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Another classic recording from Memphis Slim and Willie Dixon finds the powerhouse blues duo playing a collection of fine songs. Pete Seeger joins the guys for two tracks on the album: "Stew ball" and... more

A paean to the joys of live performance, this album features rousing singalongs, blues, spirituals, and songs from South Africa and the Bahamas. Willie Dixon and Memphis Slim join Seeger in this... more

The American Favorite Ballads series (1957–62) was a cornerstone of Seeger's work on Folkways, and this fifth volume is now joined by songs from his other albums of the era—29 tracks from the... more

Pete Seeger has long set the standard for interpreters of American traditional and topical songs. This fourth volume in the popular series compiled from the Folkways Records AMERICAN FAVORITE BALLADS... more

Ballads fuse the arts of music and storytelling.3 Pete Seeger, an American folk hero and icon of the great "folk revival of the 1950s & 1960 s, hand selecton some of his favorite American ballads to... more

The songs Pete Seeger recorded on his American Favorite Ballads LPs in the '50s and '60s are not merely classic folk songs—they're definitive Americana. This first in a series of reissues of those... more

Irwin Silber produced this classic 1960 Folkways comp of Civil War songs both famous and obscure, from rousing marches to brokenhearted ballads. Along with Tenting Tonight; Lincoln and Liberty; John... more

26 topical songs from (along with Woody Guthrie) probably the greatest topical singer-songwriter in American history, the only collection of its kind! The recordings date from 1944 right up to the... more

Inspired by a famous poem by Edna St. Vincent Millay, the title of this album organizes it's material into songs that celebrate love between individuals as well as songs that express a love for... more

To everyone in all the world / I reach my hand, I shake their hand, sings Pete Seeger. The material performed on this album-from a Japanese song, "Never Again Shall We Allow Another Atom Bomb to... more

Recorded at Yale, Chicago, Carnegie Hall, and the Village Gate, Sing Out with Pete! Includes enduring favorites and rousing singalongs like "The Hammer Song," "Wimoweh," and "Michael, Row the Boat... more

This album of songs mostly composed in the early 1960s includes two songs by Malvina Reynolds, as well as "The New York J-D Blues," composed by a New York teenager puzzled by a misguided subway ad... more

This collection contains songs recorded between 1950 and 1955, either live at hootenannies sponsored by Sing Out! Magazine, issued as 78rpm records on the defunct Hootenanny Records label, or... more

This recording explores the rich musical heritage of the area surrounding Lake Champlain in the Adirondack Mountains of New York. The songs were selected from a collection of North Country folklore... more

This recording captures Pete Seeger performing some of the most significant folk songs of the mid-20th century. He begins with Malvina Reynolds' "Little Boxes" and ends with Phil Ochs' "The Ballad of... more

Icon of the American folk music revival Pete Seeger teaches folk guitar through a detailed written instruction guide (included in the liner notes) which accompanies in-depth teaching and classic folk... more

23 topical tracks from one of this century's great topical songwriters, drawn from the 3000 masters Pete Seeger recorded for the Folkways label! This is live and studio material featuring 11... more

Iconic folk singer Pete Seeger describes the music of Lead Belly as "some of the best songs we'll ever know." on this 11-track recording, Seeger pays tribute to the legendary blues musician and... more

Two Pete Seegar classics available on CD for the first time. Featuring 28 tracks with complete lyrics all energetically performed with banjo accompaniment. Track highlights include: "Teeny Weency... more

Seeger introduced generations of kids (not to mention adults) to the richness of traditional American music. These 22 '50s and '60s tracks include notes with lyrics and dance instructions for wee... more

These songs have been part of the fabric of America for a half century or more—and these five volumes of folk ballads recorded by Pete in the '50s and '60s were an integral part of our folk revival.... more

See also: Smithsonian Folkways Recordings reissued series of American Favorite Ballads.

See also: Smithsonian Folkways Recordings reissued series of American Favorite Ballads.