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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

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ALBUMS

Christian Poetry and Prose: Selected and Read by Alec Guinness

Alec Guinness
Interview with Sir Edmund Hillary: Mountain Climbing

Sir Edmund Hillary
In Memory of the Man: Dedicated to Lester Flatt

Red Allen
First Blues: Rags, Ballads and Harmonium Songs

Allen Ginsberg
Autobiography of Frederick Douglass, Vol. 2

Ossie Davis

VIDEOS

Sarah Lee Guthrie Discusses Her Book Go Waggaloo
"Don't You Leave Me Here (I'm Alabama Bound)" by Dave Van Ronk
"English is Crazy (English is Kuh-ray-zee)" by Pete Seeger for ...
Ed Sanders Recalls His Friendship with Harry Smith
Tom Wisner Interview on Chesapeake Lore and Poetry

PLAYLIST

From the Archives
Remembering Jean Ritchie
From the Archives
Bluegrass
From the Archives
Collection Spotlight: Virginia Traditions from Blue Ridge Institute
From the Archives
Women and Folk from Smithsonian Folkways
From the Archives
Ballad Songs from Smithsonian Folkways