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Playlist

Hidden Gems from Smithsonian Folkways

Playlist Info

Catalog Number

FPL10089

Duration

51:18

Year Published

2013

Agent(s)

Alec Guinness; Allen Ginsberg; John Gorka; Leonard Cohen; Louis Armstrong; Lucy Kaplansky; Ossie Davis; Red Allen; Shawn Colvin; Sir Edmund Hillary; Suzanne Vega; Tommy Gwaltney; Tyree Glenn

Genre(s)

African American Music; American Folk; Spoken Word

Folkways Suggests

ALBUMS

A Voice Ringing O'er the Gale! The Oratory of Frederick Douglass ...

Ossie Davis
Christian Poetry and Prose: Selected and Read by Alec Guinness

Alec Guinness
The Red Allen Tradition

Red Allen
In Memory of the Man: Dedicated to Lester Flatt

Red Allen
Live and Let Live

Red Allen

VIDEOS

"Baby Born Today" by Elizabeth Mitchell and Friends from The ...
Revitalizing Shashmaqâm: Court Music of Central Asia
In the Studio: ‘Camp Songs with Ella Jenkins and Friends’
Was Lead Belly a protest singer? A conversation with NMAAHC ...
"Down South Blues" by Dave Van Ronk from Down in Washington Square

PLAYLIST

From the Archives
Bluegrass
From the Archives
Peace Songs of the 1960s
From the Archives
Civil War Songs and Sounds
From the Archives
Sounds of the Civil Rights Movement
From the Archives
Ballad Songs from Smithsonian Folkways

LESSON PLANS

Lead Belly and His Legacy of Southern Song
Oh, John the Rabbit: From Story to Song
Songs, Sounds and Stories from the Georgia Sea Islands
Josh Thomas’ Roustabout: Exploring Composition Using Limited Tones
Singing for Justice: Following the Musical Journey of “This Little

ARTICLES

From the Archives
Say It Loud: African American Spoken Word
From the Archives
Irwin Silber: A Life of Advocacy, Activism, and Service | ...
From the Archives
Songs By and For Children: A Legacy of Children's Music | ...
From the Archives
A Grain of Sand: Music for the Struggle by Asians in America | ...
From the Archives
Bernice Johnson Reagon: Civil Rights song leader