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.
- Wade in the Water, Volume 1: African American Spirituals: The Concert Tradition →
Release date: 1994
- Wade in the Water, Volume 2: African American Congregational Singing: Nineteenth-Century Roots →
Release date: 1994-04-28
- Wade in the Water: African American Sacred Music Traditions Vol. I-IV →
Release date: 1997-07-22
- Waka and Other Compositions: Contemporary Music of Japan →
Release date: 2022-03-04
- Walks The Strings...And Even Sings →
Release date: 2004
- Wanderers Like Me →
Release date: 2024-08-16
- Wapna'Kik: The People of the Dawn →
Release date: 2025-02-21
- We Say No to Your War! →
Release date: 1972-01-01
- We Won't Move: Songs of the Tenants' Movement →
Release date: 1983
- We've Got to Come Full Circle: Chesapeake Song and Story for Young Hearts →
Release date: 1984-01-01
- What Will We Do →
Release date: 2019
- When We Make It Through →
Release date: 2006
- When the Soul is Settled: Music of Iraq →
Release date: 2006
- Where Did You Sleep Last Night: Lead Belly Legacy, Vol. 1 →
Release date: 2017-07-10
- Where Did You Sleep Last Night: Lead Belly Legacy, Vol. 1 →
Release date: 1996-02-20
- Whoever Shall Have Some Good Peanuts →
Release date: 2006
- Wild Wild East →
Release date: 2020-02-21
- Wild Wild East →
Release date: 2020
- With Voices Together We Sing →
- Wood That Sings: Indian Fiddle Music of the Americas →
Release date: 1997
- Woody Guthrie Sings Folk Songs →
Release date: 1989
- Woody Guthrie Sings Folk Songs →
Release date: 1992-07-13
- Woody Guthrie Sings Folk Songs →
- Woody Guthrie Sings Folk Songs, Vol. 2 →
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 ↗
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- Dillard Chandler ↗
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- Elizabeth Mitchell ↗
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- Lucinda Williams ↗
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- Mali Obomsawin ↗
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- Mark Olf ↗
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- Pete Seeger ↗
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- Stephen Wade ↗
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- The Dust Busters ↗
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