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One of the famed "Singing Ritchies of Kentucky," Jean is a national treasure, one of our best traditional singers. Now a new generation can discover her; this reissue of her landmark Folkways... more

Over the last couple of decades, Charlie Parr has crisscrossed the world on tour more times than one can count. He also has released over a dozen albums of his songs, acclaimed for their poetic... more

Featuring the cream of the Folkways bluegrass crop (and what a crop it is), this hour-plus collection stars many giants of the genre: Bill Monroe ("Get Up John"), Red Allen ("Live and Let Live"),... more

Two dozen cuts tap the traditions of Virginia, North Carolina and Tennessee. These banjo/fiddle workouts, bluegrass gems and ballads include Sugar Baby Dock Boggs; Southbound Doc & Merle Watson;... more

A mentor to everyone from Bob Dylan to Suzanne Vega, "The Mayor of MacDougal Street" was a treasured figure in the Greenwich Village scene for four decades. His autobiography and its portrait of the... more

22 songs favored by leaders of antiwar, civil rights, industrial labor, farm worker, and other struggles throughout American history. "Jesus Christ" Woody Guthrie, "Blowin' In The Wind," New World... more

Lucinda Williams, whose musical style defies easy categorization, recorded her first album of original songs in 1980, supported by a six-member band. Her songs are a mix of traditional and... more

This highly sought-after collection of 43 songs from the Civil Rights Movement includes rare recordings by Fannie Lou Hamer (Go Tell It on the Mountain), Betty Mae Fikes, the SNCC Freedom Singers,... more

Dom Flemons has built a reputation on presenting 100 years of American roots music, but now, with Traveling Wildfire, his own songwriting prowess comes into the spotlight. Carefully selected from his... more

Songs of Our Native Daughters gathers together kindred musicians Rhiannon Giddens, Amythyst Kiah, Leyla McCalla, and Allison Russell in song and sisterhood to communicate with their forebears.... more

Some of these 32 folk songs seem as old as the sea, and all originate from those who were drawn to the pull of the ocean: Haul Away Joe Leadbelly; The Dreadnaught Tom Sullivan; Homeward Bound Stuart... more

The great masters of fiddle and banjo play the string-band songs that paved the way for bluegrass: John Brown's Dream New Lost City Ramblers; Carroll County Blues Doc Watson/Fred Price; Country Blues... more

Charlie Parr's newest album, Last of the Better Days Ahead, is a collection of powerful new songs about how one looks back on a life lived, as well as forward on what's still to come. It's spare... more

First new studio album by this hugely influential bluegrass band since 2007's Grammy-nominated Scenechronized! Chris Eldridge, Emmylou Harris and Rickie Simpkins are the special guests as you hear... more

This award-winning compilation (2011's Independent Music Awards prize for best reissue) collects eleven tracks culled from Ola Belle's two Folkways albums along with eight previously unreleased live... more

Eric Clapton himself called Roscoe his favorite country musician, and for good reason—that high lonesome sound never sounded higher or more lonesome than it did when this old-timer played. Here are... more

This is the 4th volume in the collection of Woody Guthrie's recordings of the 1940's. Featuring original compositions and traditional songs about Cowboys, Outlaws and other Western themes this is an... more

Smithsonian Folkways takes you to the heart of Appalachia for 38 vintage string-band sides—76 minutes on one CD! Includes "Red Bird" Clark Kessinger; "Bonaparte's Retreat" Mike Seeger; "Sally in the... more

Concerts, jam sessions, festival workshops…27 unreleased performances by Bill Monroe & the Bluegrass Boys! Rare pix and copious notes join 75 minutes of precious music: "Roanoke," "Kentucky Waltz,"... more

The granddaddy of contemporary folk revival groups! With an authentic string band sound inspired by 78-rpm recordings from long ago, this compilation of albums—The Early Years, 1958–1962; Volume II:... more

Radio John: Songs of John Hartford is Sam Bush's heartfelt tribute to his hero and mentor, John Hartford. With dedication, admiration, and love, Bush takes on personal favorites from Hartford's vast... more

Leyla McCalla's Vari-Colored Songs is a celebration of the complexity of Black culture and identity, and a tribute to the legacy of poet and thinker Langston Hughes. A songwriter and... more