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Artist Title Release Year
Various Artists Music Boxes, Carousels, and Old Hand Organs: A Fairyland Fantasy of Music 1950
Various Artists Music of the Sioux and the Navajo 1949
Various Artists Traditional Folk Dances of Japan 1959
Various Artists Religious Music of Asia 1967
Various Artists Christmas Songs of Portugal 1955
The Creole Belles with Andrew Carrière Cajun and Creole Traditional Music 2008
Leadbelly Leadbelly Sings Folk Songs 1989
Woody Guthrie and Lead Belly Folkways: The Original Vision 2005
Various Artists Bells and Winter Festivals of Greek Macedonia 2002
Guitar Slim and Jelly Belly Carolina Blues 1962
Leadbelly Easy Rider: Leadbelly Legacy, Vol. 4 1953
The Choir of the Bella Vista Children's Home Villancicos: Spanish Christmas Songs for Children 1967
Leadbelly Leadbelly's Legacy, Vol. 3: Early Recordings 1951
Ola Belle Reed Rising Sun Melodies 2010
Ola Belle and Bud Reed with Kevin Roth All in One Evening 1978
Ola Belle Reed My Epitaph 1976
Various Artists They All Played for Us: Arhoolie Records 50th Anniversary Celebration 2013
Various Artists Music of Haiti, Vol. 1: Folk Music of Haiti 1951
Various Artists The CooP: Fast Folk Musical Magazine (November 1982, Vol. 1, No. 10): Women in Song 1982
Various Artists The CooP: Fast Folk Musical Magazine (April 1983, Vol. 2, No. 3): Humor in Song 1983
The Andreyev Balalaika Ensemble, Mark Selivan Around the Samovar 1964
Various Artists Smithsonian Folkways American Roots Collection 1996
Various Artists Classic Blues from Smithsonian Folkways 2003
Pete Seeger The Complete Bowdoin College Concert, 1960 2012
Mickey Miller Mickey Miller Sings American Folk Songs 1959
Various Artists Music Down Home: An Introduction to Negro Folk Music, U.S.A. 1965
Cue Recordings Studio, Mel Kaiser Documentary Sounds, Vol. 1 1962
Memphis Slim The Folkways Years 1959-1973 2000
Various Artists Classic Blues from Smithsonian Folkways, Vol. 2 2003
Various Artists Classic African-American Ballads from Smithsonian Folkways 2006
Various Artists Classic Railroad Songs from Smithsonian Folkways 2006
Various Artists Songs and Dances of Turkey 1955
Various Artists Classic African American Gospel from Smithsonian Folkways 2008
Various Artists Classic African American Songsters from Smithsonian Folkways 2014
George and Madeleine Brown The Story of the Music Box 1952
Paul Van Arsdale Dulcimer Heritage: Traditional Hammered Dulcimer Music From New York State 1983
Various Artists If You Ain't Got The Do-Re-Mi 2007
Various Artists Songs to Grow On, Vol. 3: This Land is My Land: American Work Songs 1951
Various Artists Field Trip-England 1959
Various Artists The CooP: Fast Folk Musical Magazine (June 1983, Vol. 2, No. 5): Love Songs 1983
Various Artists Down Home Saturday Night 2007
Various Artists Classic Protest Songs from Smithsonian Folkways 2009
Various Artists Here I Stand: Elders' Wisdom, Children's Song 1996
Various Artists Switzerland: Zäuerli, Yodel of Appenzell 1980
Memphis Slim Memphis Slim and the Real Honky Tonk: Piano Solos with Vocal 1960
Various Artists Ritual Music of Manipur 1960
Nancy Dupree Ghetto Reality 1969
Various Artists Wade in the Water, Vol. 3: African-American Gospel: The Pioneering Composers 1994
Lightning Hopkins The Gold Star Sessions, Vol. 1 1990
Various Artists The Music of New Orleans, Vol. 4: The Birth of Jazz 1959
Artist Title Release Year
Rivence "Swiss Box" with Eighteen Golden Bells Artist's Life 1950
Benjamin Sitting Up, Ellis Chips, drummers, dancers with bells Omaha Dance 1949
Rivence "Swiss Box" with Three Beautiful Silver Bells Girl I Left Behind Me 1950
Rivence "Swiss Box" with Three Beautiful Silver Bells Boccaccio's March 1950
Large group of male dancers accompanied by drums, flute, and bells Memburyu 1959
Bagpipers withs boys and men with costumes of bells Festival Parade at Kali Vrissi 2002
A male soloist with mixed chorus and accompanying bells Sao Chegados Os Trez Reis 1955
Hindu Brahmins drumming and ringing bells Jain Puja 1967
The Creole Belles with Andrew Carrière Medley Carrière 2008
The Creole Belles with Andrew Carrière Domino / Will Balfa Medley 2008
Creole Belles Joe Simien Special 2013
Sigbrien Bellis and Veneise Macelise Paulette (Romantic Song) 1951
The Belles of Hoboken Musical Prodigy 1982
Creole Belles Separation Waltz 2013
The Creole Belles with Andrew Carrière Bernadette 2008
The Creole Belles with Andrew Carrière Hee Haw / Scott Playboy Special 2008
The Creole Belles with Andrew Carrière Zydeco Tous Pas Tous 2008
The Creole Belles with Andrew Carrière Valse à Cathleen 2008
The Creole Belles with Andrew Carrière L'Homme Cajun Travaille'Si Dur 2008
The Creole Belles with Andrew Carrière Rêve de Soûlard 2008
The Creole Belles with Andrew Carrière Dimanche Après-Midi (Sunday Afternoon) 2008
Creole Belles Le Fond de Culottes / La Danse de La Misere 2013
The Belles of Hoboken Rags or Satin 1983
The Creole Belles with Andrew Carrière La Talle des Ronce 2008
The Creole Belles with Andrew Carrière Wade's Blues 2008
The Creole Belles with Andrew Carrière Tés Parents Ne Veulent Plus Me Voir 2008
The Andreyev Balalaika Ensemble, Mark Selivan Kolokol'chiki (Troika Bells Polka) 1964
Lead Belly Yellow Gal 1996
Lead Belly 4, 5, and 9 1996
Lead Belly John Henry 1997
Lead Belly Cowboy Song 1997
Lead Belly and Josh White Don't Lie Buddy 2003
Lead Belly The Titanic 2015
Lead Belly and Martha Ledbetter House of the Rising Sun 2015
Pete Seeger Bells of Rhymney 2012
Lead Belly Good, Good, Good (Talking, Preaching) / We Shall Walk Through the Valley 2015
Lead Belly Ain't You Glad (The Blood Done Signed My Name) 2015
Lead Belly Poor Howard 2015
Ola Belle Reed Foggy Mountain Top 2010
Huddie Ledbetter Take This Hammer 1965
The Choir of the Bella Vista Children's Home Ven a Belén 1967
The Choir of the Bella Vista Children's Home Gatatumba 1967
Leadbelly On A Monday 1989
Leadbelly Jean Harlow 1989
Lead Belly In the Pines 1996
Lead Belly Jolly O the Ransom 1994
Lead Belly I Ain't Gonna Drink Anymore 1994
Lead Belly Easy, Mr. Tom 1994
Lead Belly The Midnight Special 1994
Lead Belly Rock Island Line 1994
Artist Title Release Year
Lead Belly Lead Belly T-Shirt 2015
Lead Belly Lead Belly Sticker 2016
American Flag T-Shirt 2015
Worlds of Sound: The Story of Smithsonian Folkways (Book) 2008
Folkways Sticker Bundle – All Six Stickers 2016
Vinyl Bundle #3 with Bonus Folkways Slipmat 2019
Americana Stickers Bundle – Four Stickers 2016
Jake Blount Jake Blount The New Faith T-Shirt 2022
Title Release Year
Where Did You Sleep Last Night: Lead Belly Legacy Vol. 1 2009
Everything I Know, I Learned from Lead Belly, Folkways, and the Grey Goose | Smithsonian Folkways Magazine 2016
Songs to Make Winter Bright: Traditions of Singing at Christmas and Other Winter Holidays 2009
Rappahannock Blues: John Jackson | Smithsonian Folkways Magazine 2010
A Sound Legacy : Folkways Records at the Smithsonian 2009
Music in Poetry: Ballad and Blues Stanzas 2009
Woodrow Wilson “Woody” Guthrie 2012
Pete Seeger: American Folk Icon 2014
National Heritage Awards: Honoring Traditional Artists in the USA 2009
Mike Seeger: American Folk Revivalist and Historian 2009
You Are What You Hear | Smithsonian Folkways Magazine 2015
Catalog 2022
Musical Rhythms to Learn, Love, and Share 2015
Songs By and For Children: A Legacy of Children's Music | Smithsonian Folkways Magazine Unknown
Muslim Call to Prayer | Smithsonian Folkways Magazine 2014
Arhoolie Records- Discography 2020
Irwin Silber: A Life of Advocacy, Activism, and Service | Smithsonian Folkways Magazine 2010
Mission and History 2009
Peggy Seeger: A Life of Music, Love, and Politics 2017
Arhoolie Records- Credits 2020
Experimentalism and the ‘Whole World of Music’ | Smithsonian Folkways Magazine 2017
A Tribute to Samuel Gesser | Smithsonian Folkways Magazine 2010
Smithsonian Folkways Remembers Jean Ritchie (1922–2015) 2015
Elizabeth Mitchell: Keeping Things Simple | Smithsonian Folkways Magazine 2010
Staff and Leadership 2009
Other Notable Awards and Honors 2009
Monitor Records 2009
Education | Smithsonian Folkways Magazine 2016
Historia y Misión 2009
Award Winning Smithsonian Folkways Recordings for Children 2009
Independent Music Awards 2009
Appalachian Women Heritage Fellows | Smithsonian Folkways Magazine Unknown
Drum Sounds and Their Meanings 2009
Talking Feet Unknown
A Tribute to Pete Seeger (1919-2014) 2014
Arhoolie Records 2020
Lesson Plans 2009
GRAMMY Hall of Fame Unknown
Sharecropper's Troubadour: Songs of Solidarity in Hard Times | Smithsonian Folkways Magazine 2014
“Experimental” Music at Folkways Records | Smithsonian Folkways Magazine 2017
GRAMMY Award Nominations 2009
That's Why We're Marching: World War II and the American Folksong Movement 2009
Blue Ridge Music Hall of Fame 2009
Pete Seeger: Standing Tall | Smithsonian Folkways Magazine 2009
Worlds of Sound: The Ballad of Folkways: A documentary in association with Smithsonian Channel and Spark Media 2009
We Sing a Song: Folkways for children 2009
Artist Title Release Year
Dan Zanes Dan Zanes: Making'Lead Belly Baby!' [Interview Video] 2018
Jeff Place, Lead Belly Jeff Place on Lead Belly's Legacy [Interview Video] 2015
Martin Portillo, Marcelo Rojas, Alfredo Gryciuk, Ariel Burgos Martin Portillo and Marcelo Rojas- "Pájaro campana (The Bell Bird)" [Behind The Scenes Documentary] 2009
Lead Belly Phil Wiggins and Mark Puryear Discuss Lead Belly [Interview Video] 2015
Lead Belly Lead Belly: The Smithsonian Folkways Collection [Unboxing] 2015
Lead Belly NMAAHC Director Lonnie Bunch III Discusses Lead Belly [Interview Video] 2015
Lead Belly Was Lead Belly A Protest Singer? NMAAHC Director Lonnie Bunch III [Interview Video] 2015
Lead Belly The Making of Lead Belly: The Smithsonian Folkways Collection [Behind The Scenes Documentary] 2015
Valerie June, Lead Belly Valerie June- "Irene (Goodnight Irene)" [Live at the Kennedy Center | April 2015] 2015
Lead Belly Phil Wiggins and Mark Puryear- "The Midnight Special" [Live at Smithsonian Folkways | June 2015] 2015
Lead Belly Staff Picks- Atesh Sonneborn [Interview Video] 2011
Boukman Eksperyans Boukman Eksperyans Performance [Live at Smithsonian Folklife Festival 2010] 2010
Worlds of Sound: The Ballad of Folkways Documentary [Trailer from Smithsonian Channel] 2009
Valerie June 2015
Dan Zanes and Friends Dan Zanes and Friends- "Red Bird" [Official Music Video] 2017
Rosa Villanueva, Manuel Ceja Pasito Duranguense Dance demonstration 2011
Dan Zanes, Dan Zanes and Friends “Red Bird” by Dan Zanes and Friends 2017
Arlo Guthrie, Johnny Irion, Pete Seeger, Sarah Lee Guthrie, Sarah Lee Guthrie & Family Sarah Lee Guthrie & Family Discuss New Album'Go Waggaloo' [Interview Video] 2009
Anna & Elizabeth Anna & Elizabeth- "Ripest of Apples" [Official Music Video] 2018
MUSIC FOR THE PEOPLE- Worlds of Sound: The Ballad of Folkways [Trailer Video] 2009
Title Release Year
Belly Dance, USA: Music, Movement, and Arab-American Communities 2012
Braiding Rhythms: The Role of Bell Patterns in West African and Afro-Caribbean Music 2015
The Vocal Blues: Created in the Deep South of the U.S. 2010
Having Our Say: The Music of the Mardi Gras Indians 2013
Dança!: Movement and Music of Brazil 2010
An Exploration of Spanish Music and Dance Traditions 2016
Celebrating Trinidadian Steelband Music! 2010
The Birth of an Icon: Learning and Performing the Origins of the Drum Set and Early Jazz Drumming in New Orleans, Louisiana 2014
They're Ghana Love It!: Experiences with Ghanaian Music for Middle School General Music Students 2012
An Introduction to Irish Music 2010
Conjunto Music from South Texas 2010
Bonkers for Bailecitos in Bolivia 2013
West African Song and Chants: Children’s Music from Ghana 2012
Danish Music: Tall Tales, Melodies and Movement Unknown
From Tarantella to Tyrol: a Tour of Italian Folk Music 2012
Discovering the east of China: Chinese music in Elementary School 2012
Celebrate Cambodia: Khmer Festival and Wedding Music 2012
Spirits Across the Ocean: Yoruban and Dahomean Cultures in the Caribbean Brought by the Slave Trade 2016
Hootenanny, Hootin' Annie, Will You Dance with Me? Music of the American Folk Music Revival 2016
Catch the Calypso beat and put it on your feet! 2012
Bluegrass Music: Chopping and Singing Songs of Sorrow 2016
Caribbean Beats and Blends 2010