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Louisiana Blues
1970
The Asch Recordings 1939-1947, Vol. 1, Pt. 2
1966
Music Used in Many Popular Television Commercials
1974
Into Morning
Charles Cha Cha Shaw
1976
Reelizations 2
Barton Smith
1982
Please Tip Your Waitress
Willie Sordill
1980
Silent Highways
Willie Sordill
1983
Lightnin'!
Lightning Hopkins
1993
Live at J's, Pt. 2
Claude Williams
1993
Pachuco Boogie
2002
Dirty Jazz from Down South
1958
Folk Masters: Great Performances Recorded Live at the Barns of Wolf Trap
1993
Classic Sounds of New Orleans from Smithsonian Folkways
2010
Classic African American Gospel from Smithsonian Folkways
2008
Classic Harmonica Blues from Smithsonian Folkways
2013
Shame and Sedition
Lula Wiles
2021
15 Down Home Urban Blues Classics
1996
Tell Me Pretty Baby
Joe Turner with Pete Johnson's Orchestra
1992
King of the Bayous: I'm Coming Home
Clifton Chenier
1992
Roots of Black Music in America
1972
A Pilgrim Son
Marcus
1980
Greek Fever
George Armaos
1984
El Salvador Libre
Banda Tepeuani
1984
The Blues You Would Just Hate to Lose, Vol. 2
1999
Para Todos Ustedes
Los Pleneros de la 21
2005
The Gold Star Sessions, Vol. 1
Lightning Hopkins
1990
Boogie Disease
Dr. Ross
1992
The Neptune Collection
The Entourage Music and Theatre Ensemble
1976
We are the Working Class
Eddie Starr
1991
Calypso: Through the Looking Glass
Lord Melody
1959
Zydeco Champs
1992
Jazz, Vol. 9: Piano
1953
From the Cold Jaws of Prison
Soul Rock from the Rock
1971
Activity: Rhythmic Movements of Zoo Animals
Doris Jones
1976
Mercury Blues
K.C. Douglas
1998
The Hustler
Bee Houston and His High Steppers
1968
Jazz: The Smithsonian Anthology
2011
Sunny Day
Elizabeth Mitchell
2010
My Own True Love and Other Tunes and Songs
Leo Stephenson, Leo Paul
1959
Mr. Greg and Cass McCombs Sing and Play New Folk Songs for Children
Mr. Greg and Cass McCombs
2023
Upright: Fugitive Piano Smasher from Fifty Second Street
Red Camp
1955
Fast Folk Musical Magazine (October 1992, Vol. 6, No.3): Live at the Bottom Line 1992, Pt. 1
1992
Fast Folk Musical Magazine (February 1993, Vol. 6, No. 10): Lost in the Works, Pt. 2
1992
The Charles Ford Band
The Charles Ford Band
1972
Math Readiness
Hap Palmer
1972
Together to the Tune of Coltrane's “Equinox”
Sarah Webster Fabio
1977
Walls to Roses: Songs of Changing Men
1979
Crystals: New Music for Relaxation 2
Craig Kupka
1982
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Right String but the Wrong Yo-Yo
Piano Red
1992
Don't Get Around Much Anymore
Piano Red
1992
Umph-Umph-Umph
Piano Red
1992
Rockin' with Red
Piano Red
1992
Got You on My Mind
Piano Red
1992
Piano Concerto No. 6
Josef Tal
1981
Atmospheric Reactions: Slow, Rising Cosmic Excitement / Woodwinds in Lyrical Interlude / Electronic Finish with Woodwinds
Vaclav Nelhybel
1974
Fantasy (Electronic)
Hyman Bress, accompanied by Charles Reiner
1963
Feelings
Hap Palmer
1972
How He Delivered Me
Juanita Johnson and The Gospel Tones
2001
Rambling Blues
Lowell Fulson
1997
But I Must Return to Frenzy
The Freeborne
1968
Takin' My Time
Charlie Musselwhite
1989
This Old Nightlife
Charlie Musselwhite
1989
Earl Hooker Blues
Earl Hooker
1990
Love Ain't a Plaything
Earl Hooker
1990
Strange Girl
Johnny Young
1990
I'm Feeling Alright
Big Mama Thornton with the Muddy Waters Blues Band
2004
Clifton's Blues (Where Can My Baby Be)
Clifton Chenier
2005
Good Time in London
Big Mama Thornton
2005
All Your Love
Clifton Chenier
1991
C.C. Special
Clifton Chenier
1991
Easy, Easy Baby
Clifton Chenier
1980
Tante Na Na
Clifton Chenier
1980
Pop Pop, Bang Bang
Doug and Deb
1982
Sleeping with the Devil
Johnny Young and Walter Horton
2018
Gipper Gate Blues
Barbara Dane
2018
Sleep
Brian Mackness
1981
Walking Blues
Arbee Stidham
1961
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
Barbara Dane
1982
Everyday
Bob Kirkpatrick
1973
I Need Your Love So Bad
Bob Kirkpatrick
1973
Old Friend of Mine
Bob Kirkpatrick
1973
When the Sun Rose This Morning
Bob Kirkpatrick
1973
In His Day / Peace I Leave With You / Alleluia
Mary Lou Williams
2005
Anima Christi
Mary Lou Williams
2004
Por eso (That’s Why)
Quetzal
2012
Meditation on a Lotus
Nobuko Miyamoto feat. Tex Nakamura
2021
Let Yourself Go
Ella Jenkins
1977
Eighth Wonder of the World
Mercy Dee
1991
46th Street Boogie (Fast Boogie)
Memphis Slim
1961
If Only to Forgive
Kevin Roth
1980
I'm Coming Home (To See My Mother)
Clifton Chenier
2003
County Jail Blues
Big Maceo Merriweather
1992
Barbara Polka
Adolph Hofner
1993
Royal Jail
Clarence Curvan Orchestra
1960
What Is This Thing Called Love
Red Camp
1955
Pear Tree
Rick Lee and Lorraine Lee Hammond
1975
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Arhoolie Records- The Blues
2020
Jazz | Smithsonian Folkways Magazine
2011
Catalog
2022
Experimental | Smithsonian Folkways Magazine
2017
Experimentalism and the ‘Whole World of Music’ | Smithsonian Folkways Magazine
2017
Staff and Leadership
2009
Henry Cowell: Mellifluous Cacophony and Its Legacy | Smithsonian Folkways Magazine
2017
“Experimental” Music at Folkways Records | Smithsonian Folkways Magazine
2017
Having Our Say: The Music of the Mardi Gras Indians
2013
Belly Dance, USA: Music, Movement, and Arab-American Communities
2012
A Little Romani Music
2012
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