I’m Old But I'm Awfully Tough: Traditional Music of the Ozark Region is a collection of field recordings made in southern Missouri and in northern Arkansas over the period of 1975–76 by members of the Missouri Friends of the Folk Arts. The singers, instrumentalists, and storytellers who appear on these recordings reveal the variety and richness of the folk traditions in the Ozark region, from unaccompanied fiddling and banjo to Child Ballads and sung hymns. Many of these tunes and songs are only available on these recordings and none of these performers had appeared on record before its original release in 1977. Liner notes detail extensive history of the region, its music, and the songs featured on the compilation.

Chaim Teicher’s sole album under his own name is a collection of sparse, unconventional arrangements of Jewish cantorial singing. Originally released in 1970 when Teicher was 26 years old, he dedicated the release to “the hopes of all children.” Featuring Teicher’s full-throated tenor intoning over minimalist organ and piano accompaniment, the innate drama of liturgical singing is on full display.

Clyde “Kindy” Sproat dedicated his life to the music of his native Hawaiʻi, developing a repertoire of over 400 songs from the islands dating back to the late 19th century. He was a National Heritage Fellow, and was widely recognized as one of Hawaiian music’s great song keepers. Smithsonian Folkways has acquired two albums by Sproat: Clyde Halemaʻumaʻu Sproat Sings Songs and Stories of Hawaiʻi includes a selection of songs and stories recorded in front of a live audience at the Honolulu Academy of Arts in 1993.

Nā Mele Kupuna was released later in his career in 2004. Both albums feature a broad range of songs from throughout Hawaiian history, accompanied by storytelling, giving additional context to the songs and their origins.

Windcalling was self-released by prolific folk musician Gordon Bok in 2023, and features a selection of previously-unreleased recordings from the 1970s–2020s. Bok performs original and traditional songs, many of which have his characteristic ties to seafaring voyages and human beings’ relationship to great bodies of water. This album, including collaborators from across the globe, was recorded in studios, concert halls, and homes from Rockport, Maine to Stanthorpe, Australia. The album joins the vast collection of Bok’s music in the Smithsonian Folkways collection on Folk-Legacy and Timberhead Records.