The musicians of the Russian punk band Pussy Riot will be honored with the Woody Guthrie Prize this year. The band is scheduled to receive the award on May 6 in Tulsa, Oklahoma, and play a concert there that same evening, the local Woody Guthrie Center said on Thursday.
The award in memory of the US folk musician Guthrie (1912-1967) has been awarded since 2014 to artists who also “speak for the less fortunate” with their work. Previous honorees include Bruce Springsteen and Joan Baez. In the past, the musicians of Pussy Riot had repeatedly insisted on the observance of human rights in Russia and sharply condemned the attack on Ukraine.
