WoodsTalk Music Blog

Welcome to the Bethel Woods Center Music and Music History Blog, the WoodsTalk Blog. Learn about artists and bands across genres from Blues to Jazz and in between.

Learn Music History Through The Eyes and Ears of Experts

Welcome to the WoodsTalk Blog, where you will learn something new from every article you read. Our writers include historians and curators from the 1960s Woodstock Museum on the Bethel Woods Center Grounds, as well as guest writers from across the music and entertainment industry. Also, we post K-12 history lessons from our Explore the ‘60s education series.

Choose from our blog posts below and enjoy expanding your knowledge of music and history.

 

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Julia Fell, Curator of Exhibits, reflects on The Museum at Bethel Woods' 15th anniversary and her own relationship with the space. Today the Museum at…
By Julia Fell, Curator of Exhibit & Oral History Initiative Lead As I sit down to write this blog post, the enormity of what I’ve been working on for…
Dr. Neal V. Hitch, Senior Director, The Museum at Bethel Woods, shares the stories of Woodstock. In January this year, I drove over 1,200 miles around…
Spring Oral History Intern Carlene Bermann explores the history of communal living and the role it played during Woodstock.  Said, “I’m going down to…
Spring Oral History Intern Carlene Bermann explores the use of Volkswagens during everyone's favorite festival and beyond. Well we shot the line / And we…
From Nancy Nevins’ amazing recovery to Grace Slick’s Woodstock wakeup call. A VOICE ALMOST LOST Sweetwater frontwoman Nancy “Nansi” Nevins’ unique vocal…
The Museum at Bethel Woods Fall Oral History Intern Will Kleffner dissects the connection between blues and rock.  You may have heard of Bill Graham, the…
The Museum at Bethel Woods Fall Oral History Intern Will Kleffner reflects on the connection between blues music and Woodstock. Before Alan Wilson became…
The Museum at Bethel Woods Oral History Intern David Gain reflects on his experience working at the historic site. There are stories everywhere if you…
The Museum at Bethel Woods Preservation Fellow Eleanor Hein discusses Sensory-Friendly Museum Days with Museum Curator Julia Fell and Lead Teaching Artist…
The Museum at Bethel Woods Preservation Fellow Eleanor Hein reflects on time spent in The Bindy Bazaar. There is magic in the Bindy Woods. It was…
The Museum at Bethel Woods Oral History Intern David Gain reflects on the Woodstock experience as he researches and dives into submitted oral histories…