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.
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Showing 80 of 352 credited artists. Explore the sourced release pages below for more credits.
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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.
- West Indian Folksongs for Children →
Release date: 1960
- Whaler Out of New Bedford →
Release date: 1962
- What Did You Expect? ↗
Release date: 1973Release genres: folk rock · Genre source ↗
- When Kentucky Had No Union Men →
Release date: 1967
- Where Have All the Flowers Gone? →
Release date: 1968
- Who's That Knocking? →
Release date: 1978
- Whoever Shall Have Some Peanuts →
Release date: 1961
- Wimoweh →
Release date: 1951-12
- Wimoweh and Other Songs of Freedom and Protest →
- Witches And War-Whoops: Early New England Ballads →
- With Voices Together We Sing →
Release date: 1956
- Wolof Music of Senegal and the Gambia →
- Won't You Come & Sing for Me? →
Release date: 2022
- Won't You Come & Sing for Me? →
Release date: 1973
- Woody Guthrie Sings Folk Songs →
Release date: 1962
- Woody Guthrie Sings Folk Songs, Volume Two →
Release date: 1964
- Words for the Wind: Selections from the Poetry of Theodore Roethke →
- Yamekraw →
Release date: 1962
- Yankee Go Home →
Release date: 1975
- Yaqui Dances: The Pascola Music of the Yaqui Indians of Northern Mexico →
Release date: 1957
- Yemenite and Other Israel Folk Songs →
Release date: 1958
- You'll Sing a Song and I'll Sing a Song ↗
Release date: 1966Release genres: traditional folk music · Genre source ↗
- You’ll Sing a Song and I’ll Sing a Song →
Release date: 1966
- Zodiac Suite →
Release date: 1975
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 ↗
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- Bob Kirkpatrick ↗
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- Bukka White ↗
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- Charity Bailey ↗
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- Charlie Waller ↗
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- Dave Van Ronk ↗
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- Doc Watson ↗
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- Eric Von Schmidt ↗
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- Frank Hamilton ↗
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- Frank Proffitt ↗
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- Fred Gerlach ↗
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- Furry Lewis ↗
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- Gil Turner ↗
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- Harley Allen ↗
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- Hobart Smith ↗
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- Joe Hickerson ↗
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- Kilby Snow ↗
Period not specified · Statement source ↗
- Logan English ↗
Period not specified · Statement source ↗
- Martin, Bogan & the Armstrongs ↗
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- Michael Hurley ↗
Period not specified · Statement source ↗
- Mike Seeger ↗
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- Mikis Theodorakis ↗
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- New Lost City Ramblers ↗
Period not specified · Statement source ↗
- Paul Clayton ↗
Period not specified · Statement source ↗
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 ↗
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