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Artist Title Release Year
Various Artists Music from the Villages of Northeastern Nigeria 1971
Various Artists Good Morning Vietnam 1972
Johanna E. Kulbach, Arthur Nitka, Martha Bixler, Eric Leber The Recorder Guide: An Instruction Guide Record 1965
Various Artists Folk Music of Liberia 1954
Various Artists Classic Railroad Songs from Smithsonian Folkways 2006
Various Artists Traditional Music of Botswana, Africa: A Journey with Tape Recorder along Southern Botswana from Mochudi to Kang 1983
Various Artists Roots of Black Music in America 1972
Pete Seeger Singalong at Sanders Theatre, Cambridge, Massachusetts 1980 1992
Various Artists African Songs and Rhythms For Children--Recorded and Annotated by Dr. W.K. Amoaku 1990
Alfred C. Fuller Careers in Selling: A Recorded Interview with Alfred C. Fuller 1961
Orquesta Aragón Cuba's Orquesta Aragón: Recorded Live In New York City July 15, 1983 1984
Various Artists African Flutes: Recorded in the Gambia by Samuel Charters 1978
W.E.B. DuBois A Recorded Autobiography: Interview with Moses Asch 1961
Various Artists Corazón: Songs and Music Recorded in Peru in 1981 1985
Various Artists Beating the Dragon Robe: A Traditional Peking Opera, Recorded in China 1962
Grupo Moncada Grupo Moncada Recorded Live in Boston 1979
Various Artists Folk Masters: Great Performances Recorded Live at the Barns of Wolf Trap 1993
Mark Spoelstra Mark Spoelstra Recorded at Club 47 Inc. 1963
Various Artists Recorded Live at the Second Sacred Steel Convention 2002
Various Artists Every Tone a Testimony 2001
Emory Cook Voice of the Storm 1957
Millett Granger Morgan Ionosphere 1955
Various Artists Old Believers: Songs of the Nekrasov Cossacks 1995
Various Artists The London Library of Recorded English, Book IV: Shakespearean Dramatic Poetry 2017
Various Artists The London Library of Recorded English, Book VI: 18th and 19th Century Poetry 2017
Various Artists The London Library of Recorded English, Book V: 16th and 17th Century Poetry 2017
Various Artists The London Library of Recorded English, Book I: Lyric Poetry 2017
Various Artists The London Library of Recorded English, Book III: Narrative Poetry 2018
The Freeborne Peak Impressions 1968
Pete Seeger The Smithsonian Folkways Collection 2019
Coco Kallis Environmental Songs for Kids 1999
Hap Palmer Easy Does It: Activity Songs for Basic Motor Skill Development 1977
Barton McLean, Karl Korte, and Reed Holmes Computer Music from the Outside In 1983
Martha Schlamme, Pete Seeger German Folk-Songs 1954
Jon Appleton The World Music Theatre of Jon Appleton 1974
Various Artists Music of a Timeless Earth 1980
Doris Hays Voicings for Tape, Soprano, Piano 1983
University of Toronto Electronic Music Studio Electronic Music 1967
Dariush Dolat-Shahi Otashgah: Place of Fire 1986
Hank Davis Songs of Animals and Imagination 1978
Geula Gill, Dov Seltzer and Group Holiday Songs of Israel 1958
Various Artists Israeli Electroacoustic Music 1981
Various Artists Sea Songs: A Salty Collection 1983
Various Artists Chinese Opera: Songs and Music 1960
Michael Doucet dit BeauSoleil The Mad Reel 1994
Jean Eichelberger Ivey Music by Jean Eichelberger Ivey for Voices, Instruments and Tape 1973
Various Artists New American Music, Vol. 4: New York Section: Composers of the 1970's 1975
Elizabeth Mitchell Blue Clouds 2012
Hap Palmer Pretend 1975
Various Artists Sounds of New Music 1957
Artist Title Release Year
Bolewa dance group recorded in the town of Gadam Music of the Bolewa People: Bolewa Dance (Jabalwa) 1971
Recorded GIs and Vietnamese citizens Prayers for Peace 1972
Tangale dance group recorded in Biliri Music of the Tangale People: Tangale Dance Sung by Women 1971
Musicians from Kwajaffa recorded in Biu Town Music of the Bura People: Bura Dance Band 1971
Recorded GIs and Vietnamese citizens The Bars, Money of the Forgetting of War 1972
Tera dance group recorded in the village of Wuyo Music of the Tera People: Tera Dance (Bayamina) 1971
Bura dance group recorded in the village of Marama Music of the Bura People: Bura Dance Band (Bonsuwe) 1971
Recorded GIs and Vietnamese citizens Everyday Life in the Country 1972
Tangale dance group recorded in the village of Biliri Music of the Tangale People: Tangale War Dance- Latang Music 1971
Tera dance group recorded in Zambuk Music of the Tera People: Tera Walking Dance (Leo-Leo) 1971
Bolewa drum and horn group recorded in Gadam Music of the Bolewa People: Bolewa Horns with Singing and Drums 1971
Tera dance group recorded in the village of Wuyo Music of the Tera People: Tera Dance (Bonsuwe) 1971
A Kpelle band recorded in Gbanga Kpelle Band 1954
Tangale dance group recorded in the village of Biliri Music of the Tangale People: Tangale War Dance- Bid-Bid Music 1971
Tangale praise singer recorded in the village of Biliri Music of the Tangale People: Tangale Praise Singing with One-String Fiddle 1971
Recorded by Emory Cook Excerpt from "Rail Dynamics" 2006
Recorded GIs and Vietnamese citizens The Abstract-Universe of War 1972
Recorded GIs and Vietnamese citizens Fire! 1972
Tera xylophone player recorded in the village of Wuyo Music of the Tera People: Tera Xylophone Music (Bayamina / Ndeli) 1971
Tera dance group recorded in Zambuk Music of the Tera People: Tera Dance (Gwarde) 1971
Recorded GIs and Vietnamese citizens The War Machine in Operation 1972
Recorded GIs and Vietnamese citizens The Cost of War 1972
Tera dance group recorded in the village of Wuyo Music of the Tera People: Tera Dry Season Dance (Ngudi) 1971
Bolewa woman singing with chorus recorded in the town of Gadam Music of the Bolewa People: Bolewa Dance (Jakkutu) 1971
Gio laborers recorded at Bromley on the St. Paul River Gio Songs 1954
Tangale musicians recorded in the village of Biliri Music of the Tangale People: Hausa Court Music 1971
Two Tera xylophone players recorded in Deba Habe Music of the Tera People: Tera Dance with Two Xylophones (Sapar Kwada) 1971
Ga’anda flute band recorded in village of Ga'anda Music of the Ga'anda People: Ga'anda Flute Band 1971
Bolewa singers and drummers recorded in the town of Gadam Music of the Bolewa People: Bolewa Dance with Hausa Drumming 1971
Recorded by Vinton Wight Excerpt from "Three Little Engines and 33 Cars" 2006
Gio laborers recorded at Bromley on the St. Paul River Gio Songs 1972
Bolewa singers and drummers recorded in the town of Gadam Music of the Bolewa People: Bolewa Singing (Babunare) 1971
Tangale dance group recorded in the village of Biliri Music of the Tangale People: Tangale War Dance- Latang Music 1971
Tangale musicians recorded in the village of Biliri Music of the Tangale People: Tangale Banjo Music 1971
Bolewa horn and drum group recorded in Gadam Music of the Bolewa People: Bolewa Horns 1971
Pete Seeger Recorder Improvisation- Introduction to L'Internationale 1992
W.E.B. DuBois A Recorded Autobiography 2001
Emory Cook Thunder and Wind Recorded All over Hell’s 1/2 Acre 1957
Anna Ramzaeva, Elena Gulina, Seraphima Babaeva, Ekaterina Sanicheva and Varvara Gorina Excerpts Recorded during Plastering of a New House 1995
Millett Granger Morgan High Latitude Sounds Recorded at Various Speeds: Dawn-Chorus, Swishes, Whistlers, Tweeks (Continued) 1955
Millett Granger Morgan High Latitude Sounds Recorded at Various Speeds: Dawn-Chorus, Swishes, Whistlers, Tweeks 1955
C. Day Lewis A.E. Housman: Loveliest of Trees the Cherry Now 2017
Cecil Trouncer Oliver Goldsmith: The Deserted Village 2018
Felix Aylmer William Shakespeare: Hamlet, Act I, Scene 3 2017
Lewis Casson William Shakespeare: Henry VIII, Act III, Scene 2 2017
Pauline Letts Sir Philip Sidney: My True Love Hath My Heart 2017
Hugh Dickson William Wordswoth: Westminster Bridge 2017
John Laurie John Keats: Meg Merrilies 2017
V.C. Clinton-Baddeley Thomas Campion: When Thou Must Home 2017
Robert Harris John Keats: La Belle Dame sans Merci 2017
Artist Title Release Year
Ella Jenkins Live at the Smithsonian (DVD) 1995
Mandolin of Bill Monroe (DVD) 1992
Smithsonian Folkways Anthology Collection 2021
Title Release Year
The London Library of Recorded English 2017
Sounding Revolution: The Daring İlhan Mimaroğlu | Smithsonian Folkways Magazine 2017
Acknowledgement of Harm Statement 2024
Smithsonian Folkways and Friends Remember John Cohen 2019
Lesson Plans 2009
Henry Jacobs: An interview | Smithsonian Folkways Magazine 2012
The New Lost City Ramblers: 50 Years of Folk | Smithsonian Folkways Magazine 2009
Remembering John Cohen – Musician, Photographer, Filmmaker, Collector 2019
Featuring Asian American Music | Smithsonian Folkways Magazine 2011
UNESCO Collection of Traditional Music 2014
You Are What You Hear | Smithsonian Folkways Magazine 2015
Arhoolie Records- Latin American 2020
Ding Dong Dollar | Smithsonian Folkways Magazine 2011
When It Rains, It Pours | Smithsonian Folkways Magazine 2012
Music and Migration | Smithsonian Folkways Magazine 2016
Appalachian Blues | Smithsonian Folkways Magazine 2010
Rainbow Artists | Smithsonian Folkways Magazine 2010
¡Cimarrón! Joropo Music from the Plains of Colombia | Smithsonian Folkways Magazine 2011
Que Viva la Musica Latina! | Smithsonian Folkways Magazine Unknown
Catalog 2022
Radio Jarochelo- En Español | Smithsonian Folkways Magazine 2016
Peggy Seeger: A Life of Music, Love, and Politics 2017
Civil War Naval Songs: Recording 19th-Century Historical Ballads | Smithsonian Folkways Magazine 2011
Songs of the Water Ways: Maritime Music 2009
Musical Rhythms to Learn, Love, and Share 2015
Paredon Records- Reflecting on 50 Years of Paredon 2021
Where Did You Sleep Last Night: Lead Belly Legacy Vol. 1 2009
Listening to the City | Smithsonian Folkways Magazine 2012
Bev Grant: My Story | Smithsonian Folkways Magazine 2014
Rappahannock Blues: John Jackson | Smithsonian Folkways Magazine 2010
Ana Veydó: Colombian joropo vocalist 2009
Coffee, Music, and the Performance of Peace | Smithsonian Folkways Magazine 2013
La Colección de Música Tradicional de la UNESCO 2023
Jobs, Internships & Research 2009
UNESCO Collection of Traditional Music | Smithsonian Folkways Magazine 2015
Sounds of the Office: History and culture in sound 2009
Transparency as authenticity? Ronald Clyne and his cover art for Folkways | Smithsonian Folkways Magazine 2012
A Tribute to Samuel Gesser | Smithsonian Folkways Magazine 2010
Right on Rhythm Records 2020
Smithsonian Folkways Remembers Jean Ritchie (1922–2015) 2015
Arhoolie Records- Cajun and Zydeco 2020
Survival of the Fittest | Smithsonian Folkways Magazine 2015
Elizabeth Cotten: Master of American folk music 2009
Say It Loud: African American Spoken Word 2009
A Sound Legacy : Folkways Records at the Smithsonian 2009
Rainbow: Chronicle of a Collaboration | Smithsonian Folkways Magazine 2010
Tom Wisner: Bard of the Chesapeake 2010
Interactive Features 2009
Fast Folk Musical Magazine 2009
Blues Legacy of Phil Wiggins | Smithsonian Folkways Magazine Unknown
Artist Title Release Year
“Khargai Dün” A Mongolian Long Song by D. Byambaa 2015
Hazel Dickens, Phyllis Boyens Remembering Hazel Dickens 2011
Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage, Pete Seeger Folkways Staff- Pete Seeger's "Down by the River Side" [Live Performance Video | May 2019] 2019
Bernice Johnson Reagon In Conversation With Dr. Bernice Johnson Reagon [Interview Video] 2010
Big Bill Broonzy Big Bill Broonzy Vinyl Audio Restoration by Pete Reiniger [Behind The Scenes Documentary] 2016
Betty Mae Fikes, Cordell Reagon, The Freedom Singers, Rutha Harris, Charles Neblit The Freedom Singers- "We Are Soldiers in the Army" [Live in Washington, D.C. | August 1996] 2010
Los Texmaniacs Los Texmaniacs- "La Chicharronera" [Live Performance Video] 2018
Roberto Martinez Roberto Martinez- "El Corrido de Córdova y Canales" [Behind The Scenes Documentary] 2013
Pete Seeger Pete Seeger- Performance & Interview 2010
Pete Seeger Pete Seeger on Moses Asch [Interview Video] 2014
Elizabeth Mitchell Elizabeth Mitchell & Friends- "Cradle Hymn" [Live in The Pewter Shop at The Ashokan Center] 2013
David Nzomo David Nzomo Reflects On His Recordings With Folkways Records [Interview Video] 2014
Mike Seeger Mike Seeger- "Walking Boss" [Live at Folkways Studio 2007] 2009
Mike Seeger Mike Seeger Talks Childhood and Early Days in Music [Interview Video] 2009
La India Canela La India Canela Performance [Live at Smithsonian Folklife Festival 2009] 2009
Tom Wisner Tom Wisner Discusses Chesapeake Lore and Poetry, Maryland 2018
Elizabeth Mitchell Elizabeth Mitchell- "Sleep Eye" [Official Music Video] 2012
Elizabeth Mitchell Elizabeth Mitchell & Friends- "Sing Hallelu" [Live in The Pewter Shop at The Ashokan Center] 2013
The Brothers Nazaroff The Brothers Nazaroff- "Ich A Mazeldicker Yid" [Official Music Video] 2015
Ella Jenkins Ella Jenkins in Conversation [Interview Video] 2009
Sons of Andros Sons of Andros Discuss Spirituality, Family, and Bahamian Gospel Music [Interview Video] 2009
Meredydd Evans Meredydd Evans-'Welsh Folk Songs' [Interview Video] 2009
Ella Jenkins Ella Jenkins- "Who Fed the Chickens?" [Live at the Smithsonian] 2012
Jeff Place, Pete Reiniger, Pete Seeger Pete Seeger: The Complete Bowdoin College Concert 1960 [Behind the Scenes Documentary] 2012
Elizabeth Mitchell, Suni Paz Elizabeth Mitchell & Suni Paz- "Peace Like a River" [Live at Smithsonian Folklife Festival 2011] 2011
Ella Jenkins Ella Jenkins- "Stop and Go" [Live at Smithsonian Folklife Festival 2009] 2009
From the Field: Musical Labor Performed in Northwest Tanzania [Live in Northwest Tanzania 1995] 2014
Joe Glazer Joe Glazer Discusses Music in the American Labor Movement [Interview Video] 2010
Charlie Parr Charlie Parr's "Boombox" 2024
Daniel Littleton, Elizabeth Mitchell Elizabeth Mitchell & You Are My Flower- "Froggie Went a Courtin'" [Official Music Video] 2012
Halauo O Kekuhi Halau'O Kekuhi- Hula Performance [Live at First Americans Festival 2004] 2010
Aga Khan Music Initiative Music of Central Asia Vol. 7: In the Shrine of the Heart [Preview Video] 2010
The Brothers Nazaroff Animated Music Video for "Ich a Mazeldicker Yid" by The Brothers Nazaroff 2015
Liberty Brass Band Liberty Brass Band- "Liberty Funeral March" [Behind the Scenes Documentary] 2015
Elizabeth Mitchell, Daniel Littleton Elizabeth Mitchell and Daniel Littleton- "Sleep Eye" [Live at Smithsonian Folkways | July 2012] 2013
Anna & Elizabeth Anna & Elizabeth- "Mother in the Graveyard" [Official Music Video] 2018
Los Texmaniacs Los Texmaniacs- "Mexico Americano" [Official Music Video] 2018
Dai Lam Linh performing "Solar Eclipse" in the Hanoi Opera House 2015
Hazel Dickens, Phyllis Boyens Hazel Dickens & Phyllis Boyens- "West Virginia, My Home" [Live at Folklife Festival 1978] 2011
No-No Boy No-No Boy- "Mekong Baby" (Official Music Video) 2023
La India Canela, Lidia María Hernández López La India Canela Discusses Passion for the Accordion [Behind The Scenes Documentary] 2009
Elizabeth Mitchell Elizabeth Mitchell & Friends- "January, February" [Live in The Pewter Shop at The Ashokan Center] 2013
Ed Sanders, The Fugs, Harry Smith Ed Sanders Recalls His Friendship With Harry Smith [Interview Video] 2014
Elizabeth Mitchell Elizabeth Mitchell & Friends- "Baby Born Today" [Live in The Pewter Shop at The Ashokan Center] 2013
Cantadoras del Pacífico Cantadoras del Pacífico- "Mirando" [Live at Smithsonian Folklife Festival 2009] 2009
Elizabeth Mitchell "Shoo Lie Loo" by Elizabeth Mitchell from Sunny Day 2012
Ulali, Pura Fe, Jennifer Kreisberg, Soni Moreno Ulali- "Mother" [Live at Smithsonian Folklife Festival 1997] 2009
Big Bill Broonzy Big Bill Broonzy Vinyl Test Pressing Review by Pete Reiniger [Behind The Scenes Documentary] 2016
Felipe Ochoa, José Gutiérrez, Marcos Ochoa, José Gutiérrez and Los Hermanos Ochoa José Gutiérrez & Los Hermanos Ochoa- "La Bamba" [Live at Smithsonian Folklife Festival 2004] 2009
Title Release Year
Yes! I Wanna! Learn Music From Botswana! 2012
Colorful Genres in Harp music from Paraguay 2013
Eine Kleine Kindermusik: Children's Songs from Germany 2012
The Jew's Harp: Vibrating Through Many Cultures 2010
Fish Tales: Exploring the Folk Music of Newfoundland 2016
Soran Bushi: Exploring Japanese Work Song 2012
Celebrate Cambodia: Khmer Festival and Wedding Music 2012
The Sound of an Island: Jamaican Music for the Classroom 2012
“I’ve Got a Friend in Chicago” 2012
Israeli Song and Dance for Middle or High School Ensembles 2013
Irish Music: Experiences in Dance, Singing, and Instrument Playing 2010
Vocal Elysia in Indonesia 2013
An Exploration of Spanish Music and Dance Traditions 2016
Pacific Islander Songs, Sounds, and Signals: Musics of Samoa, Fiji, and Tonga 2010
Having Our Say: The Music of the Mardi Gras Indians 2013
One Flute, Two Flute, Red Flute, Blue Flute: Nigerian-Style Flute Music 2013
Performing Ethiopia: Playing, Singing and Improvising Music from the Abyssian Kingdom 2012
Latin American Protest Songs: New Song of Chile and Cuba 2016
Dança!: Movement and Music of Brazil 2010
Delicious Peace: Music of the Ugandan Mirembe Kawomera Coffee Cooperative 2016
El Coquí 2014
Steel band Style, Calypso Culture and Childhood Chants: Trinidadian Music for the Classroom 2010
West African Song and Chants: Children’s Music from Ghana 2012
Discovering the east of China: Chinese music in Elementary School 2012
From the Heart of England: Traditional English Songs for Children 2013
Jíbaro to the Bone! Puerto Rican Music for the Classroom 2016
Exploring and Protecting Nature with Ella Jenkins: Pretty Trees around the World 2024
Belly Dance, USA: Music, Movement, and Arab-American Communities 2012
The Birth of an Icon: Learning and Performing the Origins of the Drum Set and Early Jazz Drumming in New Orleans, Louisiana 2014
Josh Thomas’ Roustabout: Exploring Composition Using Limited Tones 2013
Jamaican Song, Dance, and Play: Experiences with Jamaican Musical Traditions 2016
Exploring and Protecting Nature with Ella Jenkins: I Like Animals 2024
Spirits Across the Ocean: Yoruban and Dahomean Cultures in the Caribbean Brought by the Slave Trade 2016
Music of Chorti Indians of Guatemala 2012
Blending African and Irish Sensibilities in Virginia’s Music 2014
Can You Kolo? Songs and Dances from Old Yugoslavia 2014
Exploring and Protecting Nature with Ella Jenkins: Caring for the Environment 2024
Singing In the Harvest: Music from the Zuni 2014
Jíbaro Hasta el Hueso: Jíbaro to the Bone (Jíbaro music of Puerto Rico) 2016
Island Soundscape: Musics of Hawaiʻi, the Solomon Islands, and Papua New Guinea 2010
The Power of Pete Seeger’s Songs and Stories 2013
“Musical Gumbo: A Whole Lotta Creole, Cajun and Zydeco Goin’ On” 2013
An Introduction to Irish Music 2010
Protest Songs:  A Musical Introduction 2010
Zydeco est Gumbo: An Introduction to Zydeco Music 2012
"Love Is the Thing to Make it Fall": African-American Music in Alabama before and during the Civil Rights Movement 2016