Happy 75th birthday to award-winning children’s musician Bobby Susser, who has worked to create music that seeks not only to entertain children, but to open their eyes to the world around them. …

In honor of the opening of the National Museum of African American History and Culture, we have curated a playlist of some of our favorite and most influential African American musicians from …

Smithsonian Folkways invites you to celebrate two big milestones for Ella Jenkins, “The First Lady of Children’s Music.” In honor of her 92nd birthday on August 6th and the 50th anniversary of the …

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 …

Thank you for your support this year and happy holidays! Your purchases and donations enable our nonprofit mission to continue. Here are a few gift recommendations for the 2015 holiday season. …

Smithsonian Folkways celebrates “the first lady of children’s music” Ella Jenkins’ 91st birthday with four album reissues:

I Know the Colors of the Rainbow, 1981 Looking Back and Looking Forward, 198 …

Today we celebrate the 80th birthday of English folksinger Shirley Elizabeth Collins. From 1959 to 1980, Collins recorded nineteen albums, including False True Lovers for Smithsonian Folkways in 1959. …

January 20 is the birthday of Huddie Ledbetter, better known as Lead Belly (c. 1888–1949). We’re celebrating with a new social media series, “Lead Belly: Song by Song,” in anticipation of the …