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.
- Songs of Memphis Slim & Willie Dixon →
Release date: 1960
- Songs of Memphis Slim & Willie Dixon →
Release date: 1968
- Songs of Memphis Slim & Willie Dixon ↗
Release date: 1960
- Songs of Robert Burns →
Release date: 1959
- Songs of Two Rebellions - The Jacobite Wars of 1715 and 1745 in Scotland →
Release date: 1961
- Songs of Two Rebellions: The Jacobite Wars of 1715 and 1745 in Scotland →
Release date: 1961
- Songs of War from the Slave Coast →
Release date: 1982
- Songs of a New York Lumberjack →
Release date: 1958-01-01
- Songs of the Chippewa, Volume 1: Minnesota Chippewa Game and Social Dance Songs →
Release date: 1977
- Songs of the Civil War →
Release date: 1960
- Songs of the Ghetto →
Release date: 1965
- Songs of the Maritimes: Lumbermen Songs, and Songs of the Sea, From Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island →
Release date: 1959
- Songs of the Sea →
Release date: 1957
- Songs of the Sea →
Release date: 1957
- Songs of the Sea →
Release date: 1957
- Songs of the Sea: Sung by Alan Mills and the Four Shipmates →
- Songs of the Spanish Civil War, Vol. 1: Songs of the Lincoln Brigade / Six Songs for Democracy →
- Songs of the Spanish Civil War, Vol. 1: Songs of the Lincoln Brigade, Six Songs for Democracy →
Release date: 1961
- Songs of the Spanish Civil War, Volume 2 →
Release date: 1966
- Songs to Grow On by Woody Guthrie, Sung by Jack Elliott ↗
Release date: 1961Release genres: traditional folk music · Genre source ↗
- Songs, Fiddle Tunes and a Folktale From Canada →
Release date: 1961
- Sorcha Ní Ghuairim Sings Traditional Irish Songs →
Release date: 1957
- Soul Ain’t: Soul Is: Poems by Sarah Webster Fabio →
Release date: 1973
- Sound Patterns →
Release date: 1953
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.
- Art Tatum ↗
Period not specified · Statement source ↗
- Bob Kirkpatrick ↗
Period not specified · Statement source ↗
- Bukka White ↗
Period not specified · Statement source ↗
- Charity Bailey ↗
Period not specified · Statement source ↗
- Charlie Waller ↗
Period not specified · Statement source ↗
- Dave Van Ronk ↗
Period not specified · Statement source ↗
- Doc Watson ↗
Period not specified · Statement source ↗
- Eric Von Schmidt ↗
Period not specified · Statement source ↗
- Frank Hamilton ↗
Period not specified · Statement source ↗
- Frank Proffitt ↗
Period not specified · Statement source ↗
- Fred Gerlach ↗
Period not specified · Statement source ↗
- Furry Lewis ↗
Period not specified · Statement source ↗
- Gil Turner ↗
Period not specified · Statement source ↗
- Harley Allen ↗
Period not specified · Statement source ↗
- Hobart Smith ↗
Period not specified · Statement source ↗
- Joe Hickerson ↗
Period not specified · Statement source ↗
- Kilby Snow ↗
Period not specified · Statement source ↗
- Logan English ↗
Period not specified · Statement source ↗
- Martin, Bogan & the Armstrongs ↗
Period not specified · Statement source ↗
- Michael Hurley ↗
Period not specified · Statement source ↗
- Mike Seeger ↗
Period not specified · Statement source ↗
- Mikis Theodorakis ↗
Period not specified · Statement source ↗
- New Lost City Ramblers ↗
Period not specified · Statement source ↗
- Paul Clayton ↗
Period not specified · Statement source ↗
MUSICBRAINZ SOURCE RELATIONSHIPS
Founders
1 founding relationships reported by MusicBrainz. Dates describe the founding event, not a period of employment or a current role.
- Moses Asch →
Founding date reported by MusicBrainz: 1948 · MusicBrainz relationship source ↗
03 / DEMO SUBMISSIONS
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