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
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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.
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.
- Sound Patterns →
- Sound Portraits From Bulgaria: A Journey to a Vanished World →
Release date: 2019-11-01
- Sounds of Insects →
Release date: 2007
- Sounds of North American Frogs →
Release date: 1998
- Southern Banjo Sounds →
Release date: 1998-09-15
- Speech After Removal of the Larynx →
Release date: 2007
- Spirituals & Shout Songs From the Georgia Coast →
Release date: 2017
- Street and Gangland Rhythms (Beats and Improvisations by Six Boys in Trouble) →
Release date: 2010
- Street and Gangland Rhythms (Beats and Improvisations by Six Boys in Trouble) →
Release date: 2007-10-02
- Struggle →
- Struggle →
Release date: 1992
- Sunny Day →
Release date: 2010-10-05
- Sweeney’s Dream →
Release date: 2001
- Swingin': Big Band Swing from the 1930's and 1940's →
- Symbiont →
Release date: 2024
- Sí, soy llanero ↗
Release date: 2004Release genres: joropo · Genre source ↗
- Tabla Tarang - Melody on Drums →
Release date: 1996
- Taquachito Nights →
Release date: 1999-06-27
- Tea House Music of Afghanistan →
Release date: 2025-03-07
- Tell ’Em You Were Gold →
Release date: 2022
- Territory →
Release date: 2008-03-25
- Territory →
Release date: 2008-03-25
- Thailand: Songs for Life →
Release date: 2006
- That's Why We're Marching: World War II and the American Folk Song Movement →
Release date: 1996
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 ↗
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