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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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 Original James P. Johnson 1942 - 1945 Piano Solos →
  Release date: 1996-09-24
  James P. Johnson
  James P. Johnson · Person · MusicBrainz associated country: US · Artist source ↗
• The Poetry Of Sterling A. Brown (The Complete Folkways Readings 1946-1973) →
  Release date: 1995
  Sterling Brown
  Sterling Brown · Person · MusicBrainz associated country: US · Artist source ↗
• The Ruse Of The Empty City: A Traditional Peking Opera →
  Release date: 2007
• The Silk Road: A Musical Caravan →
  Release date: 2002-04-23
• The Sligo Indians →
  Release date: 2008
  Tony deMarco
  Tony deMarco · Person · MusicBrainz associated country: US · fiddler · Artist source ↗
• The Smithsonian Collection of Classic Jazz ↗
  Release date: 1973
  Release genres: avant-garde jazz · bebop · big band music · free jazz · hard bop · modal jazz · post-bop · ragtime · swing · Genre source ↗
  various artists
• The Smithsonian Folkways Collection →
  Release date: 2019
  Pete Seeger
  Pete Seeger · Person · MusicBrainz associated country: US · Artist source ↗
• The Smithsonian Folkways Collection →
  Release date: 2015
  Lead Belly
  Lead Belly · Person · MusicBrainz associated country: US · Artist source ↗
• The Smithsonian Folkways Collection →
  Release date: 2019-05-07
  Pete Seeger
  Pete Seeger · Person · MusicBrainz associated country: US · Artist source ↗
• The Smithsonian Folkways Collection →
  Release date: 2019
  Pete Seeger
  Pete Seeger · Person · MusicBrainz associated country: US · Artist source ↗
• The Smithsonian Folkways Collection ↗
  Release date: 2015-03-03
  Lead Belly
• The Social Power of Music →
  Release date: 2019
• The Social Power of Music →
  Release date: 2019-02-22
• The Sounding Joy: Christmas Songs In and Out of the Ruth Crawford Seeger Songbook →
  Release date: 2013
  Elizabeth Mitchell
  Elizabeth Mitchell · Person · MusicBrainz associated country: US · Artist source ↗
• The Sounds Of The Office →
  Michael Siegel
  Michael Siegel · Person · MusicBrainz associated country: US · field recording artist · Artist source ↗
• The Spirit Cries: Music From the Rainforests of South America & The Caribbean →
  Release date: 2010
• The Village Out West (The Lost Tapes Of Alan Oakes) →
  Release date: 2021-08-20
• The Voice of Langston Hughes →
  Release date: 1995
  Langston Hughes
  Langston Hughes · Person · MusicBrainz associated country: US · Artist source ↗
• The Watson Family →
  The Doc Watson Family
  The Doc Watson Family · Group · Artist source ↗
• The World And All It Holds →
  Release date: 2023-10-06
  Damir Imamović
  Damir Imamović · Person · MusicBrainz associated country: BA · Artist source ↗
• The World's Musical Traditions, Volume 4: Bunggridj-Bunggridj: Wangga Songs: Northern Australia →
  Release date: 1993
  Alan Maralung
  Alan Maralung · Person · MusicBrainz associated country: AU · Artist source ↗
• There Ain't No Way Out →
  Release date: 1997
  The New Lost City Ramblers
  The New Lost City Ramblers · Group · MusicBrainz associated country: US · Artist source ↗
• There Is No Eye: Music For Photographs →
  Release date: 2001-11-06
• Things Done Changed →
  Release date: 2024-10-18
  Blind Boy Paxton
  Blind Boy Paxton · 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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