Kiss the Ground w/ Ryland Engelhart
Home in This World: Woody Guthrie’s Dustbowl Ballads W/ Randall Poster
November 4, 2021 · 44 min
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A legendary music supervisor revives Woody Guthrie's Dust Bowl Ballads to warn us history can repeat itself.
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In this episode
- How Randall Poster brought Guthrie's 1940 album back to life with modern artists
- What a music supervisor actually does and why it shapes how films feel
- The economic and environmental story behind the original Dust Bowl Ballads
- Why Guthrie's message about caring for the earth still matters today
About this episode
Randall Poster is an American music supervisor and a longtime collaborator with film director Wes Anderson. For anyone not familiar with what a music supervisor does, he’s the person who selects the songs to play during a movie, television show, or commercial. Some of Randall’s credits include “Skyfall,” The Wolf of Wallstreet, and “The Grand Budapest Hotel.”Randall recently collaborated with Kiss the Ground on a new project called “Home in This World: Woody Guthrie’s Dust Bowl Ballads.” It’s a track-by-track recreation of Guthrie’s 1940 “Dust Bowl Ballads” album, a collection of songs about the economical hardships of the Great Depression. Randall recruited a diverse group of artists to revamp the tracks on the record while maintaining the same message: Take care of the earth before it’s too late.
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About Kiss the Ground w/ Ryland Engelhart
The essence of the work of Kiss the Ground is this deep reverence for life. A conversation about ecology, soil, trees, and all the layers of the biology and living things that contribute to our existence. Interconnection and love of the world. Hosted by Ryland Engelhart www.kisstheground.com
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