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Joined April 2009
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  1. 4 hours ago

    Listen to Kenyan gospel music with this album!

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  2. 9 hours ago

    Learn about the rich traditions of Gullah culture of Georgia and South Carolina!

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  3. Jan 17

    Listen here for an album of traditional popular Scottish tunes!

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  4. Jan 17

    The Jazz Anthology cover is a great example of Ronald Clyne’s mid-century work.

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  5. Jan 16

    Arbee Stidham was injured and forced to quit the sax. Fortunately, out of that injury came this album.

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  6. Jan 16

    Listen to this playlist that features important Civil Rights Movement songs in honor of

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  7. Jan 15

    How many other names did the Original Memphis 5 perform under? Find out in these liner notes.

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  8. Jan 14

    Listen to this 1971 interview of Angela Davis

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  9. Jan 13

    India’s Great Shamin Ahmed shows classical Hindustani music. Here's "Khamaj."

  10. Jan 13

    Who knows what other field Lunsford dabbled in? Look on page 7 of the liner notes.

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  11. Jan 12

    Contemporary artists cover Woody Guthrie songs in this new Folkways album! Pre-order your copy now!

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  12. Jan 12

    Listen our latest People's Pick playlist from of

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  13. Jan 12

    to this 1954 Folkways release of historic Civil War Ballads. Here’s “Roll, Alabama, Roll.”

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  14. Jan 11

    in 1908, President Roosevelt declared the a National Monument.

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  15. Jan 11

    Learn about Southern blues in the Folkways lesson “The Vocal Blues”

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  16. Jan 10

    Learn about Kawachi Ondo, a little-known genre of epic-based songs from Japan!

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  17. Jan 10

    The McGee Brothers played classic banjo music on this 1968 record.

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  18. Jan 9

    This 1955 album is one of the first recordings of Ravi Shankar available in the west. Listen to learn more!

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  19. Jan 9

    Listen to Blues with a Message from the Arhoolie Collection. Here is Tom Moore’s Farm, played by Mance Lipscomb

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  20. Jan 8

    Folkways group The McIntosh County Shouters was featured on Hip Deep, a segment of . Listen here!

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