Smithsonian Folkways

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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Genres & artists

Associated release artists

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.

• The American Revolution in Song and Ballad →
  The Committee of Correspondence
  The Committee of Correspondence · Group · MusicBrainz associated country: US · Artist source ↗
• The Asch Recordings, Vols. 1–4 →
  Woody Guthrie
  Woody Guthrie · Person · MusicBrainz associated country: US · American singer-songwriter · Artist source ↗
• The Asch Recordings, Volume 1: This Land Is Your Land →
  Release date: 1997
  Woody Guthrie
  Woody Guthrie · Person · MusicBrainz associated country: US · American singer-songwriter · Artist source ↗
• The Asch Recordings, Volume 1: This Land Is Your Land →
  Woody Guthrie
  Woody Guthrie · Person · MusicBrainz associated country: US · American singer-songwriter · Artist source ↗
• The Asch Recordings, Volume 2: Muleskinner Blues →
  Release date: 1997
  Woody Guthrie
  Woody Guthrie · Person · MusicBrainz associated country: US · American singer-songwriter · Artist source ↗
• The Asch Recordings, Volume 3: Hard Travellin' →
  Release date: 1998
  Woody Guthrie
  Woody Guthrie · Person · MusicBrainz associated country: US · American singer-songwriter · Artist source ↗
• The Asch Recordings, Volume 4: Buffalo Skinners →
  Release date: 1999
  Woody Guthrie
  Woody Guthrie · Person · MusicBrainz associated country: US · American singer-songwriter · Artist source ↗
• The Asch Recordings, Volumes 1–4 →
  Release date: 1999
  Woody Guthrie
  Woody Guthrie · Person · MusicBrainz associated country: US · American singer-songwriter · Artist source ↗
• The Badakhshan Ensemble: Song and Dance from the Pamir Mountains →
  Release date: 2007
  The Badakhshan Ensemble
  The Badakhshan Ensemble · Group · Artist source ↗
• The Bahamas – Islands of Song ↗
  Release date: 1997
  various artists
• The Bahamas: Islands of Song →
  Release date: 1997
• The Basques: Euzkadi! (Songs and Dances of the Basque) →
  Juan Oñatibia
  Juan Oñatibia · Person · MusicBrainz associated country: ES · Artist source ↗
• The Best of Broadside 1962-1988 →
  Release date: 2000-09-12
• The Broadside Tapes 1 →
  Release date: 1989
  Phil Ochs
  Phil Ochs · Person · MusicBrainz associated country: US · Artist source ↗
• The Classic Hoagy Carmichael →
  Release date: 1994
• The Columbia River Collection ↗
  Release date: 1988
  Release genres: traditional folk music · Genre source ↗
  Woody Guthrie
• The Complete Bowdoin College Concert 1960 →
  Release date: 2011
  Pete Seeger
  Pete Seeger · Person · MusicBrainz associated country: US · Artist source ↗
• The Complete Bowdoin College Concert, 1960 →
  Release date: 2012-04-17
  Pete Seeger
  Pete Seeger · Person · MusicBrainz associated country: US · Artist source ↗
• The Complete Folkways Recordings →
  Release date: 1993
  Lonnie Johnson
  Lonnie Johnson · Person · MusicBrainz associated country: US · American blues and jazz musician · Artist source ↗
• The Devils Swing: El Columpio Del Diablo →
  Release date: 2000
• The Doc Watson Family →
  Release date: 1990
  The Doc Watson Family
  The Doc Watson Family · Group · Artist source ↗
• The Early Years 1958 - 1962 →
  Release date: 1992-07-13
  The New Lost City Ramblers
  The New Lost City Ramblers · Group · MusicBrainz associated country: US · Artist source ↗
• The Eternal Getdown →
  Release date: 2017-03-10
  Quetzal
  Quetzal · Group · MusicBrainz associated country: US · Chicano rock band from East Los Angeles, California · Artist source ↗
• The Folkways Years 1959-61 →
  Release date: 1991
  Dave Van Ronk
  Dave Van Ronk · Person · MusicBrainz associated country: US · Artist source ↗

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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