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The Klezmatics and Woody Guthrie's Music

Fresh Air | By Milo Miles
Published December 15, 2006 at 10:00 AM CST

Music critic Milo Miles tells us how the klezmer-fusion band the Klezmatics are keeping the music of Woody Guthrie alive. Their latest albums are Woody Guthrie's Happy Joyous Hanukkah and the Grammy-nominated Wonder Wheel. They are currently on tour.

Copyright 2006 Fresh Air
Milo Miles
Milo Miles is Fresh Air's world-music and American-roots music critic. He is a former music editor of The Boston Phoenix.
See stories by Milo Miles