New Multitudes

New Multitudes
A beige background with "Woody Guthrie" handwritten across it in several colors and widths. Along the left-hand side, a small band of brown has the album name written in grey and the performers in gold
Studio album by
Jay Farrar, Will Johnson, Anders Parker, and Yim Yames
ReleasedFebruary 28, 2012 (2012-02-28)
Recorded2006 and 2009–2011
StudioBrooklyn, New York City and East St. Louis, Illinois, US[1]
GenreFolk rock,[2] alternative country[3]
Length49:17
LanguageEnglish
LabelRounder
ProducerFarrar, Johnson, Parker, and Yames
Jay Farrar chronology
One Fast Move or I'm Gone
(2009) 		New Multitudes
(2012)
Will Johnson chronology
Molina and Johnson
(2009) 		New Multitudes
(2012) 		Scorpion
(2012)
Anders Parker chronology
Cross Latitudes
(2010) 		New Multitudes
(2012) 		There's a Blue Bird in My Heart
(2014)
Yim Yames chronology
Tribute To
(2009) 		New Multitudes
(2012) 		Regions of Light and Sound of God
(2013)

New Multitudes is a Woody Guthrie tribute album performed by Jay Farrar, Will Johnson, Anders Parker, and Jim James to commemorate the 100th anniversary of Guthrie's birth, released through Rounder Records on February 28, 2012. The project was initiated by Woody's daughter Nora Guthrie to have Farrar add music to her father's lyrics[4]—specifically, his earliest songwriting years in Los Angeles.[5] Over the course of several years, he invited the others to collaborate and recorded at a variety of locations across the United States. Each artist wrote music to lyrics that inspired him and presented it to the collaborators for recording. The result is an album with diverse musical genres that has garnered positive reviews from critics for its varied styles and instrumentation. The quartet promoted the album with a small promotional tour that took them to record stores, radio programs, theaters, and folk festivals. The group has plans for releasing a second volume.[6]

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