Prophets with Guitars: How Folk Music Gave Voice to the Modern Apocalypse What if the apocalypse had a soundtrack? Woody Guthrie and Bob Dylan used folk music to turn revelation into protest and the end of the world into hope for a world remade. In their songs, the apocalypse is still alive: not in the form of a religious worldview, but in songs that imagine a new future. Santiago García Sosa • August 05, 2026