Pamela Means is an Easthampton MA-based Out(spoken), Biracial, independent artist whose “kamikaze guitar style” and punchy provocative songs have worn a hole in two of her acoustic guitars. Armed with the razor wit of a stand-up comic, engaging presence, elegant poetry, and irresistible charm, Pamela Means’s “stark, defiant songs” (New York Times) set the status quo and the stage afire. Guthrie’s Ghost is three groups in one, joining together in musical celebration of Woody Guthrie just once a year or so, and World Fellowship is privileged to be a chosen setting this year! Fred Gillen, Jr. and Steve Kirkman are a performing duo known as Hope Machine; they were an official part of the Woody Guthrie Archives 100th year anniversary celebrations in 2012, and have continued on with this tradition since then. Julie Corbalis is a singer-songwriter based in the Hudson Valley. David and Jacob Bernz are a father-son singer-songwriter team, also from the Hudson Valley, with deep connections to Pete Seeger connecting them in turn to the Woody Guthrie heritage. Presented as part of Protest Fest 2023.