Smithsonian Folkways Recordings

Various Artists: Classic Harmonica Blues

CD / Smithsonian Folkways Recordings / 2013-05-21

Tracks: Theme Song; Heart In Sorrow - Brownie McGhee; Take Your Fingers Off It - Gus Cannon/Will Shade/Charlie Burse; Nine Below Zero - Eddie Burns; Bye Bye Bird; Gillum Blues; Crow Jane Blues; Dog Days of A...
Artists: Various Artists

Liner Note Authors: Barry Lee Pearson; Jeff Place.

Recording information: Georgia (10/1997); New York, NY (10/1997); Smithsonian Festival Of American Folklife (10/1997); Vienna, VA (10/1997); G...continue...

Various Artists: Delicious Peace: Coffee, Music & Interfaith Harmony In Uganda

CD / Smithsonian Folkways Recordings / 2013-04-09

Tracks: Benefits of Coffee, The - Akuseka Takuwa Congo Group; People of Uganda, The - Balitwegomba Choir; Get Up and Grow Coffee! - J.J. Keki/Peace Kawomera Jazz Band; Hit the Jerrycan! - Integrated Rural De...
Artists: Various Artists

Various Artists: Classic Celtic Music from Smithsonian Folkways

CD / Smithsonian Folkways Recordings / 2013-02-26

Tracks: Love at the Endings/John McGrath's Reel; As I Roved Out - Sarah Makem; Border Spirit - Billy Pigg; 'Twas Early, Early in the Spring; De'il Among the Tailors - Bob Hobkirk; Rocks of Bawn, The; Whiskey...
Artists: Various Artists

Smithsonian Folkways has announced the release of "Classic Celtic Music from Smithsonian Folkways" . The album, compiled by music historian and folklorist Richard Carlin, is...continue...
Liner Note Author: Richard Carlin....continue...

Ella Jenkins: Get Moving with Ella Jenkins

CD / Smithsonian Folkways Recordings / 2013-01-29

Tracks: Hello; Stop and Go; Teddy Bear; Did You Feed My Cow?; Who Fed the Chickens?; Hop, Skip, and Jump To My Lou; London Bridge is Falling Down/Moshi Moshi Ano-Ne; Head and Shoulder; Jumping With Variation...
Artists: Ella Jenkins

Composer: Ella Jenkins.

Photographer: Larry Engelhart.

Arranger: Ella Jenkins....continue...

Elizabeth Mitchell/You Are My Flower: Blue Clouds [Digipak] *

CD / Smithsonian Folkways Recordings / 2012-10-22

Tracks: Hop Up, My Ladies; Froggie Went A-Courtin'; Arm in Arm; San Toki (Mountain Bunny); Kooks; I Wish You Well; Summer Is Icumen In; Rollin' Baby; Little Bird, The; Circle of the Sun; Moon Don't Go; Every...
Artists: Elizabeth Mitchell/You Are My Flower

Audio Mixers: Chris Edwards; Daniel Littleton; Warren Defever; Justin Guip.

Liner Note Author: Elizabeth Mitchell.

Recording information: Airshow Mastering, Takoma Park, MD; Levon Helm S...continue...

The Dust Busters: Old Man Below

CD / Smithsonian Folkways Recordings / 2012-08-14

Artists: The Dust Busters

Los Texmaniacs: Texas Towns & Tex-Mex Sounds *

CD / Smithsonian Folkways Recordings / 2012-07-31

Tracks: Ay Te Dejo En San Antonio [I Leave You There In San Antonio]; Amor Bonito [Pretty Love] [Canción Polca]; Paso/San Antonio Rose [Western Ballads], El; Viva Seguín [Long Live Seguín] [Po...
Artists: Los Texmaniacs

Audio Mixer: Pete Reiniger.

Liner Note Author: Daniel E. Sheehy.

Recording information: Blue Cat Studio, San Antonio, TX.

Photographer: Daniel E. Sheehy....continue...

Elizabeth Mitchell: Little Seed: Songs for Children by Woody Guthrie [Digipak]

CD / Smithsonian Folkways Recordings / 2012-07-10

Tracks: Riding in My Car; Bling Blang; 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8; Why Oh Why; Sleep Eye; Who's My Pretty Baby; Rattle My Rattle; This Land Is Your Land; Merry-Go-Round; One Day Old; Little Sugar; Grassy Grass G...
Artists: Elizabeth Mitchell

Tributee: Woody Guthrie.

Tributee: Woody Guthrie.

Audio Mixers: Chris Edwards; Warren Defever; Justin Guip.

Liner Note Author: Elizabeth Mitchell.

Recording information: No...continue...

Woody Guthrie: Woody at 100: The Woody Guthrie Centennial

CD / Smithsonian Folkways Recordings / 2012-07-10

Tracks: This Land Is Your Land [Alternate Version] - (alternate take); Pastures of Plenty; Riding in My Car (Car Song); Grand Coulee Dam, The; Talking Dust Bowl; So Long, It's Been Good to Know Yuh (Dusty Ol...
Artists: Woody Guthrie

Woody Guthrie defined an era in his Dust Bowl ballads, outlaw tales, work and labor songs, antiwar songs, children's songs, political songs, and a host of love songs and songs that touched on philosop...continue...

La Sardina De Naiguata: ¡Parranda! Venezuelan Carnival Music

CD / Smithsonian Folkways Recordings / 2012-06-19

Tracks: Abran La Puerta [Open the Door] [Calipso]; Parranda Calle [Street Parranda] [Parranda]; Volveré [I Will Return] [Fulía]; Pájaro Amarillo [Yellow Bird] [Parranda]; Guayana Es [It's Guay...
Artists: La Sardina De Naiguata

Personnel: Joel Yzaguirre (vocals, trombone); Adolfo Jiménez (vocals, bell); Virginia Díaz, Keyla Díaz, Katiuska Díaz, Garminia Iriarte (vocals); Ricardo Diaz (trumpet); Orlando Co...continue...

Wu Man: Music of Central Asia, Vol. 10: Borderlands [Digipak] *

CD / Smithsonian Folkways Recordings / 2012-05-29

Tracks: Improvisation for Three and a Half Instruments; Chebiyat; Kurt Naxshisi [Song of the Kurds]; Ademler Ulugh [People Are Glorious]; Shadiana [Celebration]; Biderding [The Only Pain]; Ushshaq; Kazakh So...
Artists: Wu Man

Personnel: Wu Man (pipa); Abdulla Majnun, Ma Ersa, Sanubar Tursun (vocals).

Liner Note Author: Rachel Harris.

Recording information: Beijing City Science and Education Recording Studio #...continue...

Tommy Gwaltney/Louis Armstrong/Tyree Glenn: Satchmo at the National Press Club: Red Beans & Rice-Ly Yours

CD / Smithsonian Folkways Recordings / 2012-04-24

Tracks: Introductions/When It's Sleepy Time Down South; Hello Dolly; Rockin' Chair; Boy from New Orleans; Mack the Knife; Royal Garden Blues; Mood Indigo; A Kiss to Build a Dream On; Love for Sale; It's Alri...
Artists: Tommy Gwaltney/Louis Armstrong/Tyree Glenn

Pete Seeger (Folk Singer): The Complete Bowdoin College Concert 1960 [Digipak]

CD / Smithsonian Folkways Recordings / 2012-04-17

Tracks: Goofing Off Suite - Opening Theme; Penny'S Farm; He Lies In the American Land; Deep Blue Sea; Hieland Laddie; Oh, Riley; Banjo Medley: Cripple Creek/Old Joe Clark/Old Dan Tucker; Summertime; D-Day Do...
Artists: Pete Seeger (Folk Singer)

Personnel: Pete Seeger (vocals, 12-string guitar, banjo).

Recording information: Pickard Theater, Bowdoin College (03/13/1960).

Editor: Peter Seitel.

Photographer: Diana Davies....continue...

Los Tres Reyes: Romancing the Past *

CD / Smithsonian Folkways Recordings / 2012-03-27

Tracks: Aventurera; Mis Flores Negras; Locura; Lunar De María, El; Decídete; Extravío; Odiame; Jacarandosa; Qué Impaciencía; Déjame Solo; Homenaje a Los Panchos Medley: Contigo/...
Artists: Los Tres Reyes

Audio Mixer: Pete Reiniger.

Recording information: Blue Cat Studio, San Antonio, TX.

Photographers: Mauricio Ramirez; Daniel E. Sheehy.

Translator: Juan Díes....continue...

Quetzal (Latin): Imaginaries [Digipak] *

CD / Smithsonian Folkways Recordings / 2012-02-28

Tracks: 2+0+1+2=Cinco [2+0+1+2=Five]; Imaginaries; Estoy Aquí [I Am Here]; Time Will Tell; Luz y Miel [Light and Honey]; Witness; Tragafuegos [Fire Breathers]; Duérmete [Go to Sleep]; Dreamers, Sch...
Artists: Quetzal (Latin)

Audio Mixer: Pete Reiniger.

Liner Note Author: Russell Rodriguez.

Recording information: Coney Island Studios, Glendale, CA.

Director: Richard James Burgess.

Photographer: ...continue...

Chip Taylor: Golden Kids Rules [Digipak]

CD / Smithsonian Folkways Recordings / 2011-10-18

Tracks: Golden Kids' Rules; I'm Just Thinkin' About What I'm Thinkin' About; Quarter Moon Shining; Big Ideas; Magical Horse; Daddy Is a Red Sox Fan/Mommy Is a Yankee Fan; Kids to Save the Planet; Did You Hea...
Artists: Chip Taylor

Audio Mixer: Huck Bennert.

Liner Note Authors: Jon Voight; Jeff Place; Chip Taylor AKA James Wesley Voight.

Recording information: Dubway Studios, New York, NY; Soul City Studios, Mamaro...continue...

Los Hermanos Lovo: ¡Soy Salvadoreño!

CD / Smithsonian Folkways Recordings / 2011-09-13

Tracks: Carnaval de Mi Tierra [The Carnival of My Land], El; Salvadoreña [The Salvadoran Woman], La; Amapulapa; Así Somos Nosotros [That's How We Are]; Delincuente [The Delinquent], El; Canto a Mi ...
Artists: Los Hermanos Lovo

Audio Mixer: Pete Reiniger.

Photographer: Michael G. Stewart....continue...

Grupo Cimarron de Cuba/Cimarron!: ¡Cimarrón! Joropo Music From the Plains of Colombia *

CD / Smithsonian Folkways Recordings / 2011-07-26

Tracks: Joropo Quitapesares [Joropo Quitapesares]; Vine A Defender Lo Mío [I Came To Defend My Own]; Cimarrón [The Wild Bull], El; Zumbaquezumba Tramao [Planned Zumbaquezumba]; Llanero Siente Y Lam...
Artists: Grupo Cimarron de Cuba/Cimarron!

Tom Glazer: A Treasury of Civil War Songs *

CD / Smithsonian Folkways Recordings / 2011-04-26

Tracks: John Brown's Body; Battle Hymn of the Republic; Dixie; Maryland, My Maryland; Yellow Rose of Texas, The; Bonnie Blue Flag, The; Upidee; Goober Peas; All Quiet Along the Potomac; Tenting on the Old Ca...
Artists: Tom Glazer

Personnel: Tom Glazer (vocals, guitar); Tom Gibney (vocals, guitar, banjo, autoharp, pennywhistle); Kemp Harris (vocals, piano); Patty Gibney, Pam Goff, Jackie Spector, Eileen Gibney (vocals).

...continue...

Dan Milner: Civil War Navy Songs *

CD / Smithsonian Folkways Recordings / 2011-04-05

Tracks: Fight of the Hatteras and Alabama; Jamestown Homeward Bound; Farragut's Ball; Florida's Cruise, The; Old Virginia Lowlands, Low, The; Blockade Runner, The; Bold Privateer, The; A Yankee Man-of-War; S...
Artists: Dan Milner

Audio Mixers: Dan Milner; Gabriel Donohue.

Liner Note Authors: James Bradford; Dan Milner.

Recording information: BBC Radio, Lancashire; Cove Island Productions, Hawthorne, NJ; Signature...continue...

Various Artists: Jazz: The Smithsonian Anthology [Box]

CD / Smithsonian Folkways Recordings / 2011-03-29

Tracks: Maple Leaf Rag - Dick Hyman; In Gloryland; Livery Stable Blues; Dipper Mouth Blues - King Oliver's Creole Jazz Band; Stampede, The; Black Bottom Stomp; Singin' the Blues (Till My Daddy Comes Home); B...
Artists: Various Artists

Liner Note Authors: George E. Lewis; Digby Fairweather; Ed Berger; Jose Bowen; Jeffrey Taylor; Bruce Boyd Raeburn; Willard Jenkins; Terry Teachout; John Szwed; John McDonough ; Gene Lees; Gunther Schu...continue...

Ella Jenkins: A Life of Song *

CD / Smithsonian Folkways Recordings / 2011-02-22

Tracks: Pick a Bale of Cotton; One Two Three O'Leary; Calling a Square Dance; Black Royalty; Little Sally Walker; Cotton-Eyed Joe; I Want to Be Ready; He's Got the Whole World in His Hands; Swing Low, Sweet ...
Artists: Ella Jenkins

Audio Mixer: Pete Reiniger.

Liner Note Authors: Ella Jenkins; Patricia Shehan Campbell; Lonnie Bunch.

Recording information: Chicago Recording Company, Chicago, IL.

Photographers:...continue...

Elizabeth Mitchell: Sunny Day [Digipak]

CD / Smithsonian Folkways Recordings / 2010-10-05

Tracks: Sunny Day; Shoo Lie Loo; Mr. Rabbit; Ooki Na Kuri No Ki No Shita De [Under The Big Chestnut Tree]; Keep On The Sunny Side - (featuring Amy Helm); Lovely Day; Reggae In The Fields; Ong Tal Sam [Little...
Artists: Elizabeth Mitchell

Liner Note Authors: Elizabeth Mitchell; Amanda Blake Soule.

Recording information: Dubway, New York, NY (2006-2009); DZ, Brooklyn, NY (2006-2009); Excello Recording, Brooklyn, NY (2006-2009); K...continue...

Ola Belle Reed: Rising Sun Melodies [Digipak] *

CD / Smithsonian Folkways Recordings / 2010-08-03

Tracks: I've Endured; Ola Belle's Blues; Springtime of Life; Bonaparte's Retreat; Foggy Mountain Top; Fortunes; High on the Mountain; Sweet Evalina; Sing Me a Song; Tear Down the Fences; My Epitaph; Look Dow...
Artists: Ola Belle Reed

Liner Note Author: Jeff Place.

Recording information: Smithsonian Festival of American Folklore (07/03/1972-06/18/1976); Smithsonian Festival of American Folklore (1976-1978).

Editor: Ca...continue...

Various Artists: Classic Sounds of New Orleans

CD / Smithsonian Folkways Recordings / 2010-07-27

Tracks: Just a Little While To Stay Here; Shine-Hambone - Shoeshine Boy/Hambone; Tiger Rag - Freddie L. Small; Blackberries! - Dora Bliggen; Red White and Blue Got the Golden Band; Times Done Changed - Siste...
Artists: Various Artists

Liner Note Author: Robert H. Cataliotti.

Recording information: 1946-1980.

Photographers: Andrew Morgan ; Alden Ashforth; Robert H. Cataliotti; Charles McNett Jr.; David Wyckoff; Ralph R...continue...

John Jackson: Rappahannock Blues *

CD / Smithsonian Folkways Recordings / 2010-06-15

Tracks: Rocks and Gravel; Too Tight Rag; Candy Man; Truckin' Little Baby; Railroad Bill; Nobody's Business (If I Do); Don't You Want to Go Up There [Also known as "In My Father's House"]; Year Clayton Delane...
Artists: John Jackson

Liner Note Authors: Barry Lee Pearson; Jeff Place.

Recording information: The Barns Of Wolf Trap (06/24/1981); The Barns Of Wolf Trap (06/25/1981); The Barns Of Wolf Trap (06/29/1975); The Barn...continue...

Various Artists: Music of Central Asia, Vol. 9: In the Footsteps of Babur

CD / Smithsonian Folkways Recordings / 2010-03-30

Tracks: Solo on the Santur: Raga Vachaspati; Raga Kirwani; Dhun: Misra Kirwani; Zuhal's Song; Alap on the Afghan Rubab: Raga Bhupali; Jammu and Kashmir; Bilak Uzuk [Bracelet]; Ruboyat-I Vanj [Rubayat of Vanj...
Artists: Various Artists

Personnel: Rahul Sharma (santur); Salar Nader (tabla).

Recording information: Skywalker Sound, Nicasio, CA; Studios Babel, Paris, France.

Photographers: Sebastien Schutyser; Jay Blakesbe...continue...

Various Artists: Music Of Central Asia, Vol. 7: In The Shrine Of The Heart: Popular Classics From Bukhara And Beyond

CD / Smithsonian Folkways Recordings / 2010-03-30

Tracks: Galdir [Fool of God]; Ranoni Gördim [I Saw Rano]; Khosh Parda Suvora; Qushtar [Double Strings]; Chargoh; Birallaim [My Only God]; Muqaddima [Introduction]; Torghay [Lark]; Qoilman [I Am Enchante...
Artists: Various Artists

Personnel: Dilbarjan Bekturdyeva (vocals, saz, accordion); Mahmudjon Tojibaev, Farhod Davletov (vocals, tar); Nâdira Pirmatova, Nasiba Omonboeva (vocals); Nabidjan Kadirov (violin).

Liner ...continue...

Homayun Sakhi/Fargana Qasimova/Kronos Quartet/Alim Qasimov: Music Of Central Asia, Vol. 8: Rainbow *

CD / Smithsonian Folkways Recordings / 2010-03-30

Tracks: Rangin Kaman; Köhlen Atim [My Spirited Horse]; Mehriban Olaq; Getme, Getme [Don't Go Away, Don't Go Away]; Leyla; Qashlarin Kamandir [Your Eyebrows Are Bow-like]; Bonus Material
Artists: Homayun Sakhi/Fargana Qasimova/Kronos Quartet/Alim Qasimov

Personnel: Fargana Qasimova (vocals, daf); Alim Qasimov (vocals, daf); David Harrington, John Sherba (violin); Rauf Islamov (kamancha); Hank Dutt (viola); Jeffrey Zeigler (cello); Salar Nader (tabla);...continue...

Sarah Lee Guthrie & Family/Sarah Lee Guthrie: Go Waggaloo [Digipak]

1 CD / Smithsonian Folkways Recordings / 2009-10-27

Tracks: Don't Fit in My Daddy Shoes?; Go Waggaloo; Take Me to Show-and-Tell; Bright Clear Day; 'Cuz We're Cousins; Oh How He Lied; Big Moon; Fox and the Goose; If Mama Had Four Hands; Big Square Walkin'; She...
Artists: Sarah Lee Guthrie & Family/Sarah Lee Guthrie

Introduction by: Arlo Guthrie.

Photographer: Amanda Kowalski.

Like fellow troubadour turned children's music innovator Dan Zanes, singer/songwriter Sarah Lee Guthrie threw her hat into t...continue...

The New Lost City Ramblers: 50 Years: Where Do You Come from, Where Do You Go? [Box] *

3 CD / Smithsonian Folkways Recordings / 2009-08-25

Tracks: Colored Aristocracy; Hopalong Peter; Don't Let Your Deal Go Down; When First Unto This Country; Sales Tax on the Women; Rabbit Chase; Leaving Home; How Can a Poor Man Stand Such Times and Live?; Fran...
Artists: The New Lost City Ramblers

Composer: Tracy Schwarz.

Personnel: Mike Seeger (vocals, tenor, guitar, banjo, dulcimer, autoharp, mandolin, fiddle, harmonica); Tom Paley (vocals, tenor, guitar, banjo, autoharp, mandolin); Tr...continue...

Various Artists: Blodeugerdd Song of the Flowers

1 CD / Smithsonian Folkways Recordings / 2009-07-28

Tracks: Y'deryn Pur - Mary Hopkin; Estampie Yr Ehedydd [the Lark's Estampie] - Helen Wilding/Anne Summers; Ym Mhontypidd Mae'nghariad [My Lover Is in Ponypridd]; Tôn Cân [Pensylvania Song Tune]/Hof...
Artists: Various Artists

Wales, a country as ancient as it is forward-looking, boasts a wealth of contemporary musicians who harvest the best of their past to craft an...continue...
Personnel: Mary Hopkin (vocals, guitar); Chris Jones (vocals, harp); Sille Ilves, Christine Cooper (vocals, fiddle); Daniel Huws, Max Boyce (vocals); Martin Leamon, Chris Grooms, Nial Cain (guitar); L...continue...

Ossie Davis: A Voice Ringing O'er the Gale! The Oratory of Frederick Douglass *

1 CD / Smithsonian Folkways Recordings / 2009-06-30

Tracks: What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July; What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July; If There Is No Struggle, There Is No Progress; Plea for Freedom of Speech, A; Why I Became a Women's Rights Man
Artists: Ossie Davis

Audio Remasterers: Pete Reiniger; Will Chase.

Author: Paul Laurence Dunbar.

Introduction by: Robert H. Cataliotti.

Photographer: Ruby Dee.

There are no sound recordings of ...continue...

Maestros Del Jorapo Oriental: Y Que Viva Venezuela! Maestros del Jorop

1 CD / Smithsonian Folkways Recordings / 2009-06-30

Tracks: Canario [the Canary] [Joropo Con Estribillo], El; Amanecer [Joropo Con Estribillo], El; Media Diana [the Media Diana] [Golpe Oriental Con Estribillo], La; Tres Notas [the Three Notes] [Joropo Con Es...
Artists: Maestros Del Jorapo Oriental

Personnel: Hernando Marin, Luis Marquez (vocals); Aquiles Baez, Carlos Valderrama (guitar); José "Chito" Martínez (maracas).

Audio Mixer: Pete Reiniger.

Recording information: ...continue...

Los Texmaniacs/Los Texmanicas: Borders y Bailes

1 CD / Smithsonian Folkways Recordings / 2009-06-30

Tracks: Marina [Canción-Polka]; Mover el Bote [Shake Your Booty], A; Redova; Prieta Casada [the Married Dark Woman] [Canción-Polka], La; Canción Mixteca [Mixtec Song]; Circo, El; Lucerito [Bri...
Artists: Los Texmaniacs/Los Texmanicas

Los Texmaniacs: Max Baca (vocals, bajo sexto); David Farias (vocals, accordion); Oscar Garcia (string bass); Lorenzo Martínez (drums).

Los Texmaniacs/Los Texmanicas: Max Baca (guitar); Dav...continue...

Various Artists: Maitei America: Harps of Paraguay

1 CD / Smithsonian Folkways Recordings / 2009-05-19

Tracks: Llegada - Arrival; Piririta - Piririta; Isla Saka - Isla Saka; Little Harp Music Box/ Angelita's Dream - Cajita De Arpa/Sueno De Angelita; Ykua Potero - Ykua Potero; Third Of May, The - Tres De Mayo;...
Artists: Various Artists

Son de Madera: Son de Mi Tierra *

1 CD / Smithsonian Folkways Recordings / 2009-04-21

Tracks: Las Poblanas; La Totolita; Torito Abajeno; Los Villanos; Cascabel; Jarabe Loco; Pajaro Carpintero; Petenera; Siquisiri; La Bamba; Buscapies; Toro Zacamandu; Trompito
Artists: Son de Madera

Audio Mixer: Pete Reiniger.

Recording information: Pitaya Estudios, Coatepec, Mexico.

Photographer: Alex Solca.

Translator: Cristina Altamira.

Son de Madera hail from the M...continue...

Pete Seeger (Folk Singer): American Favorite Ballads, Vols. 1-5 [Box]

5 CD / Smithsonian Folkways Recordings / 2009-04-21

Tracks: John Henry [I'm Gonna Die with a Hammer in My Hand] [John Henry Blues] [Steel Driving Man] [Death of John Henry]; Shenandoah [the Rolling River] [the Wide Missouri]; Blue-Tailed Fly (Jimmie Crack Cor...
Artists: Pete Seeger (Folk Singer)

Adapter: John A. Lomax.

Personnel: Pete Seeger (vocals, 12-string guitar, banjo).

Liner Note Authors: Guy Logsdon; Jeff Place; Pete Seeger .

Recording information: New York, NY....continue...

Various Artists: Classic Protest Songs from Smithsonian Folkways

1 CD / Smithsonian Folkways Recordings / 2009-03-24

Tracks: Freedom Now Chant - Mass Meeting Participants In Hattiesburg, MS; Jesus Christ - Woody Guthrie; Bourgeois Blues - Leadbelly; Black, Brown, And White - Big Bill Broonzy; Baby, I've Been Thinking - Jan...
Artists: Various Artists

Personnel: Liz Getz, Larry Estridge, Claudia Jane Berger, Gil Turner, Delores Dixion, Guy Carawan, Happy Traum, Bob Cohen, Agnes "Sis" Cunningham, Jack Hardy, Janis Ian, Leadbelly, Pablo Menendez, Pet...continue...

Dan Milner: Irish Pirate Ballads and Other Songs of the Sea

1 CD / Smithsonian Folkways Recordings / 2009-02-10

Tracks: Ten Thousand Miles Away; Ballad of O Bruadair/Out on the Ocean, The; Saucy Ward; Captain Coulston; Granuaile; Get Up, Jack, John, Sit Down/Miss Thronton's; Flying Cloud, The; Larry Maher's Big 5-Gall...
Artists: Dan Milner

Pirates, shanghaiers, slavers, and smugglers are just some of the central characters in this album of lusty, authentic maritime songs; others are ardent patriots, hard-pressed...continue...
Personnel: Dan Milner (vocals); John Doyle (vocals, guitar, bouzouki); Mick Moloney (vocals, tenor banjo, mandolin); Mick Maloney, Robbie O'Connell, Susan McKeown (vocals); Joanie Madden (whistling, f...continue...

Gerry Axelrod: Turtles and Snakes and Snowstorms *

CD / Smithsonian Folkways Recordings / 2009-01-01

Artists: Gerry Axelrod

Various Artists: Songs & Dances of Brazil

CD / Smithsonian Folkways Recordings / 2009-01-01

Artists: Various Artists

The Music was recorded at Mar Grande in Itaparica, which is the largest island in the bay of Salvador. Its southeastern coast stretches form the...continue...

Jean Brannon: Blacks in the American Revolutionary War

CD / Smithsonian Folkways Recordings / 2009-01-01

Artists: Jean Brannon

Recorded on the eve of the 200th anniversary of the American revolutionary war, Jean Brannon highlights the indispensable role that black men—both slaves and free—played...continue...

Guy Carawan: This Little Light of Mine, Vol. 3

CD / Smithsonian Folkways Recordings / 2009-01-01

Artists: Guy Carawan

Personnel: Guy Carawan (vocals, guitar, banjo, dulcimer)....continue...

Lionel Hampton: Jazz Man for All Seasons

CD / Smithsonian Folkways Recordings / 2009-01-01

Artists: Lionel Hampton

Since his childhood as a percussionist in the Chicago Defender Boys' Band and his work with Louis Armstrong and Benny Goodman, Lionel Hampton's drumming and...continue...
Personnel: Lionel Hampton (vibraphone)....continue...

Barry Hall: Virtuoso 5-String Banjo

CD / Smithsonian Folkways Recordings / 2009-01-01

Artists: Barry Hall

Personnel: Barry Hall (trumpet)....continue...

Pete Seeger (Folk Singer): Indian Summer [Original Soundtrack]

CD / Smithsonian Folkways Recordings / 2009-01-01

Tracks: Indian Summer; Horizontal Lines; Many-Colored Paper, The; Country Fiddle, The
Artists: Pete Seeger (Folk Singer)

Pete Seeger and Mike Seeger composed and performed the music for the soundtrack to Indian Summer, singing and playing fiddle, five-string banjo, guitar, twelve-string guitar,...continue...
Personnel: Pete Seeger (vocals, guitar, banjo).

Recording information: 1959-1960.

One of Pete Seeger's most non-traditional and interesting albums, Indian Summer contains the soundtracks...continue...

Kilby Snow: Country Songs and Tunes With Autoharp

CD / Smithsonian Folkways Recordings / 2009-01-01

Tracks: Molly Hare; Greenback Dollar; Wind and Rain; Budded Roses; Sourwood Mountain; Cannonball, The; Mean Women; Road That's Walked by Fools, The; Autoharp Special; I Will Arise; Old Crossroads, The; No Te...
Artists: Kilby Snow

Personnel: Kilby Snow (vocals, autoharp); Jimmie Rodgers Snow (vocals, guitar); Mike Seeger (banjo).

Recording information: 1966.

This is yet another production for the valuable Smithson...continue...

E.M. Von Hornbostel & the Berlin Phonogramm: Demonstration Collection of E.m. Von Hornbostel & the Berlin Phonogramm-archiv

CD / Smithsonian Folkways Recordings / 2009-01-01

Artists: E.M. Von Hornbostel & the Berlin Phonogramm

Various Artists: Music from the South, Vol. 1: Country Brass Bands

CD / Smithsonian Folkways Recordings / 2009-01-01

Artists: Various Artists

The fieldwork for this album sought to explore sources that would lead listeners back to the decades between the emancipation of the slaves in 1863...continue...