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Pussy Riot Will Receive This Year’s Woody Guthrie Prize

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Pussy Riot Will Receive This Year's Woody Guthrie Prize
Pussy Riot at Lobnoye Mesto on Red Square in Moscow – Denis Bochkarev

The latest news on this front comes from a really interesting article at France 24. Here is an extract:

Past recipients of the prize named for the US folk revolutionary Guthrie include Bruce Springsteen, Chuck D, Joan Baez, Pete Seeger and John Mellencamp.

“It feels fitting to be awarded in the spirit of Woody, I think he would love Pussy Riot’s anti-fascist message,” said collective creator Nadya Tolokonnikova, in a statement sent to AFP by the artist’s publicist.

“Usually, when Pussy Riot gets added to lists, it’s not always a good thing, but we are honored to be on this one,” she continued. “We don’t really do folk, but we don’t really do punk either, we simply scream and protest as loud as we can, and hope we can show others they can do the same.”

See full article here.

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