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Guy Hughes Carawan Jr. (July 28, 1927 – May 2, 2015) was an American folk musician and musicologist.He served as music director and song leader for the Highlander Research and Education Center in New Market, Tennessee.
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.
Below is a list of awards, accolades, and recognitions that Smithsonian Folkways and its collection of labels have won throughout their existence. Grammy Awards [1
Woody Guthrie Sings Folk Songs is a remastered compilation album of American folk songs sung by legend Woody Guthrie accompanied by Lead Belly, Cisco Houston, Sonny Terry, and Bess Lomax Hawes originally recorded for Moses Asch in the 1940s and re-released in 1989 by Folkways Records.
Released in 2005, Folkways: The Original Vision (Woody and LeadBelly) is an expanded rerelease of the 1989 album Folkways: The Original Vision, created by Smithsonian Folkways to document the origins of the Folkways Records label. The rerelease was created on the 15th anniversary of the original album, and included enhanced liner notes and six ...
Jeff Place – Lead Belly: The Smithsonian Folkways Collection (Smithsonian Folkways) Ted Olson – Portrait of an American Singer (Tennessee Ernie Ford) (Bear Family) Ryan Barna – Songs of the Night: Dance Recordings, 1916–1925 (Joseph C. Smith's Orchestra) (Archeophone)
They also made two records for Folkways Records Old Time Music at Clarence Ashley's, Vol. 1 and Old Time Music at Clarence Ashley's, Vol. 2. At the time of the earliest recordings, Watson did not even own an acoustic guitar and was playing electric guitar in a local rockabilly band.
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.