California's unemployment figures have gotten bad enough you are now allowed to mention the Joad familyHooray! It's that time of the month when the state's Employment Development Department releases its numbers about how much employment is not being developed. We're posting this article right now because the contents within are not suitable for reading after lunch. In a bit of news akin to your doctor telling you that "plenty of men live normally with this condition" -- i.e. it could be wo
Brand New Folk: Sarah Lee Guthrie and Johnny Irion​With all the hub-bub around freak-folksters like Devendra Banhart and alt.folk chanteuses like Jolie Holland, it's nice to see traditional folk hasn't been forgotten. However, it has been updated by third generation singer-songwriter Sarah Lee Guthrie (daughter of Arlo, granddaughter of Woody). Guthrie's upcoming release Go Waggaloo contains plenty of geetar-pickin', twangy vocals, and down-home flavor, along with modern references to such new