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.

• Back Roads to Cold Mountain ↗
  Release date: 2004
  Release genres: old-time music · Genre source ↗
  various artists
• Badenya: Manden Jaliya in New York City →
  Release date: 2002
• Baijun Ballads: Somali Songs in Swahili →
  Haussein Shiekh · Radio Mogadisco Swahili Singers
  Haussein Shiekh · Person · MusicBrainz associated country: SO · Artist source ↗
  Radio Mogadisco Swahili Singers · Group · MusicBrainz associated country: SO · Artist source ↗
• Balinese Music of Lombok →
  Release date: 2014-12-16
• Balinese Music of Lombok →
  Release date: 2015
• Ballads From Her Appalachian Family Tradition →
  Release date: 2003
  Jean Ritchie
  Jean Ritchie · Person · MusicBrainz associated country: US · Artist source ↗
• Ballads of Sacco & Vanzetti →
  Release date: 1996-02-20
  Woody Guthrie
  Woody Guthrie · Person · MusicBrainz associated country: US · American singer-songwriter · Artist source ↗
• Ballads, Banjo Tunes, and Sacred Songs of Western North Carolina →
  Release date: 2005-01-03
  Bascom Lamar Lunsford
  Bascom Lamar Lunsford · Person · MusicBrainz associated country: US · Artist source ↗
• Bamboo on the Mountains →
• Bandera mía: Songs of Argentina →
  Release date: 2006-06-27
  Suni Paz
  Suni Paz · Person · MusicBrainz associated country: AR · Artist source ↗
• Banjo Diary: Lessons From Traditions →
  Release date: 2012
  Stephen Wade
  Stephen Wade · Person · MusicBrainz associated country: US · Artist source ↗
• Bardic Divas: Women’s Voices in Central Asia →
  Release date: 2007
• Been in the Storm So Long: A Collection of Spirituals, Folk Tales and Children's Games from Johns Island, SC →
  Release date: 1990
• Bells And Winter Festivals Of Greek Macedonia →
  Release date: 2002
  The Romani Instrumentalists of Jumaya
  The Romani Instrumentalists of Jumaya · Group · Artist source ↗
• Belly Dance! The Best of George Abdo and His Flames of Araby Orchestra →
  Release date: 2002-05-21
  George Abdo & The Flames of Araby Orchestra
  George Abdo & The Flames of Araby Orchestra · Group · Artist source ↗
• Best of Broadside 1962-1968 (sampler) →
  Release date: 2000
• Big Band Renaissance: The Evolution of the Jazz Orchestra →
  Release date: 1996-01-23
• Big Bill Broonzy Sings Folk Songs →
  Release date: 2016-02
  Big Bill Broonzy
  Big Bill Broonzy · Person · MusicBrainz associated country: US · Artist source ↗
• Big Bill Broonzy Sings Folk Songs →
  Release date: 1989
  Big Bill Broonzy
  Big Bill Broonzy · Person · MusicBrainz associated country: US · Artist source ↗
• Birds, Beasts, Bugs & Fishes ↗
  Release date: 1998
  Pete Seeger
• Birds, Beasts, Bugs and Fishes (Little and Big) →
  Pete Seeger
  Pete Seeger · Person · MusicBrainz associated country: US · Artist source ↗
• Birds, Beasts, Bugs and Fishes (Little and Big): Animal Folk Songs →
  Release date: 1997-12
  Pete Seeger
  Pete Seeger · Person · MusicBrainz associated country: US · Artist source ↗
• Black Banjo Songsters of North Carolina and Virginia →
  Release date: 1998-02-17
• Black Christ of the Andes →
  Release date: 2004
  Mary Lou Williams
  Mary Lou Williams · Person · MusicBrainz associated country: US · American jazz pianist and composer · 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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