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Featured items from Smithsonian Folkways
Worlds of Sound
™
: The Story of Smithsonian Folkways
Book & CD
A book by Richard Carlin in association with Smithsonian Folkways Recordings.
Nobel Voices for Disarmament: 1901-2001
SFW47005 (2007)
Smithsonian Folkways recently released
Nobel Voices for Disarmament: 1901-2001
, a stirring collection of new and archival spoken-word recordings by the most prominent advocates for peace during a century marred by war and bloodshed.
Anthology of American Folk Music
™
The Anthology of American Folk Music
™
(SFW 40090), Edited by Harry Smith, is one of the most influential releases in the history of recorded sound.
The Best of Broadside 1962-1988
Broadside was a small underground magazine smuggled out of a New York City housing project in a baby carriage, filled with new songs by artists who were too creative for the folkies and too radical for the establishment.
Fast Folk: A Community of Singers and Songwriters
SFW40135 (2002)
Folk music wasn't just something that happened in the 1960s. The sound and the scene continued to thrive throughout the 1980s and 1990s, mostly because of the efforts of Fast Folk, a group of singers.
Heartbeat: Voices of First Nations Women
SFW40415 (1995)
"A woman hums songs to a child. Three old ladies sing as they pick chokecherries or cactus buds, husk corn, or dig camus root. A woman's high-pitched lu-lu-lu-lu rises over the men's voices at the end of an honoring song for returned veterans.
Where Did You Sleep Last Night
SFW40044 (1996)
This recording is a testament to two men, the Louisiana African-American musician and composer, Lead Belly (born Huddie Ledbetter, 1885-1949), and New York recording engineer and Folkways record company owner Moses Asch.
That's Why We're Marching: World War II and the American Folksong Movement
SFW40021 (1996)
Songwriter and labor organizer Joe Hill wrote, "A pamphlet is never read more than once, but a song is learned by heart and repeated over and over."
The Silk Road: A Musical Caravan
SFW40438 (2002)
At the end of the 13th Century C.E., Marco Polo set out on a legendary journey from Europe to eastern Asia. Listen to rich musical traditions present along the Silk Road.