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- Rising Sun Melodies: the Influential Life and Music of Ola Belle Reed - Free Download | New Release
- Klezmer Supergroup The Brothers Nazaroff Revive "Yiddish Pendant to the Anthology of American Folk Music" (out 10/23/15) | Sneak Preview
- Smithsonian Folkways Remembers Henry Jacobs (1924–2015) | Tribute
- Klezmer Supergroup The Brothers Nazaroff Revive "Yiddish Pendant to the Anthology of American Folk Music" | New Release
- Smithsonian Folkways receives four GRAMMY nominations: Fannie Lou Hamer, Lead Belly, Mariachi Los Camperos de Nati Cano, and José-Luis Orozco | award
- Lead Belly: The Smithsonian Folkways Collection | Sneak Preview
- Now Available: New Orleans Brass Bands: Through the Streets of the City | New Release
- Will Oldham of Bonnie “Prince” Billy curates December People’s Picks Playlist | People’s Picks | Playlists
- Sneak Preview: A Tribute to Jack Hardy (out 3/11) | Sneak Preview
- A New Celebration of the National Music of the Virgin Islands: Stanley and the Ten Sleepless Knights to Release 'Quelbe!' on February 5th, 2016 | Sneak Preview
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Sneak Preview: A Tribute to Jack Hardy (out 3/11)
The late Jack Hardy, an influential folk singer-songwriter and founder of the Fast Folk record label and magazine, was a firm believer in the power of song as a form of communication. For him, folk music was more about the lyrics and the melody than the …
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Now Available: Quelbe!
Stanley Jacobs, bandleader of Stanley and the Ten Sleepless Knights, embraced quelbe music at a young age in the 1940s. “That’s all we knew,” says the St. Croix musician about the historically overlooked but more recently revered musical …
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Vinyl Reissue: Big Bill Broonzy Sings Folk Songs
We are thrilled to announce that the curated vinyl subscription service Vinyl Me, Please will reissue the classic 1962 Folkways album Big Bill Broonzy Sings Folk Songs as their February album. You can join today with no long-term commitments and receive this 1 …
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Now Available: Bahamian Rake-n-Scrape
Foremost traditional Bahamian bands Ophie & Da Websites and Bo Hog & Da Rooters are essential to the preservation of “rake-n-scrape” — the traditional dance music of The Bahamas. The rake-n-scrape sound is immediately recognizable by …
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Indie Pop Duo Sylvan Esso Curates January’s People’s Picks Playlist
Indie pop duo Sylvan Esso has garnered both critical and popular acclaim for their expert pairing of gentle folk vocals with textured electronic production, but Amelia Meath and Nick Sanborn are well acquainted with the folk tradition and the Smithsonian …
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Traditional Bahamian Dance Music: Ophie & Da Websites and Bo Hog & Da Rooters Release "Bahamian Rake-n-Scrape" on January 22nd, 2016
Foremost traditional Bahamian bands Ophie & Da Websites and Bo Hog & Da Rooters are essential to the preservation of “rake-n-scrape” — the traditional dance music of The Bahamas. The rake-n-scrape sound is immediately recognizable by …
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A New Celebration of the National Music of the Virgin Islands: Stanley and the Ten Sleepless Knights to Release 'Quelbe!' on February 5th, 2016
Stanley Jacobs, bandleader of Stanley and the Ten Sleepless Knights, embraced quelbe music at a young age in the 1940s. “That’s all we knew,” says the St. Croix musician about the historically overlooked but more recently revered musical …
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Will Oldham of Bonnie “Prince” Billy curates December People’s Picks Playlist
Will Oldham’s career has never strayed far from American folk mythology. Long before he was known as the offbeat troubadour of Palace Brothers, Palace Songs, Palace Music, and Bonnie “Prince” Billy fame, a seventeen-year-old Oldham was cast …
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Smithsonian Folkways receives four GRAMMY nominations: Fannie Lou Hamer, Lead Belly, Mariachi Los Camperos de Nati Cano, and José-Luis Orozco
Four Smithsonian Folkways releases earned nominations for the 58th GRAMMY Awards! The winners will be announced by The Recording Academy on February 15, 2016. Click here for the complete list of nominees.
¡Come Bien! Eat Right! José-Luis Orozco, …
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Happy 110th Birthday Moses Asch!
Wednesday, December 2, 2015, would have been the 110th birthday of Folkways Records founder Moses “Moe” Asch (1905–1986). This year we were proud to announce that the Moses and Frances Asch Collection, which includes the 2,168 albums of …
Most Popular News
- Rising Sun Melodies: the Influential Life and Music of Ola Belle Reed - Free Download | New Release
- Klezmer Supergroup The Brothers Nazaroff Revive "Yiddish Pendant to the Anthology of American Folk Music" (out 10/23/15) | Sneak Preview
- Smithsonian Folkways Remembers Henry Jacobs (1924–2015) | Tribute
- Klezmer Supergroup The Brothers Nazaroff Revive "Yiddish Pendant to the Anthology of American Folk Music" | New Release
- Smithsonian Folkways receives four GRAMMY nominations: Fannie Lou Hamer, Lead Belly, Mariachi Los Camperos de Nati Cano, and José-Luis Orozco | award
- Lead Belly: The Smithsonian Folkways Collection | Sneak Preview
- Now Available: New Orleans Brass Bands: Through the Streets of the City | New Release
- Will Oldham of Bonnie “Prince” Billy curates December People’s Picks Playlist | People’s Picks | Playlists
- Sneak Preview: A Tribute to Jack Hardy (out 3/11) | Sneak Preview
- A New Celebration of the National Music of the Virgin Islands: Stanley and the Ten Sleepless Knights to Release 'Quelbe!' on February 5th, 2016 | Sneak Preview