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.
- The Folkways Years, 1944-1961 →
Release date: 1994-04-19
- The Folkways Years, 1944-1963 →
Release date: 1991
- The Folkways Years, 1945-1959 →
Release date: 1991
- The Folkways Years, 1955-1992: Songs of Love and Politics →
Release date: 1992
- The Folkways Years, 1959–1961 ↗
Release date: 1991Release genres: folk music · traditional folk music · Genre source ↗
- The Folkways Years: 1959-1973 →
Release date: 2000
- The Folkways Years: 1959–1973 ↗
Release date: 2000-02-22Release genres: blues · boogie-woogie · Genre source ↗
- The Folkways Years: 1964-1983 →
Release date: 2001-04-24
- The Four Vedas →
Release date: 1968-01-01
- The Harry Smith Connection (A Live Tribute To The Anthology Of American Folk Music) →
Release date: 1998
- The Heart of Cape Breton →
Release date: 2002-02-26
- The High Lonesome Sound →
Release date: 1998
- The High Lonesome Sound →
- The High Lonesome Sound →
Release date: 1998-01-20
- The Humors of Glin →
Release date: 2026-05-29
- The Invisible Comes to Us →
Release date: 2018-03-30
- The Invisible Comes to Us →
Release date: 2018-03-30
- The Mermaid's Purse: Live at Chatham College, 1976 →
Release date: 2022-03-04
- The Mississippi River of Song: A Musical Journey Down the Mississippi →
Release date: 1998
- The Naked Prey - African Music from the Soundtrack →
Release date: 1996
- The New Faith →
Release date: 2022-09-23
- The New Faith →
Release date: 2022-09-23
- The Old Reliable String Band →
Release date: 2007-06-12
- The Original Folkways Recordings of Doc Watson and Clarence Ashley: 1960 Through 1962 →
Release date: 1994-06-28
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 ↗
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- Elizabeth Mitchell ↗
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- 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 ↗
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- The Dust Busters ↗
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