I discovered Smithsonian Folkways when I was a young songwriter, as “the label that Woody Guthrie was on.” In his biography, Bob Dylan wrote relentlessly about Woody's influence, and Woody's recordings, alongside blues (I love Lead Belly!) and untouched traditional music from around the world, were an intro to me into the cultural and archival work of Moses Asch, Ralph Rinzler, and their successors. Pulling 31 songs from over 60,000 recordings spanning several decades, this playlist only scratches the surface of an incredible audio legacy.