This one is as influential as it is essential. Woody is accompanied here by Lead Belly, Cisco Houston, Sonny Terry and others. "Hard Travelin'," "Oregon Trail," "The House of the Rising Sun," "John... more

Blacklisted actor and tireless social activist Will Geer toured government work camps with Guthrie and Burl Ives long before Geer and Guthrie released this 1956 LP. They tell it like it is the songs... more

Are there still previously unknown Woody Guthrie treasures to be found? As it turns out, Smithsonian Folkways had some real pastures of plenty in store for us in the year of Guthrie's centenary. For,... more

Everything Woody ever recorded for Mo Asch's Folkways label, now available as a 4-CD set selling for $18 less than the four volumes cost singly! This is ABSOLUTELY one of the most indispensable... more

Vinyl LP pressing. This recording, first released by Folkways founder Moses Asch in 1976 to coincide with the celebration of America's Bicentennial, was originally recorded by Asch in the 1940s. The... more

Recorded in 1940, and later reissued by Folkways Recordings in 1950, Guthrie's first album chronicles the American Dust Bowl through his prosaic style of talking blues. Using only guitar and vocals,... more

24 more of the historic recordings Woody made for Mo Asch's Folkways label, including such classics as Hard Travelin'; So Long It's Been Good to Know You; Mean Talking Blues; Talking Columbia, and I... more

Woody recorded for a variety of labels, but the real meat of his repertoire rests in the 300 or so songs he recorded for Mo Asch's Folkways label. And now that classic material is finally coming out... 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

Part two in Folkways' painstaking release of Woody's fabled recordings for the label! Includes 27 songs, mostly folk standards including Wreck of the Old 97; Take a Whiff on Me; Stackolee; Worried... more

Includes Two Good Men; Suassos Lane; We Welcome to Heaven; Vanzetti's Rock and more.

Woody Guthrie (1912-1967) was perhaps the most important folk musician of the twentieth century, inspiring a generation of singers and musicians such as Pete Seeger, Bob Dylan, Ramblin' Jack Elliott,... more

Presenting a significant addition to the body of American folk music—17 unreleased Woody Guthrie performances, culled carefully from the dozens of masters the Smithsonian inherited when it acquired... more

Woody Guthrie was one of America's most prolific songwriters, and of the thousand-odd songs he wrote between 1932 and 1952, some have become classics, recorded by countless musicians all over the... more