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Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage

Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage

Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage

Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage

Washington, D.C.
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www.folklife.si.edu
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Smithsonian Folkways is the nonprofit record label of the national museum of the United States. Music of the people, by the people, and for the people.

Smithsonian Folkways Tribute to Pete Seeger, Citizen Artist

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Smithsonian Folkways Tribute to Pete Seeger, Citizen Artist / A once-in-a-lifetime gathering of musicians gave a stirring tribute to Pete Seeger at the 2014 Smithsonian Folklife Festival. / by Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage

Pete Seeger

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Pete Seeger / "When a crowd joins in on a chorus as though to raise the ceiling higher, then we know there is hope for the world" / by Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage

Woody Guthrie

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Woody Guthrie / by Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage

Album Cover Tuesdays

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Album Cover Tuesdays / by Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage

Blues

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Blues / by Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage

UNESCO

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UNESCO / The UNESCO Collection of Traditional Music, a pioneering effort to make the world’s musical heritage more widely known and appreciated, takes on new life starting April 29 with the release of more than 100 albums, including 12 previously unreleased recordings, spanning more than 70 nations. Two albums will be released each week for more than a year, and will be available on CD, digital download, streaming services, and by library subscription. / by Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage

Ella Jenkins

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Ella Jenkins / by Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage

Vintage Jazz

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Vintage Jazz / by Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage

LGBT Pride Month

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LGBT Pride Month / by Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage

The Seldom Scene

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The Seldom Scene / On April 22nd bluegrass group The Seldom Scene will release their first Folkways album "Long Time...Seldom Scene." / by Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage

Flaco & Max: Legends & Legacies

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Flaco & Max: Legends & Legacies / In the world of accordion-driven Texas-Mexican conjunto music, Leonardo “Flaco” Jiménez and Max Baca are at once pillars of the past and forgers of the future. Legends & Legacies spotlights these GRAMMY award-winning artists, each an inheritor of a musical legacy from his father and grandfather, and each a dynamic force of musical genius. / by Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage

Serenata Guayanesa

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Serenata Guayanesa / Serenata Guayanesa is much more than a music group: For over 40 years, it has been a cultural and social force in Venezuela. On September 2, 2014, Smithsonian Folkways will release Canta con Venezuela, a selection of newly recorded classics that exemplify why Venezuelans embrace Serenata Guayenesa and its music as part of themselves. / by Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage

Flags at Smithsonian Folkways

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Flags at Smithsonian Folkways / In celebration of Flag Day, Smithsonian Folkways has collected a variety of flags from throughout our collection to share and explore. / by Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage

I heart museums

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I heart museums / Love-struck objects, artifacts and artwork from the Smithsonian museums for #valentinesday / by Smithsonian

Hispanic Heritage Month

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Hispanic Heritage Month / by Smithsonian

Inspiration

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Inspiration / by Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage

Music and Dance Instruction

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Music and Dance Instruction / by Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage

Appalachia

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Appalachia / by Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage

Babies!

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Babies! / by Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage

Belly Dancing

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Belly Dancing / by Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage

Bold Design

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Bold Design / by Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage

Celebrating Black History Month

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Celebrating Black History Month / by Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage

Children's Music

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Children's Music / by Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage

Dance

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Dance / by Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage

Dave Van Ronk

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Dave Van Ronk / Called “The Mayor of MacDougal Street,” Dave Van Ronk was a leading figure in the Greenwich Village music scene for more than four decades. His autobiography inspired the Coen Brothers film "Inside Llewyn Davis." His legacy as a singer, guitarist, songwriter, and grand mentor of the folk and blues revivals is now collected in a 54-track, 3-disc set "Down in Washington Square: The Smithsonian Folkways Collection." / by Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage

Drama

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Drama / by Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage

Drumming Around the World

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Drumming Around the World / “Life is about rhythm. We vibrate, our hearts are pumping blood, we are a rhythm machine, that's what we are.”
- Mickey Hart / by Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage

Elizabeth Mitchell - The Sounding Joy

Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage

Elizabeth Mitchell - The Sounding Joy / "The Sounding Joy: Christmas Songs In and Out of the Ruth Crawford Seeger Songbook" is a spirited collection of folk carols drawn from Ruth Crawford Seeger’s 1953 songbook American Folk Songs for Christmas. Featuring Elizabeth Mitchell and a luminary list of her musical family, friends, and neighbors, this album celebrates the spirit of community and homespun traditions that existed in times before the commercialization of Christmas. #Folkways #Smithsonian #folk #Mitchell #holiday #Christmas / by Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage

Elizabeth Mitchell & You Are My Flower

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Elizabeth Mitchell & You Are My Flower / by Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage

Folkways T-shirts and Posters

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Folkways T-shirts and Posters / by Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage

Historical

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Historical / by Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage

Island Sounds

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Island Sounds / by Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage

Lead Belly

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Lead Belly / by Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage

Let the Games Begin

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Let the Games Begin / Do you have a favorite Olympic game? Here's a sampling of Olympics-related artwork, artifacts, exhibitions and articles from the Smithsonian. / by Smithsonian

Listening Through the Ages

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Listening Through the Ages / by Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage

Los Texmaniacs

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Los Texmaniacs / by Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage

Music from Argentina

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Music from Argentina / by Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage

Music from Armenia

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Music from Armenia / by Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage

Music from Colombia

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Music from Colombia / by Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage

Music from Germany

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Music from Germany / by Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage

Music from Greece

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Music from Greece / by Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage

Music from Haiti

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Music from Haiti / by Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage

Music from Ireland

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Music from Ireland / by Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage

Music from Italy

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Music from Italy / by Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage

Music from the Middle East

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Music from the Middle East / by Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage

Music about Pets

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Music about Pets / by Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage

Music from Spain and Portugal

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Music from Spain and Portugal / by Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage

Music from Russia

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Music from Russia / by Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage

Nature Sounds

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Nature Sounds / by Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage

New Releases from Smithsonian Folkways

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New Releases from Smithsonian Folkways / by Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage

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