Other Notable Awards and Honors | Smithsonian Folkways Recordings

Smithsonian Folkways Recordings

Best Washington Area Record Company: 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2010, 2009

Playing ’Til Your Soul Comes Out! Music of Macedonia

48th Annual ASCAP Foundation Deems Taylor/Virgil Thomson Award, The Paul Williams “Loved the Liner Notes” Award for concert music

New Orleans Brass Bands: Through the Streets of the City

48th Annual ASCAP Foundation Deems Taylor/Virgil Thomson Award , The Paul Williams “Loved the Liner Notes” Award for pop music

Lead Belly: The Smithsonian Folkways Collection

2016 Living Blues Award for Best Blues Albums of 2015. Historical – Pre-war / Producer of the Year Historical Recording. Jeff Place and Robert Santelli / Readers’ Poll. Best Blues Album of 2015 (Historical Recording)

Classic African American Songsters

2015 Living Blues Award for Best Historical Post-War Album

Smithsonian Folkways Recordings

2014 Folk Alliance Elaine Weissman Lifetime Achievement Award

JAZZ: The Smithsonian Anthology

2013: International Book Award for Anthologies: Non-Fiction / Best of New England Award for Best Design /2014: Folk Alliance International Lifetime Achievement Award (to be awarded 2014)

Woody at 100

2013: American Association of Independent Music Award for Most Creative Packaging or Bundled Product / Art Directors Club of New Jersey Gold Award for Packaging / New England Book Show Award for Best in Category for General Trade Illustrated Book

Borderlands: Music of Central Asia Vol. 10

Wu Man and Master Musicians from the Silk Route

2013 ASCAP Deems Taylor Award for Liner Notes (by Rachel Harris)

Smithsonian Folkways Jazz Education Website

2012 Web Marketing Association’s WebAward for Outstanding Non-Profit Website
2012 W³ Silver Award: Education

Ralph Rinzler

2012 Inductee in the Independent Bluegrass Music Association International Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame
1987 Independent Bluegrass Music Association Distinguished Achievement Award

Music of Central Asia Series Vols. 7-9

Various Artists

2011 ASCAP Deems Taylor Award for Liner Notes on Vols. 7-9 (by Theodore Levin)

Smithsonian Global Sound for Libraries

2006 W³ Silver Award

¡Viva el Mariachi!: Nati Cano's Mariachi Los Camperos

Nati Cano's Mariachi Los Camperos

2003 Association for Independent Music Indie Award for Latin Album

Buck Ramsey: Hittin' the Trail

Buck Ramsey

2003 Wrangler Award for Outstanding Traditional Western Music Album from The Cowboy Hall of Fame & Western Heritage Museum® (43rd annual Western Heritage Awards)