Nearly 60 years after his death, American folk icon and social activist Woody Guthrie is experiencing a resurgence of interest.

Last week, Guthrie's publishing company released a new album featuring never-before-heard recordings, a mix of original songs and intimate spoken reflections.

Meantime, on stages around the world, some of the biggest names in Folk and Rock

are adding Guthrie classics back into their set lists, underscoring his enduring influence.

Senior arts correspondent Jeffrey Brown has more for our series, Art and Action, exploring the

intersection of art and democracy as part of our canvas coverage.

This land is your land and this land is my land.

Woody Guthrie in a way we've never heard him before.

To the New York Island from the snow-cappy mountain.

His voice weakened by illness, recording his American classic.

Even adding a few previously unheard verses,

in his Brooklyn, New York apartment, all captured on a two-channel tape recorder,

surrounded by the sounds of everyday life, and his wife and small children.

That's about all I've got to say.

Can I say hello?

Hello?

You know, I never knew my grandfather.

Anna Canoni is Woody Guthrie's granddaughter and the current president of Woody Guthrie publications.

This is the first time I ever got to hear my grandfather as if he was just my grandfather.

You know, the intimacy of being in a home with a musician who just kind of picks up a guitar and plays while you're in the middle of a conversation. A conversation taking place on the new release, Woody at Home, Volume 1 and 2.

In addition to well-known favorites, the album from recordings in 1951 and 52 includes 13 never-before-heard songs.

A kid can't call you honey dumpling, no, that's one thing you can't do. never before heard songs. It covers a wide range of topics, from war and politics.

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