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Smithsonian Folkways Records

Smithsonian Folkways Records

Sub-label of Smithsonian Folkways Recordings

100 releases 1956–2025
Folk Field Recording Country Blues Bluegrass Experimental Delta Blues

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Top Smithsonian Folkways Records Releases

Happy Woman Blues
Happy Woman Blues
Lucinda Williams
1980
You Are My Little Bird
Elizabeth Mitchell
2005
Ear to the Ground
Malvina Reynolds
2000
Struggle
Woody Guthrie
1945
Shake Sugaree
Shake Sugaree
Elizabeth Cotten
2004
Solo in Rio 1959
Luiz Bonfá
2005
Jazz, Volume 2: The Blues
Various Artists
1966
Vol. 2: Shake Sugaree
Vol. 2: Shake Sugaree
Elizabeth Cotten
1967
Songs of Our Native Daughters
Songs of Our Native Daughters
Our Native Daughters
2019
Mary Lou Williams
Mary Lou Williams
1964
The Invisible Comes to Us
Anna & Elizabeth
2018
Ramblin’ on My Mind
Ramblin’ on My Mind
Lucinda Williams
1979
Classic Folk Songs for Kids
Various Artists
2016
Crossroads: Southern Routes
Various Artists
1996
Tribute to a Generation: A Salute to the Big Bands of the WW II Era
Tribute to a Generation: A Salute to the Big Bands of the WW II Era
The Smithsonian Jazz Masterworks Orchestra
2004
Classic Railroad Songs
Various Artists
2006
Singalong
Pete Seeger
1991
Dave Van Ronk Sings
Dave Van Ronk
1961
Monitor Presents Koutev Bulgarian National Ensemble
Koutev Bulgarian National Ensemble
1963
Sunny Day
Elizabeth Mitchell
2010
American Roots Music
Various Artists
2007
Electronic Music, Tar and Sehtar
Dariush Dolat-Shahi
1985
Zoning
Mary Lou Williams
1974
Foc’sle Songs and Shanties
Paul Clayton & The Foc’sle Singers
1959
Sweeney’s Dream
Sweeney’s Dream
Kevin Burke
1973
Frontier Ballads
Pete Seeger
1954
Songs From the Bardo
Songs From the Bardo
Laurie Anderson, Tenzin Choegyal, Jesse Paris Smith
2019
First Songs
Mike Hurley
1964
Tell ’Em You Were Gold
Pharis & Jason Romero
2022
Children's Folk Songs of Germany
Erika and Elsa Vopel
2007
Territory
Tony Trischka
2008
The High Lonesome Sound
Roscoe Holcomb
1998
Boss Soul
Sarah Webster Fabio
1972
At Folk City
Doc Watson & Jean Ritchie
1990
Blue Clouds
Elizabeth Mitchell
The Doc Watson Family
The Doc Watson Family
1963
Remains to Be Scene
The Seldom Scene
2025
1975
No-No Boy
2021
Long Time Passing
Kronos Quartet
2020

Smithsonian Folkways Records Artist Roster

Various Artists
Various Artists
256 releases
Other
Pete Seeger
Pete Seeger
22 releases
Person
EJ
Ella Jenkins
16 releases
Person
Woody Guthrie
Woody Guthrie
12 releases
Person
Lead Belly
Lead Belly
7 releases
Person
Ewan MacColl
Ewan MacColl
6 releases
Person
Elizabeth Mitchell
Elizabeth Mitchell
6 releases
Person
Dave Van Ronk
Dave Van Ronk
4 releases
Person
Joe Glazer
Joe Glazer
4 releases
Person
Doc Watson
Doc Watson
4 releases
Person
Elizabeth Cotten
Elizabeth Cotten
4 releases
Person
Mary Lou Williams
Mary Lou Williams
4 releases
Person
NB
No-No Boy
3 releases
Group
Los Texmaniacs
Los Texmaniacs
3 releases
Group
Q
Quetzal
3 releases
Group

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