi-instrumentalist, engineer, producer, and singer-songwriter, best known as a member of the band Wilco from 1994 to 2001.

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Jeff Tweedy

Jeffrey Scot Tweedy (born August 25, 1967) is an American songwriter, musician, and record producer best known as the singer and guitarist of the band Wilco.

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John Stirratt

John Chadwick Stirratt is an American bassist and multi-instrumentalist for Wilco, and The Autumn Defense.

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Ken Coomer

Ken Coomer was the last drummer for the band Uncle Tupelo as well as the drummer for Chicago-based band Wilco until Yankee Hotel Foxtrot.

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Los Angeles Times

The Los Angeles Times is a daily newspaper which has been published in Los Angeles, California since 1881.

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Man in the Sand

Man in the Sand is a 1999 music documentary that chronicles the collaboration between Billy Bragg and Wilco, which involved the musicians creating new music to accompany lyrics that were written decades earlier by folk singer Woody Guthrie.

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Marjorie Guthrie

Marjorie Mazia Guthrie (October 6, 1917 – March 13, 1983) was a dancer of the Martha Graham Company, a dance teacher, and, for a time, the wife of folk musician Woody Guthrie.

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Mermaid Avenue Vol. II

Mermaid Avenue Vol.

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Mermaid Avenue: The Complete Sessions

Mermaid Avenue: The Complete Sessions is a 2012 box set album featuring the lyrics of American folk musician Woody Guthrie set to music by English folk rock guitarist Billy Bragg and American alternative rock band Wilco.

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Mermaid's Avenue

"Mermaid's Avenue" is a song written by American folk singer Woody Guthrie.

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Natalie Merchant

Natalie Anne Merchant (born October 26, 1963) is an American alternative rock singer-songwriter.

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New Multitudes

New Multitudes is a Woody Guthrie tribute album performed by Jay Farrar, Will Johnson, Anders Parker, and Jim James to commemorate the 100th anniversary of Guthrie's birth, released through Rounder Records on February 28, 2012.

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New York (state)

New York is a state in the northeastern United States.

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Nora Guthrie

Nora Lee Guthrie (born January 2, 1950) is the daughter of American folk musician and singer/songwriter Woody Guthrie and his second wife Marjorie Mazia Guthrie, sister of singer/songwriter Arlo Guthrie, and granddaughter of renowned Yiddish poet Aliza Greenblatt.

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Omnibus Press

Omnibus Press is the world’s largest specialist publisher of music-related books.

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Pazz & Jop

Pazz & Jop is an annual poll of musical releases compiled by American newspaper The Village Voice since 1971.

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Pedro Yanowitz

Peter Yanowitz (born September 13, 1967, Chicago, Illinois, United States), also known as Pedro Yanowitz, is an American musician, songwriter, and visual artist.

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Pitchfork (website)

Pitchfork is an American online magazine launched in 1995 by Ryan Schreiber, based in Chicago, Illinois and owned by Condé Nast.

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Reaching to the Converted

Reaching to the Converted is an album by Billy Bragg released in August 1999.

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Rolling Stone

Rolling Stone is an American monthly magazine that focuses on popular culture.

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Simon & Schuster

Simon & Schuster, Inc., a subsidiary of CBS Corporation, is an American publishing company founded in New York City in 1924 by Richard Simon and Max Schuster.

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Spin (magazine)

Spin is an American music magazine founded in 1985 by publisher Bob Guccione, Jr. The magazine stopped running in print in 2012 and currently runs as a webzine.

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Summerteeth

Summerteeth (stylized as summerteeth) is the third studio album by the American alternative rock band Wilco, released on March 9, 1999 by Reprise Records.

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The Bootleg Series Vol. 4: Bob Dylan Live 1966, The "Royal Albert Hall" Concert

Live 1966: The "Royal Albert Hall" Concert is a two-disc live album by Bob Dylan, released in 1998.

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The Rolling Stone Album Guide

The Rolling Stone Album Guide, previously known as The Rolling Stone Record Guide, is a book that contains professional music reviews written and edited by staff members from Rolling Stone magazine.

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The Village Voice

The Village Voice is an American news and culture paper, known for being the country's first alternative newsweekly.

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The Works (Jonatha Brooke album)

The Works, Jonatha Brooke's seventh solo release, is a full-length album of previously unheard lyrics by Woody Guthrie, set to original music written and performed by Brooke.

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United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain,Usage is mixed with some organisations, including the and preferring to use Britain as shorthand for Great Britain is a sovereign country in western Europe.

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United States

The United States of America (USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a federal republic composed of 50 states, a federal district, five major self-governing territories, and various possessions.

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Wilco

Wilco is an American alternative rock band based in Chicago, Illinois.

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Wonder Wheel (album)

Wonder Wheel is a 2006 album by neo-Klezmer band The Klezmatics.

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Woody Guthrie

Woodrow Wilson Guthrie (July 14, 1912 – October 3, 1967) was an American singer-songwriter, one of the most significant figures in American folk music; his songs, including social justice songs, such as "This Land Is Your Land", have inspired several generations both politically and musically.

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Woody Guthrie Foundation

The Woody Guthrie Foundation, founded in 1972, is a non-profit organization which formerly served as administrator and caretaker of the Woody Guthrie Archives.

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Woody Guthrie's Happy Joyous Hanukkah

Woody Guthrie's Happy Joyous Hanukkah is the eighth album by New York band the Klezmatics, released in 2006.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mermaid_Avenue

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