Want to listen to Virgin Radio UK on your laptop or desktop computer?
Bruce Springsteen is to be awarded the Woody Guthrie Prize
Virgin Radio
5 May 2021, 14:10
An honour with a difference!
Bruce Springsteen has won many awards over the years.
He'll need to make more space on the mantlepiece for yet another statue.
It's been announced that he has won the Woody Guthrie Prize.
This prize is given to artists who continue “in the footsteps of Woody Guthrie” as champions “for the voiceless with an understanding of how a platform can be used to shine a light on our world, showing us what needs to be fixed and how to fix it,”
The Boss will receive the award May 13 at an event for members of the Guthrie Center.
He's pleased to say the least.
In an official statement he said: “I’m honored to receive the 2021 Woody Guthrie Prize. Woody wrote some of the greatest songs about America’s struggle to live up its ideals in convincing fashion. He is one of my most important influences and inspirations.”
As well as Springsteen, previous recipients of the prize include Pete Seeger, Joan Baez, Norman Lear, Mavis Staples, John Mellencamp and Kris Kristofferson.
Nora Guthrie is Guthrie’s daughter and president of Woody Guthrie Publications. In a statement she said: “We’ve been hoping that Bruce would join our extended family – which includes the spirit sons and daughters of Woody, Pete Seeger and Lead Belly – as we gather this year to say ‘thank you for caring and for speaking out.’ Welcome, brother!”
Woody Guthrie died at the age of 55 in 1967.
Deana McCloud is director of the Woodie Guthrie Center. “As an observer of the human condition and a reporter about the plight of common people, Bruce Springsteen is a true child of Woody Guthrie."
“He continues Woody’s work by writing about our struggles in this land of hope and dreams and provided one of our favorite performances of ‘This Land is Your Land’ with Pete Seeger at the first Obama inauguration.”
Congratulations, Bruce.
Advertisement
Latest Articles
Have you got an Amazon Echo or Google Home device? Listen to Virgin Radio UK by asking your speaker...
Want to listen to Virgin Radio UK but need to go out and about? Take us with you with the Virgin...
Want to listen to Virgin Radio UK on your laptop or desktop computer?
Have you got an Amazon Echo or Google Home device? Listen to Virgin Radio UK by asking your speaker...
Want to listen to Virgin Radio UK but need to go out and about? Take us with you with the Virgin...
Advertisement