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Ella Jenkins
1981
¡Ay Te Dejo en San Antonio y Más!
Flaco Jiménez
1990
Puerto Rican Music in Hawaii
1989
Music of Chile and Argentina and Music of the Andes
María Louisa Buchino, Los Urpillay
1980
Tradición y Cultura
Los Reyes de Albuquerque con Los Violines de Lorenzo
1987
Sabor Nuevo Mexicano
Los Reyes de Albuquerque
1989
Con Corridos y Rancheras
Los Reyes de Albuquerque
1984
Puerto Rico in Washington
Marcial Reyes y sus Pleneros and Cuerdas De Borínquen
1996
Cuba in Washington
1997
Raíces Latinas: Smithsonian Folkways Latino Roots Collection
2002
Rolas de Aztlán: Songs of the Chicano Movement
2005
Caballo Viejo
Valerio Longoria
1990
Hopping Around from Place to Place, Vol. 1
Ella Jenkins
1983
Carnaval in Cuba
1981
Puli Toro Sings Favorite Hispanic Songs
Puli Toro
1985
Earth and Ocean Songs: Canciones del Mar y de la Tierra
Suni Paz
1982
Nicolás Guillén: Poet Laureate of Revolutionary Cuba
Nicolás Guillén
1982
Afro-Dominican Music from San Cristobal, Dominican Republic
1983
Por Eso Luchamos: Songs of the Salvadoran Struggle
Cutumay Camones
1985
Fast Folk Musical Magazine (April 1986, Vol. 3, No. 4): Boston One
1986
The CooP: Fast Folk Musical Magazine (April 1982, Vol. 1, No. 3)
1982
Vol. 2: Por América del Centro
Grupo Raíz
1984
Music of New Mexico: Hispanic Traditions
1992
Chile: Hispano-Chilean Metisse Traditional Music
1988
Music of Cuba
1985
Amaneceres
Grupo Raíz
1981
Con Antiguas y Alegres
Los Reyes de Albuquerque
1986
Un Son Para Mi Pueblo: Songs from the New Nicaragua
Luis Godoy and Grupo Mancotal
1983
Smithsonian Folkways World Music Collection
1997
Smithsonian Folkways Children's Collection
1998
El Salvador Libre
Banda Tepeuani
1984
The Cuban Danzón: Its Ancestors and Descendents
1982
Fast Folk Musical Magazine (February 1987, Vol. 4, No. 2): Songs from the Pioneer Valley, Massachusetts
1987
Cuba's Orquesta Aragón: Recorded Live In New York City July 15, 1983
Orquesta Aragón
1984
Traditional Music of Peru, Vol. 3: Cajamarca and the Colca Valley
1996
Multicultural Children's Songs
Ella Jenkins
1995
Fast Folk Musical Magazine (October 1986, Vol. 3, No. 8): Season's Greetings
1986
Fast Folk Musical Magazine (September 1985, Vol. 2, No. 7): Cafe Lena 25th Anniversary
1985
We've Only Just Begun: A Century of Labor Song
Joe Glazer
1982
Songs of Work and Play
Trudie Richman
1980
Songs Children Love to Sing
Ella Jenkins
1996
More Multicultural Songs From Ella Jenkins
Ella Jenkins
2014
Corazón: Songs and Music Recorded in Peru in 1981
1985
Fast Folk Musical Magazine (March 1986, Vol. 3, No. 3)
1986
Classic Protest Songs from Smithsonian Folkways
2009
Mountain Music of Peru, Vol. 1
1991
Classic Labor Songs from Smithsonian Folkways
2006
Roots and Branches
Lorre Wyatt
1985
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Counting From One to Ten in Spanish
Ella Jenkins
1981
Spanish Eyes
Flaco Jiménez
1990
Guaracha: Malditos Besos
Los Guepos
1989
Count From One To Ten
Ella Jenkins
1983
Juárez
Flaco Jiménez
1990
Morir Soñando
Flaco Jiménez
1990
El Zoquetal (Polka)
Valerio Longoria
1990
Alas Quebradas (Peruviano)
Valerio Longoria
1990
Estoy Perdido (Bolero)
Valerio Longoria
1990
No Tengo Amigos (I Have No Friends)
Marcial Reyes y sus Pleneros de Bayamón
1996
Seis Fajardeño
Cuerdas de Borínquen
1996
Yo Canto en el Llano (son)
Cuarteto Patria y Compay Segundo
1997
Corrido de Joaquín Murrieta
Luis Méndez and Guadalupe Bracamonte
2002
El Picaflor (The Hummingbird)
María Luisa Buchino
1980
Tú Solo Tú
Los Reyes de Albuquerque con Los Violines de Lorenzo
1987
Carñito de Mi Vida
Los Reyes de Albuquerque
1989
Eres Bonita
Los Reyes de Albuquerque
1984
Seis con Décimas
Charles Figueroa, August Rodrigues, Virginia Rodrigues, Wayne Rodrigues
1989
Leugo de Tan Larga Ausencia (After Such Long Absence)
Puli Toro
1985
El picket sign
El Teatro Campesino
2005
Canto (I Sing)
Suni Paz
1982
Noche de negros junto a la catedral
Nicolás Guillén
1982
Mujer nueva
Nicolás Guillén
1982
Soy Cubano
Comparsa musicians
1981
La Repetida (Polka)
Valerio Longoria
1990
El León (The Lion)
Marcial Reyes y sus Pleneros de Bayamón
1996
Pipil Polka
Francisco Tepas
2002
Canción del Americano (Song of the American)
Los Urpillay
1980
Uno, Dos Y Tres (One, Two, Three)
María Luisa Buchino
1980
10 de Octubre (October 10)
Cutumay Camones
1985
Lamento Borincano (Borincan Lament)
Puli Toro
1985
Niños campesinos
El Teatro Campesino
2005
Ahora Es Cuando Es
Comparsa musicians
1981
Salve
Percussion ensemble from Semana Santa
1983
Eres bonita
Percussion ensemble from Semana Santa
1983
Tu Nuevo Cariñito
Flaco Jiménez
1990
Que lindo tener papel
Flor de Caña
1986
Elena y el francés
Al Hurricane and Al Hurricane, Jr.
1992
Se Oye Una Voz (A Voice Is Heard)
Marcial Reyes y sus Pleneros de Bayamón
1996
El Choclo (The Ear of Corn)
René Marino Rivero
2002
Las Mañanitas Guadalupanas
Los Reyes de Albuquerque
1989
El quinto sol
Los Peludos
2005
Chicano Park Samba
Los Alacranes Mojados
2005
Song of Delgadina
Gabriela Pizzaro
1988
Adivinanzas
Nicolás Guillén
1982
Canto a Fonesca (Song to Fonesca)
Grupo Raiz
1984
Guaracha
Estudiantina Invasora
1985
El Hijo De Villanueva
Cynthia Gooding
1982
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