Richard Kurin
Dr. Richard Kurin is the director of the Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage where he oversees the Smithsonian Folklife Festival, Smithsonian Folkways Recordings, and other cultural heritage programs. A former Fulbright fellow ... [... more]
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Smithsonian Folkways World Mus
 An extraordinary musical journey: "Smithsonian Folkways World Music Collection" brings together 28 selections of ethnic music from all over the world. There is, in my opinion, something for everyone on this CD. The songs are a diverse group: [... more]
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The Folkways Years 1944-1961
Without Cisco, any Woody Guthrie collection is incomplete...: I discovered Cisco back in the early l960's when I was in high school and The Kingston Trio led me to Woody. I fell in love with his vocals and guitar-playing, and to me he was better than [... more]
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Pure Religion & Bad Company
classic: This is one of the classic albums. Rev Davis plays blues/ragtime picking acoustic guitar. If you don't know him yet then this is a good example of his excellent work. Personal, individual and heartfelt like the best country blues but very free [... more]
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American Favorite Ballads - Vo
From Amazon.co.uk: In 1957, at the dawn of the urban folk revival, Moses Asch's Folkways label issued the first of Pete Seeger's American Favorite Ballads series. Marketing these albums to schools and libraries, Folkways served to document a range of [... more]
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Sings for Children
From Amazon.co.uk: Leadbelly wasn't exactly the Raffi of the Roosevelt era. Convicted of attempted murder and murder, the man born Huddie Leadbelly on January 20, 1888, in Mooringsport, Louisiana, began forging a career as a performer in the 1930s after [... more]
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Plains Chippewa/Metis Music -
The Music of the North Country: Intrigued by the many descriptions of the Metis and their music in Peter Bowen's Gabriel Du Pre mystery stories, I took advantage of the availability of this CD to satisfy my curiosity. I have come away with a great [... more]
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Sings Folk Songs
Woody Guthrie Review: woody guthrie was all kinds of things, many visions, many tales, many stories and one man. along with sonny and lead belly an such this makes one helluva album. buy it steal it download it upload it an listen to it. simple as can be. [... more]
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Classic Bluegrass from Smithsonian Folkways
From Amazon.com: Originally known as a folk music label, Folkways, founded by Moses Asch in 1948 and now owned by the Smithsonian Institution, also released a number of fine bluegrass records over the years as folk revivalists became hip to the mountain [... more]
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Smithsonian Folkways Children'
This is a must-have CD for every American child!: This is a beautiful, varied collection of American folk music and poetry for children, that reflects the rich diversity of our shared culture. Not only will it introduce your baby, toddler or young child [... more]
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Classic Blues from Smithsonian Folkways
Binding: Audio CD EAN: 0093074013427 MPN: 40134 Publication Date: 2003-02-25 Release Date: 2003-02-25 UPC: 093074013427 [... more]
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Raices Latinas: Smithsonian Folkways Latino Roots Collection
Binding: Audio CD EAN: 0093074047026 Publication Date: 2002-08-13 Release Date: 2002-08-13 UPC: 093074047026 [... more]
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