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This is a selected list of Smithsonian Folkways musical artists. The artists here were compiled from the index of the book, Worlds of Sound by Richard Carlin, [1] and the featured artists listed on the Smithsonian Folkways website. [2] Not all of the artists listed here recorded exclusively for the Smithsonian Folkways label.
Smithsonian Folkways is the nonprofit record label of the Smithsonian Institution.It is a part of the Smithsonian's Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage, located at Capital Gallery in downtown Washington, D.C.
The set also contains 21 previously unreleased performances and six never-before-heard original songs, including Woody's first known—and recently discovered—recordings. It is an in-depth commemorative collection of songs, photos and essays released by Smithsonian Folkways in June 2012.
Many of these have been released by Smithsonian Folkways Recordings in various compilation albums throughout the last fifty years. Sorrels was a regular in the Utah folk scene in the late 1950s and early 1960s when she and her husband taught folk guitar classes at the University of Utah. [14]
Moses Asch (December 2, 1905 – October 19, 1986) was an American recording engineer and record executive. He founded Asch Records, which then changed its name to Folkways Records when the label transitioned from 78 RPM recordings to LP records.
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Folkways: The Original Vision, a 1989 album produced by Smithsonian Folkways documenting the origins of Folkways Records; Folkways: The Original Vision (Woody and LeadBelly), a 2005 expanded version of the 1989 album; Folkways: a study of the sociological importance of usages, manners, customs, mores, and morals, a 1906 book by William Graham ...