Smithsonian Folkways Recordings

Smithsonian Folkways Recordings

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Washington, D.C. / Smithsonian Folkways is the nonprofit record label of the Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage at the national museum of the United States.
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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.
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"
Woody Guthrie
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Woody Guthrie
Album Cover Tuesdays
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Album Cover Tuesdays
Blues
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Blues
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.
Ella Jenkins
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Ella Jenkins
Vintage Jazz
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Vintage Jazz
LGBT Pride Month
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LGBT Pride Month
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."
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.
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.
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.
I heart museums
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I heart museums / Love-struck objects, artifacts and artwork from the Smithsonian museums for #valentinesday
Hispanic Heritage Month
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Hispanic Heritage Month
Inspiration
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Inspiration
Music and Dance Instruction
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Music and Dance Instruction
Appalachia
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Appalachia
Babies!
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Babies!
Belly Dancing
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Belly Dancing
Bold Design
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Bold Design
Celebrating Black History Month
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Celebrating Black History Month
Children's Music
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Children's Music
Dance
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Dance
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."
Drama
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Drama
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
Elizabeth Mitchell - The Sounding Joy
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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
Elizabeth Mitchell & You Are My Flower
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Elizabeth Mitchell & You Are My Flower
Folkways T-shirts and Posters
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Folkways T-shirts and Posters
Historical
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Historical
Island Sounds
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Island Sounds
Lead Belly
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Lead Belly
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.
Listening Through the Ages
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Listening Through the Ages
Los Texmaniacs
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Los Texmaniacs
Music from Argentina
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Music from Argentina
Music from Armenia
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Music from Armenia
Music from Colombia
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Music from Colombia
Music from Germany
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Music from Germany
Music from Greece
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Music from Greece
Music from Haiti
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Music from Haiti
Music from Ireland
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Music from Ireland
Music from Italy
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Music from Italy
Music from the Middle East
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Music from the Middle East
Music about Pets
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Music about Pets
Music from Spain and Portugal
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Music from Spain and Portugal
Music from Russia
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Music from Russia
Nature Sounds
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Nature Sounds
New Releases from Smithsonian Folkways
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New Releases from Smithsonian Folkways
Oh, Canada
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Oh, Canada
On This Day
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On This Day
Poetic Utterances
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Poetic Utterances
Quetzal
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Quetzal
Ronald Clyne
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Ronald Clyne / Artist Ronald Clyne designed more than 500 album covers for Folkways Records between 1948 and 1986. Designs by Clyne and other artists are featured in "The Look of the Listen: The Cover Art of Folkways Records," an online exhibition produced in partnership with the University of Alberta. It can be viewed here: http://www.folkwaysalive.ualberta.ca/LookOfTheListen/main Read more about Clyne here: http://www.artspace.org.nz/exhibitions/2007/ronaldclyne.asp
Sacred Sounds
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Sacred Sounds
Songs of the Sea
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Songs of the Sea
Sound Effects!
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Sound Effects!
Superb Owls
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Superb Owls / Who cares about football "Superbowls" when you can enjoy these truly "Superb Owls" found across our collections of artifacts, artworks and archives
Tools for Teaching
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Tools for Teaching / Tools for Teaching from Smithsonian Folkways provides ideas and resources for educators to inspire their use of Folkways music from around the world. Information about these sounds and the cultures that create them are a valuable resource to courses in history, geography, language arts, social studies, visual arts-and of course music and dance.
The American Civil War
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The American Civil War
The Dust Busters
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The Dust Busters
The Sound of Science
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The Sound of Science
The Wild
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The Wild / Showcasing the diversity of the animal kingdom as represented across our museums, libraries and archives
Trees
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Trees
Vintage Album Covers
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Vintage Album Covers
Where to Connect With Us
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Where to Connect With Us
Women's History Month
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Women's History Month / Objects, artifacts and artworks from across our museums that tell the story of accomplished women and women's history
Are you ready for some football?
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Are you ready for some football? / Football-related artworks and artifacts from across our museums
Smiths-Ho-Ho-Ho-nian
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Smiths-Ho-Ho-Ho-nian / Christmas-related artifacts from our museums, research centers and archives