Woody Guthrie Night, in which Guthrie songs will be performed by Anne Price, Toby Fagenson and Bob Malenky.

"Brother on the Line," in which a picketer confronts a scab worker, has the directness of a Guthrie song; "Border Radio" and "New Tattoo" find new images for that country staple, faded love.

The Guthrie song has an original tune for its chorus, but its verses are set to the tune of the song "Wildwood Flower".

In the process, his words are finding voice in new forms like a remarkable CD of never-before-heard Guthrie songs filtered through contemporary musical sensibilities.

By closing with a Guthrie song, Mr. Spelman said, the evening will connect "Nebraska" with the Dust Bowl songs that are its most obvious antecedent.

The album is a tribute to Guthrie and includes eighteen Halker originals songs and four Guthrie songs.

Billy Bragg, a British singer and songwriter, won a Grammy nomination in 1998 with a revival of some lost Guthrie songs on albums recorded with the band Wilco.

They played "Do Re Mi" and reportedly a couple of other Guthrie songs that were excluded from the final edit.

Each artist chose the Guthrie songs that he or she would perform as part of the tribute.

He also used a few fragments of Guthrie songs and some traditional music in the score.