01 / OVERVIEW
About this imprint
Smithsonian Folkways is included in this music label directory with a US territory association. The source classifies its type as Imprint.
Source note: imprint of Smithsonian Folkways Recordings
Also known as
Folksways RecordsSmithsonian Folkways RecordingsSmithsonian/Folkways
02 / MUSICAL DIRECTION
Genres & artists
Associated release artists
Ana VeydóCarlos Cuco RojasCimarrónDave Van RonkElizabeth MitchellLead BellyLos Gaiteros de San JacintoLucinda WilliamsLuiz BonfáMemphis SlimOur Native DaughtersPete SeegerThe Country GentlemenThe Seldom SceneWoody Guthrievarious artists[traditional]AbayudayaAbigail WashburnAbraham BrumbergAga Khan Master MusiciansAgustín Lira and AlmaAlan MaralungAlashAlbert FrenchAlbro T. GaulAlice GerrardAlim and Fargana QasimovAlim QasimovAnn SavoyAnna & ElizabethArpexAtis IndepandanBach Aria GroupBarbara DaneBarton McLeanBascom Lamar LunsfordBen E. KingBernice Johnson ReagonBig Bill BroonzyBig Joe WilliamsBill MonroeBill Monroe and the Bluegrass BoysBilly BraggBishop MuseumBlind Boy PaxtonBobby HarrisonBrian ConwayBrownie McGheeBruce HuttonCarolyn KallisCass McCombsCephas & WigginsCharles BogertCharles Cha Cha ShawCharlie ParrChip TaylorCisco HoustonClarence AshleyClark BransonColin TurnbullConan FamilyCraig KupkaCuerdas de BorínquenCullen GalyeanDamir ImamovićDan MilnerDan ZanesDan Zanes and FriendsDariush Dolat-ShahiDave FredricksonDavid CoffinDavid LaingDavid TudorDavid “Honeyboy” EdwardsDieter ChristensenDoc Tate NevaquayaDoc WatsonDock BoggsDock Reed
Showing 80 of 316 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
849 sourced releases in this catalogue. This is a partial collection, sorted by title; it is not a complete discography or a latest-release feed.
- Folk Songs of Hungary →
- Folk Songs of Vietnam →
Release date: 2007
- Folk Songs of the Canadian North Woods →
- Folksongs and Instrumentals with Guitar →
- Folkways The Original Vision – Songs of Woody Guthrie and Lead Belly ↗
Release date: 2005
- Folkways: The Original Vision →
Release date: 1989
- Folkways: The Original Vision →
Release date: 1989
- Folkways: The Original Vision ↗
Release date: 1989
- Folkways: The Original Vision (Songs of Woody Guthrie and Lead Belly) →
Release date: 2005
- Free and Equal Blues →
Release date: 2004
- Freight Train and Other North Carolina Folk Songs and Tunes →
Release date: 1989
- Friends of Old Time Music: The Folk Arrival, 1961–1965 →
- Friends of Old Time Music: The Folk Arrival, 1961–1965 →
Release date: 2006-09-26
- From Now On →
Release date: 2008
- Frontier Ballads →
Release date: 2012
- Futuribile: The Life to Come →
- Gamelan in the New World →
- Gamelan in the New World, Vol. 1 →
- Gamelan in the New World, Volume Two →
- German Students' Songs →
- Give Your Hands to Struggle →
Release date: 1997-01-21
- Glorious Mahalia →
Release date: 2026-04-03
- Go Waggaloo →
Release date: 2009-10-27
- Going Back to the Blue Ridge Mountains →
Release date: 2007-05-22
SOURCED ARTIST ASSOCIATIONS
Artists linked to this entry
9 artists have a direct label association in Wikidata. These statements may be historical; they do not confirm a current contract or a release credit.
- Cimarrón ↗
Period not specified · Statement source ↗
- Dillard Chandler ↗
Period not specified · Statement source ↗
- Elizabeth Mitchell ↗
Period not specified · Statement source ↗
- Lucinda Williams ↗
Period not specified · Statement source ↗
- Mali Obomsawin ↗
Period not specified · Statement source ↗
- Mark Olf ↗
Period not specified · Statement source ↗
- Pete Seeger ↗
Period not specified · Statement source ↗
- Stephen Wade ↗
Period not specified · Statement source ↗
- The Dust Busters ↗
Period not specified · Statement source ↗
03 / DEMO SUBMISSIONS
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Being listed in this directory does not mean this entry is actively accepting unsolicited material.