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Folkways Records

Catalogue information & public metadata

Imprint◌ USEst. 1948
01 / OVERVIEW

About this imprint

Folkways Records is included in this music label directory with a US territory association. The source classifies its type as Imprint.

Historical entity: the source marks this entity as ended in 1987. This is not an active-status verification.

Also known as

Folkways Recordings
02 / MUSICAL DIRECTION

Genres & artists

Genres

traditional bluegrasstraditional folk musicworld music

Associated release artists

Bess Lomax HawesCharles Mitchill BogertCisco HoustonDave Van RonkElizabeth CottenElla JenkinsKronos QuartetLead BellyLightnin' HopkinsLucinda WilliamsMary Lou WilliamsMemphis SlimMichael CohenPete SeegerPhil OchsRamblin' Jack ElliottRolando AlarcónRoosevelt SykesSilvia UrbinaSonny TerryThe Country GentlemenThe FugsWillie DixonWoody Guthrievarious artists[traditional]A. L. LloydA.L. Phipps FamilyAbdullah Kershi & Ahmed SherifAbraham LassAdolphus Peter ElkinAfif BulosAl McCanlessAlan MillsAlan W. BoydAlasdair ClayreAlbro T. GaulAleksander KulisiewiczAlfonso Cruz JimenezAlfred WolfsohnAlhaji Bai KonteAlice GerrardAllen GinsbergAndrew GunsbergAndrew Rowan SummersAndy CahanAngela DavisAnn McMillanArbee StidhamArchibald Lacy Camp IIIArna BontempsArnold WatsonArt Tatum TrioArthur F. SchraderArtus MoserAttilio J. CantoreBaby TateBarbara Ann TeerBarbara DaneBarton McLeanBarton SmithBartók BélaBascom Lamar LunsfordBernice Johnson ReagonBernie SandersBertolt BrechtBetty LassBig Bill BroonzyBig Joe WilliamsBilal AbdurahmanBill JohnsonBill McAdooBillie Ray JohnsonBob ConnellyBobby HarrisonBosworth EnsemblesBrownie McGheeBud ReedBuell KazeeCantor Abraham Brun

Showing 80 of 352 credited artists. Explore the sourced release pages below for more credits.

Release credits do not imply a current signing or an exclusive artist roster.

SOURCED RELEASE RELATIONSHIPS

Selected releases

720 sourced releases in this catalogue. This is a partial collection, sorted by title; it is not a complete discography or a latest-release feed.

SOURCED ARTIST ASSOCIATIONS

Artists linked to this entry

35 artists have a direct label association in Wikidata. These statements may be historical; they do not confirm a current contract or a release credit.

MUSICBRAINZ SOURCE RELATIONSHIPS

Founders

1 founding relationships reported by MusicBrainz. Dates describe the founding event, not a period of employment or a current role.

03 / DEMO SUBMISSIONS

Send a demo

Not verified for demo submissions.

Being listed in this directory does not mean this entry is actively accepting unsolicited material.