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Folkways Records
Parent company
Smithsonian Institution
Founded
1948 (1948)
Founder
Moses Asch Marian Distler
Defunct
1987 (1987)
Status
Defunct
Genre
Folk, Traditional bluegrass, world music
Country of origin
U.S.
Location
Washington, D.C., United States
Official website
www.folkways.si.edu
Folkways Records was a record label founded by Moses Asch that documented folk, world, and children's music. It was acquired by the Smithsonian Institution in 1987 and is now part of Smithsonian Folkways.
and is now part of Smithsonian Folkways. The FolkwaysRecords & Service Co., and its music publishing subsidiary Folkways Music Publishers, Inc., were founded...
The Smithsonian Folkways Recordings label arose when the Smithsonian acquired a vast collection of recordings from FolkwaysRecords, maintained by Moses...
Look up folkway in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Folkways can refer to: Folkways or mores, in sociology, are norms for routine or casual interaction...
transitioned from 78 RPM recordings to LP records. Asch ran the Folkways label from 1948 until his death in 1986. Folkways was very influential in bringing folk...
Hannah (1995) The Folkways recordings, done for Moses Asch from 1941 to 1947, were released in a three-volume series by Smithsonian Folkways: Where Did You...
(1978) as Zom Folkways: The Original Vision (2005) Smithsonian Folkways Ecology Won: Readings by Will Geer and Ellen Geer (1978) FolkwaysRecords Woody's Story:...
the record Talking Dust Bowl on FolkwaysRecords in 1950 by Moe Asch, but without RCA's licences. All these recordings were made by RCA Records in 1940...
(FolkwaysRecords, 1951) Brownie McGhee Blues (Folkways, 1955) Brownie McGhee Sings the Blues (Folkways, 1959) Traditional Blues, Vol. 2 (Folkways, 1960)...
American Folk Songs for Children, in 1953 on FolkwaysRecords. He continued to release albums on Folkways until he signed with Capitol in 1961. "—" denotes...
Album (FolkwaysRecords) 1980: New Wind (FolkwaysRecords) 1981: The Living and the Breathing Wind (FolkwaysRecords) 1981: Women (FolkwaysRecords) 1982:...
August 1943) Short biography is part of review. This record's album cover (1972 - FolkwaysRecords, FD 5272) is a 1929 photograph of "Mac's Haywire Orchestry"...
Boys (1944) Get on Board [with Brownie McGhee] (Folkways, 1952) Sonny Terry's Washboard Band (Folkways, 1955) Folk Songs of Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee...
Bluebird Records artists. Big Bill Broonzy and Washboard Sam (1953) Big Bill Broonzy and Roosevelt Sykes (DVD, recorded 1956) His Story (FolkwaysRecords, 1957)...
Bontemps) (FolkwaysRecords, 1955) Joseph and His Brothers: From In the Beginning by Sholem Asch (Performed by Arna Bontemps) (FolkwaysRecords, 1955) Jewish...
on October 1, 2008. Walker, Sammy. "Songs From Woody's Pen". folkways.si.edu. Folkways. Retrieved April 9, 2016. Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. American...
three children: Neill, Calum, and Kitty. They recorded and released several albums together on FolkwaysRecords, along with Seeger's solo albums and other...
am a Woman?, Vol. 2: Black Women's Speeches (Folkways, 1977) Every Tone a Testimony (Smithsonian Folkways, 2001) American Short Stories, Vol 2, Various...
2011. Retrieved 25 June 2023. Olmsted, Tony (2003). FolkwaysRecords: Moses Asch and FolkwaysRecords. New York, N.Y.: Routledge. ISBN 978-1-56098-812-0...
2012. Retrieved November 20, 2012. "Discography for Pete Seeger on Folkways". Folkways.si.edu. Archived from the original on April 24, 2009. Retrieved November...
to Die. Sonet Records. 1978, African Flute, The Gambia. FolkwaysRecords. 1979, Jerry Williams and Roadwork: I Can Jive. Sonet Records. 1982, Clifton...
Smithsonian Folkways Recordings, the successor label to FolkwaysRecords. The band They Might Be Giants recorded an alternative rock version of the song for the...
It was recorded as "Wimoweh" by the Weavers in November 1951, and published by "Folkways Music Publishers", a branch of the then-FolkwaysRecords, in December...
in 2000. Frank Proffitt Sings Folk Songs, FolkwaysRecords Frank Proffitt of Reese NC, Folk-Legacy Records Frank Proffitt Memorial Album, Folk Legacy...
Contemporary Protest, Point of Views, and General Dissatisfaction on FolkwaysRecords before the band signed up with ESP-Disk, who released the album under...