Please join us for a special presentation and listening session into the making of Woody at Home with Anna Canoni, President of Woody Guthrie Publications and Woody’s granddaughter, and GRAMMY-winning producer Steve Rosenthal, as we delve into the process and backstory of the landmark release of Woody Guthrie’s home tapes. This year, home recordings by Woody Guthrie were released in the two-volume landmark collection Woody At Home –- Volumes 1 & 2 via Shamus Records, label subsidiary of TRO Essex Music Group.

Woody at Home is a two-volume secret treasure trove of Woody’s home recordings — recordings that Woody was unable to release in his lifetime, a life cut short by Huntington’s disease. Never intended for commercial release, these raw and intimate home tapes were recorded in 1951-1952 at the family’s apartment in Beach Haven, Brooklyn. Woody made them as his musical introduction to his new publisher. Now, thanks to the leaps made in technology, Woody’s voice, ideas, and recordings are a guiding and candid voice. Woody sings about historic events, stories of the disenfranchised and ignored, love, and of course, the fight against fascism.

The collection contains 22 previously unreleased recordings, including 13 Guthrie songs not heard on any of his other recordings. Woody Guthrie’s original tapes were made in his home using a consumer tape recorder that played and recorded at a very slow speed, 3 3/4 inches per second. The tapes have been restored with as much fidelity and character as possible in a way that matched the tenor and spirit of Woody’s songs. In this panel, the album's producers will delve into the making of Woody at Home. For more information, please visit woodyathome.com, shamusrecs.com or the official Woody Guthrie site at woodyguthrie.org.