Smithsonian Folkways

A playlist of the newest videos from Smithsonian Folkways, the nonprofit record label of the Smithsonian Institution. To learn and discover more, visit the Smithsonian Folkways website: http://www.folkways.si.edu/

Smithsonian Folkways Recordings is the nonprofit record label of the Smithsonian Institution, the national museum of the United States. We are dedicated to supporting cultural diversity and increased understanding among peoples through the documentation, preservation, and dissemination of sound. This playlist contains a collection of songs from the Louisiana musician and composer, Lead Belly. Lead Belly recorded with Folkways Records founder Moses Asch in the 1940s. Asch let Lead Belly record anything he wished, and Lead Belly kept coming back to Asch's studio when his flirtations with stardom failed. To learn more about Lead Belly, visit the Smithsonian Folkways website: http://www.folkways.si.edu/explore_folkways/lead_belly.aspx

Smithsonian Folkways Recordings is the nonprofit record label of the Smithsonian Institution, the national museum of the United States. We are dedicated to supporting cultural diversity and increased understanding among peoples through the documentation, preservation, and dissemination of sound. Children's music has been a Folkways priority from the inception of the label. Founding father Moses Asch sought to build a library of children's records that was intelligent, playful, and inventive, seeking out adult artist-musicians as well as children who could be recorded singing with enthusiasm and verve. To find out more about children's music at Smithsonian Folkways, visit the fall 2009 edition of the Smithsonian Folkways Magazine: http://www.folkways.si.edu/magazine/2009_fall/cover_story...

Smithsonian Folkways Recordings is the nonprofit record label of the Smithsonian Institution, the national museum of the United States. We are dedicated to supporting cultural diversity and increased understanding among peoples through the documentation, preservation, and dissemination of sound. Here is a selection of Pete Seeger songs and interviews from the Smithsonian Folkways collection. Seeger began recording with Moses Asch in the early 1940s, and went on to record numerous albums and tracks covering a wide range of genres, from children's music to protest songs. To learn more about Pete Seeger, visit his Artist Spotlight on the Smithsonian Folkways website: http://www.folkways.si.edu/explore_folkways/pete_seeger.aspx

Smithsonian Folkways Recordings is the nonprofit record label of the Smithsonian Institution, the national museum of the United States. We are dedicated to supporting cultural diversity and increased understanding among peoples through the documentation, preservation, and dissemination of sound. This playlist features music from Mexico, and Central and South America. To find more music from the groups, countries and regions featured here, visit the Smithsonian Folkways website: http://www.folkways.si.edu/

Smithsonian Folkways Recordings is the nonprofit record label of the Smithsonian Institution, the national museum of the United States. We are dedicated to supporting cultural diversity and increased understanding among peoples through the documentation, preservation, and dissemination of sound. This playlist features music from Asia and the Middle East. To find more music from the groups, countries and regions featured here, visit the Smithsonian Folkways website: http://www.folkways.si.edu/

Smithsonian Folkways Recordings is the nonprofit record label of the Smithsonian Institution, the national museum of the United States. We are dedicated to supporting cultural diversity and increased understanding among peoples through the documentation, preservation, and dissemination of sound. This playlist features music and artists from Colombia, specifically the música llanera and joropo traditions. To learn more about these styles, check out the feature in the Summer 2011 edition of Smithsonian Folkways Magazine: http://www.folkways.si.edu/magazine/2011_summer/artist_sp...

Smithsonian Folkways Recordings is the nonprofit record label of the Smithsonian Institution, the national museum of the United States. We are dedicated to supporting cultural diversity and increased understanding among peoples through the documentation, preservation, and dissemination of sound. This playlist features music from across Africa and the African diaspora. To find more music from the groups, countries and region featured here, visit the Smithsonian Folkways website: http://www.folkways.si.edu/

Smithsonian Folkways offers many archival recordings of American Indian music, as well as contemporary pieces by innovative and traditional musicians. Each track illuminates the central role that music plays in American Indian culture and is evidence of both difference and similarity across a hemisphere of Native peoples. Smithsonian Folkways Recordings is the nonprofit record label of the Smithsonian Institution, the national museum of the United States. We are dedicated to supporting cultural diversity and increased understanding among peoples through the documentation, preservation, and dissemination of sound. To discover more music and artists like those featured here, visit our website: http://www.folkways.si.edu/

Smithsonian Folkways Recordings is the nonprofit record label of the Smithsonian Institution, the national museum of the United States. We are dedicated to supporting cultural diversity and increased understanding among peoples through the documentation, preservation, and dissemination of sound. This playlist features music from Europe. To find more European music in the Smithsonian Folkways collection, please visit our website: http://www.folkways.si.edu/