Cunningham, Agnes

Cunningham, Agnes
▪ 2005
“Sis” 
      American folk-song composer (b. Feb. 19, 1909, Watongo, Okla.—d. June 27, 2004, New Paltz, N.Y.), cofounded in 1962 the small but inspirational folk-song journal Broadside with her husband, Gordon Friesen. Although its circulation never topped four figures, the journal proved instrumental in promoting folk music that delivered strong leftist political messages during the 1960s; among the more than 1,000 songs published in the journal were Bob Dylan's “Blowin' in the Wind” and Pete Seeger's “Waist Deep in the Big Muddy.” An accomplished guitar and accordion player, Cunningham joined Woody Guthrie and Seeger in the 1940s to form the groundbreaking urban folk music group the Almanac Singers; Dear Mr. President (c. 1942) was among the group's notable albums. In 1999 Red Dust and Broadsides, a joint autobiography written by Cunningham and her husband, was published.

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