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Artist Title Release Year
Various Artists Bongo, Backra and Coolie: Jamaican Roots, Vol. 2 1975
Various Artists Songs and Dances of Turkey 1955
Various Artists Music of the Jos Plateau and Other Regions of Nigeria 1965
Various Artists Songs of the Chippewa, Vol. 1: Minnesota Chippewa Game and Social Dance Songs 1977
Various Artists Music of South Arabia 1951
Various Artists Folk Music of the U.S.S.R. 1960
Various Artists Songs for ritual, entertainment, and dance from the Sena-speaking Tonga of Zimbabwe 1958
Various Artists The Demonstration Collection of E.M. von Hornbostel and the Berlin Phonogramm-Archiv 1963
Various Artists Music of Zaire, Vol. 2: Bodjaba, Bamwe, Djamba: Peoples of the Nigiri River 1973
Various Artists Music of the Cameroons 1961
Various Artists Modern Mayan: The Indian Music of Chiapas, Mexico, Vol. 1 1975
Various Artists Music from the Villages of Northeastern Nigeria 1971
Various Artists Mountain Music of Peru, Vol. 2 1994
Various Artists Caribbean Limbo Music 1963
Various Artists Roots of Black Music in America 1972
Various Artists Traditional Folk Dances of Japan 1959
Various Artists Indian Music of the Canadian Plains 1955
Various Artists Caribbean Folk Music, Vol. 1 1960
Various Artists Music of the Comoro Islands: Domoni 1982
Various Artists Music of the Magindanao in the Philippines 1955
Various Artists Honor the Earth Powwow: Songs of the Great Lakes Indians 1991
Various Artists Benin: Bariba and Somba Music 1976
Various Artists Dahomey Suite for Oboe and Piano with Documentary Recordings 1959
Various Artists Indian Music of Mexico 1952
Various Artists Africa: South of the Sahara 1957
Various Artists Utom: Summoning the Spirit 1997
Various Artists Calypso Awakening from the Emory Cook Collection 2000
Various Artists Burmese Folk and Traditional Music 1953
Various Artists Bulu Songs from the Cameroons 1954
Various Artists An Historical Album of Blackfoot Indian Music 1979
Various Artists Music of the Orient 1979
Various Artists Introducing American Folk Music 1993
Various Artists Traditional Music of Peru 1958
Various Artists Music of Indonesia 1961
Various Artists Negro Folk Music of Africa and America 1951
Various Artists Ritual Music of Manipur 1960
Various Artists Folk Music of Cuba 1995
Various Artists Traditional Music of Peru, Vol. 6: The Ayacucho Region 2001
Various Artists Music of the Sioux and the Navajo 1949
Various Artists Music of Thailand 1959
Various Artists Arabic and Druse Music 1956
Various Artists Music of Zaire, Vol. 1: Libinza: Peoples of the Ngiri River 1973
Various Artists Cult Music of Cuba 1949
Various Artists Mountain Music of Peru, Vol. 1 1991
Various Artists Mississippi Delta Blues Jam in Memphis, Vol. 1 1993
Various Artists Folk Music of the Western Congo 1952
Various Artists Tribal Music of India: The Muria and Maria Gonds of Madhya Pradesh 1983
Various Artists Indian Music of the Upper Amazon 1954
Various Artists Traditional Songs of the Western Torres Straits, South Pacific 1977
Various Artists Music of Vietnam 1965
Artist Title Release Year
St. Ann fife and drum band John Canoe Music 1975
St. Ann fife and drum band Ballerina / John Canoe Music 1975
Zurna (double reed instrument) player and davul (drum) player Zurna and Davul (Dance from Ankara) 1955
Orchestra with two duduks and drum Armenia: Folk Dance (Maralik) 1960
Chippewa pow-wow drum group in Ball Club, Leech Lake Reservation Migwitch Mahnomen 1977
Male singer accompanied by drum Wedding Song 1951
Itinerant workers playing drum, xylophone near Gwong village Beri-Beri: Xylophone Orchestra 1965
Bodjaba men with drum Popular Song in Honor of President Mobutu 1973
Female singer with duduk and drum Armenia: Folksong (Asor Arazy Es Gnatsam) 1960
S. Murira with group playing Matebe dza Mondoro mbiras and murumbi drum Nyamulosa chimbo cha Gotosa (The song of Gotosa, the Mondoro) 1958
Musicians playing flute, rattle, drum, Cameroon Instrumental Music 1963
Bafut villagers accompanied by small drum and musical rasp Song for the Grass Ceremony 1961
Group of singers and flute players with drum Flutes and Singers at Concurso Radio Broadcast, Huancayo 1994
Bura xylophone and drum group Music of the Bura People: Bura Dance Music 1971
Carranza trumpet choir with three trumpets, large and small drum Trumpet Choir, Carranza 1975
Five singers surrounding a drum Blood: Chicken Dance Song 1955
Male singer with guitar, fiddle, and drum Guitar, Fiddle, Man Sings at Concurso 1994
Hausa drum group Simpah 1972
Carib Drum Orchestra, Lord Melody Primitif 1963
Male dancers accompanied by one big drum Okubo Odori 1959
Singer accompanied by saw scraper and drum Heel and Toe Polka (The Bahamas) 1960
Male singer with duduk and drum Turkmen: Pakhtachi Gozel (Beautiful Cotton Picker) 1960
Ewe drum orchestra Atsiagbekor 1972
Cree man singing with drum War Dance Song 1963
Agung (gong), tambul (cylindrical drum), and dabakan (tubular drum) players Tagunggo' Rhythm 1955
Women singing with tari drum Tari Song 1982
LCO Soldiers' Drum Ojibway Air Force Song 1991
Zurna (double reed instrument) player and davul (drum) player Zurna and Davul (Dance from Ankara) 1955
Five singers surrounding a drum Blood: Grass Dance Song 1955
Male voices with drum, sticks, and sansas Ibo 1959
Bariba talking-drum ensemble A Poor Man Has No Country 1976
Three Fires Society Drum Intertribal Dance Song 1991
Bedouin singer accompanied by flute and drum Dance 1951
Chippewa pow-wow drum group in Onigum, Leech Lake Reservation Outdoor Pow Wow 1977
Ibo drum ensemble; Ibo drum orchestra and festival participants Ibo: Drummers and Dancers / National Celebration 1965
Yaqui musician simultaneously playing flute and drum Yaqui- Pascola Dance 1952
Boungomo woman with female chorus and drum Boungomo Song 1957
T'boli gong and drum ensemble Sendulug (Utom sendulug) 1997
Powwow drum groups at North American Indian Days, Browning, Montana War or Grass Dance Songs (Excerpts) 1979
Steel drum tuner Tuning of a Pingpong 2000
Two women playing Bamboula drum with singers Virgin Islands: Bamboula Dance 1954
Young boy singing with musical bow and drum Pit Violin 1961
St. Paul American Indian Club drum group Inside Gathering 1977
Male voices, drum rattles and singing horn Secret Society Initiation Song 1954
Burmese circle drum, royal drum, gong, and oboe players Si Daw 1953
Female vocalist accompanied by sārangī and drum Meerut, Sang "Raga Bhairavī" 1979
Wives of the Fon accompanied by drum, rattle, and wooden rasp Njung (Social Song and War Cry) 1961
Burmese short drum, gong, oboe players Do Butt 1953
Chunchus musicians playing flute and drum Chunchus Pasacalle 1958
Male voices with percussion, talking drum, stringed instrument Yoruba 1959
Artist Title Release Year
Title Release Year
The Birth of the Drum Set | Smithsonian Folkways Magazine 2015
Drum Sounds and Their Meanings 2009
Musical Labor Performed in Northwest Tanzania | Smithsonian Folkways Magazine 2014
Ca Trù Singing in Vietnam | Smithsonian Folkways Magazine 2015
Catalog 2022
Musical Rhythms to Learn, Love, and Share 2015
Heartbeat: Voices of First Nations Women 2009
Islands of Song: Music of the Bahamas 2009
Coffee, Music, and the Performance of Peace | Smithsonian Folkways Magazine 2013
I Want the Signals, Not Static | Smithsonian Folkways Magazine 2015
In Our Own Voice: Songs of American Indian Women 2009
Los Texmaniacs: Borders y Bailes | Smithsonian Folkways Magazine 2009
Rainbow: Chronicle of a Collaboration | Smithsonian Folkways Magazine 2010
Arpex: Conjunto de arpa grande 2009
Na Leo Hawai'i: Musics of Hawai'i 2009
Women Breaking Musical Barriers: She isn't supposed to play that 2009
Musics of Hawai'i: Anthology of Hawaiian Music- Special Festival Edition | Smithsonian Folkways Magazine Unknown
Songs By and For Children: A Legacy of Children's Music | Smithsonian Folkways Magazine Unknown
A Midnight Serenade: Music from the Dominican Republic | Smithsonian Folkways Magazine 2009
NEA National Heritage Fellows | Smithsonian Folkways Magazine Unknown
Smithsonian Folkways Magazine Unknown
Mirembe Kawomera (Delicious Peace) | Smithsonian Folkways Magazine 2010
Los Pleneros de la 21: Afro-Puerto Rican traditions 2009
Jazz | Smithsonian Folkways Magazine 2011
“Proud of who I am”: Venda Children’s Musical Cultures | Smithsonian Folkways Magazine 2014
Ella Jenkins: The First Lady of Children's Music 2014
Muslim Call to Prayer | Smithsonian Folkways Magazine 2014
Lesson Plans 2009
New Orleans | Smithsonian Folkways Magazine 2015
A Grain of Sand: Music for the Struggle by Asians in America | Smithsonian Folkways Magazine 2011
The Last Brass Band? Musical Mentorship and Social Justice Organizing | Smithsonian Folkways Magazine 2015
A Guide to the UNESCO Collection of Traditional Music | Smithsonian Folkways Magazine 2015
Rasta sounds connect Ethiopia to the Americas | Smithsonian Folkways Magazine 2016
Crossroads at Congo Square | Smithsonian Folkways Magazine 2015
2025 World Music Pedagogy Courses 2019
Music of Ghana: Celebrating the 50th Anniversary of Ghana's Independence 2009
Recovery and Rebirth of a New Orleans Jazz Life | Smithsonian Folkways Magazine 2015
Puerto Rican Bomba and Plena: Shared Traditions — Distinct Rhythms 2009
Tradiciones/Traditions | Smithsonian Folkways Magazine 2009
UNESCO Collection of Traditional Music 2014
Alza Tu Voz (Speak Out) | Smithsonian Folkways Magazine 2016
¡Cimarrón! Joropo Music from the Plains of Colombia | Smithsonian Folkways Magazine 2011
La Colección de Música Tradicional de la UNESCO 2023
International Library of African Music (I.L.A.M.) 2009
Luiz Bonfá: Brazilian Bossa Nova Guitarist 2009
Ella Jenkins: A Life of Song | Smithsonian Folkways Magazine 2011
Rebel Music: A Musical Tour of Maroon Communities 2009
The Mickey Hart Collection 2011
Indian Generations | Smithsonian Folkways Magazine 2015
Mary Lou Williams: Jazz for the Soul | Smithsonian Folkways Magazine 2010
Title Release Year
Artist Title Release Year
Héctor "Tito" Matos, Juan Gutiérrez, Los Pleneros de la 21 Los Pleneros de la 21 demonstrate the drums used in the plena 2011
Flaco Jiménez & Max Baca Flaco Jiménez & Max Baca- "Beer-Drinking Polka" [Studio Session] 2014
Sissy Goodhouse Sissy Goodhouse Performance [Live at Smithsonian Folklife Festival 1998] 2010
Flaco Jiménez & Max Baca Flaco Jiménez & Max Baca- "Margarita, Margarita" [Studio Session] 2013
Flaco Jiménez & Max Baca Flaco Jiménez & Max Baca- Me voy lejos (I'm Going Far Away) [Behind The Scenes Documentary] 2014
Dong-Won Kim, Silk Road Ensemble Dong-wan Kim Demonstrates the Korean Chang-go [Live at Smithsonian Folklife Festival 2002] 2010
Arpex, Arnold Galvan Segura, Miguel Prado Arpex Demonstrate Conjunto de Arpa Grande [Behind the Scenes Documentary] 2010
Ophie & Da Websites Ophie Webb Explains Bahamian Rake-n-Scrape Music [Interview Video] 2016
Sons of Andros Sons of Andros Discuss Spirituality, Family, and Bahamian Gospel Music [Interview Video] 2009
John Chipman Bahamian Junkanoo Parade [Live at Smithsonian Folklife Festival 1994] 2009
Sissy Goodhouse Lakota Drumming 2006
Héctor "Tito" Matos Héctor "Tito" Matos of Viento de Agua Discusses Puerto Rican Musical Traditions [Interview Video] 2009
No-No Boy No-No Boy- "Nashville" (Official Music Video) 2024
Ophie & Da Websites Ophie Webb Explains Bahamian Rake-n-Scrape Music 2016
Lorenzo Martínez, Los Texmaniacs, Max Baca, David Farias Los Texmaniacs: “Marina” 2017
Los Pleneros de la 21 Los Pleneros de la 21- "Carmelina" [Live at Smithsonian Folklife Festival 2005] 2010
Los Texmaniacs Los Texmaniacs: “Marina” 2017
Los Gaiteros de San Jacinto, Rafael Castro Fernandez, Gabriel Torresgrova, Tono Garcia, Juancho Fernandez, Jairo Herrera Guerrereo, Walber Rodriguez Bayesta A Discussion with Los Gaiteros de San Jacinto [Behind the Scenes Documentary] 2012
Performance of a pakarena, an Indonesian court dance 2011
Cantadoras del Pacífico Cantadoras del Pacífico- "Mirando" [Live at Smithsonian Folklife Festival 2009] 2009
Ulali, Pura Fe, Jennifer Kreisberg, Soni Moreno Ulali- "Mother" [Live at Smithsonian Folklife Festival 1997] 2009
Aga Khan Music Initiative, Alim and Fargana Qasimov Music of Central Asia Vol. 6: Alim & Fargana Qasimov: Spiritual Music of Azerbaijan [Preview Video] 2009
Title Release Year
The Birth of an Icon: Learning and Performing the Origins of the Drum Set and Early Jazz Drumming in New Orleans, Louisiana 2014
Having Our Say: The Music of the Mardi Gras Indians 2013
Bonkers for Bailecitos in Bolivia 2013
Gateway Experiences in the Music of North India 2013
Dança!: Movement and Music of Brazil 2010
Eine Kleine Kindermusik: Children's Songs from Germany 2012
Steel band Style, Calypso Culture and Childhood Chants: Trinidadian Music for the Classroom 2010
Pacific Islander Songs, Sounds, and Signals: Musics of Samoa, Fiji, and Tonga 2010
West African Song and Chants: Children’s Music from Ghana 2012
Melodic Rhythms of India 2010
Let's Dance Like an Eagle: Zeybek Dance in Turkey 2010
Bomba 2014
A Day in the Life of a Kurdish Kid 2012
Belly Dance, USA: Music, Movement, and Arab-American Communities 2012
Discovering the east of China: Chinese music in Elementary School 2012
Celebrating Trinidadian Steelband Music! 2010
Soran Bushi: Exploring Japanese Work Song 2012
They're Ghana Love It!: Experiences with Ghanaian Music for Middle School General Music Students 2012
Afghan Rubâb: The Lion of Instruments 2010
The Fandango in Son Jarocho: The Community Tradition and Improvisation of Son Jarocho 2012
Celebrate Cambodia: Khmer Festival and Wedding Music 2012
From Russia with Love: Russian Folk Music on the Balalaika 2013
Spirits Across the Ocean: Yoruban and Dahomean Cultures in the Caribbean Brought by the Slave Trade 2016
Ritmo Embolada: An Introduction of Brazilian Rhythm 2012
Dance Traditions of Argentina 2010
Trail of Tears: Music of the American Indian Diaspora 2012
Jamaican Song, Dance, and Play: Experiences with Jamaican Musical Traditions 2016
Singing In the Harvest: Music from the Zuni 2014
Catch the Calypso beat and put it on your feet! 2012
The Sound of an Island: Jamaican Music for the Classroom 2012
The Power of Pete Seeger’s Songs and Stories 2013
“Musical Gumbo: A Whole Lotta Creole, Cajun and Zydeco Goin’ On” 2013
Israeli Song and Dance for Middle or High School Ensembles 2013
Shintaro-san of the Mountain: Mountains, Minyo, and Japanese Culture 2016
An Introduction to Irish Music 2010
Caribbean Beats and Blends 2010
Paradise Found: Singing and Drumming of Western Samoa 2012
Plena, the People’s Newspaper: Puerto Rican Music for the Classroom 2012
Thailand: Songs for Life 2010
Delicious Peace: Music of the Ugandan Mirembe Kawomera Coffee Cooperative 2016
Egypt: The Bedouin Culture 2010
Musical Hooves on the Steppes: The Morin Huur of Mongolia 2010
You Can Didjeridu It: Experiences with Australian Aboriginal Music 2012
Austria: Land of Waltzes & Polkas  2010
Allo, Monsieur! French Canadian Children’s Songs 2012
Exploring and Protecting Nature with Ella Jenkins: Pretty Trees around the World 2024
Ganggangsullae: Korean Dance Music of the Full Moon 2013
Ooooh, the Oud 2010
From Tarantella to Tyrol: a Tour of Italian Folk Music 2012
Animals in Song- Elizabeth Mitchell: Animal Songs for Children 2014