>>> The Philadelphia Folk Festival will be premiering six never-before-heard Woody Guthrie (pictured) songs in December as part of a fundraiser they’re having at World Cafe Live. The tunes will be done in the style of Mermaid Avenue — that is, Woody’s lyrics, set to the melodies of those performing them, which in this case will be Jonatha Brooke, Chris Smither, John Gorka and more. More info at the Philadelphia Folksong Society. [PFS]
>>> Back in the ’90s, when they still belonged to us and we thought Dave Bielanko‘s Rocky getup was cute, we never in million years thought it would come to this: New Marah track leaks to what is possibly the least-commented-on Stereogum post of all time. [Stereogum]
>>> Spin.com loooooves Philly: Yesterday, it was PaperTrigger. Today, it’s InnerPartySystem! [Spin.com]
BONUS ROUND: Lastly, we’ll outro you with some rather inspiring music leaked to us this morn. Here’s Will Oldham and Philly’s own Meg Baird covering “The World’s Greatest” by R. Kelly. Don’t let the bastards get you down.

This entry was posted on Wednesday, November 28th, 2007 at 5:11 pm.