Smithsonian Folkways Vinyl

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Smithsonian folkways vinyl.

View credits reviews tracks and shop for the 1989 vinyl release of folkways. We are dedicated to supporting cultural diversity and increased understanding among peoples through the documentation preservation and dissemination of sound. The smithsonian s six cd reissue is painstakingly researched annotated and packaged even boasting an enhanced disc for the techno capable. With more than 2 000 titles folkways grew to be one of the largest and most influential independent record.

Folk world country. In 1987 following the death of moses asch owner of folkways records the smithsonian institution acquired from his estate the rights papers and masters for folkways records. This was done with the smithsonian s promise to keep all of the 2168 folkways titles in print which they continue to do to this day under the smithsonian. Smithsonian folkways recordings is the nonprofit record label of the smithsonian institution the national museum of the united states.

Smithsonian folkways recordings is the nonprofit record label of the smithsonian institution. Service corp which was founded in 1948 by moses asch with marian distler in new york city to document music spoken word and sounds from around the world. We believe that musical and cultural. We are dedicated to supporting cultural diversity and increased understanding among peoples through the documentation preservation and dissemination of sound.

Smithsonian folkways sf 40001 format. Merging american old time music and chinese folksong wu fei abigail washburn features gorgeous impressionistic renditions of traditional material from the hills of appalachia to the prairies of xinjiang region each tune flowing seamlessly into. This impressive and frankly fun musical document is still sending out shock waves almost 50 years after its original 1952 vinyl release. Shop vinyl and cds and complete your collection.

Vinyl lp compilation country. The original vision on discogs. We have announced the latest editions in our ongoing smithsonian folkways vinyl reissue series collecting three classic avant garde and experimental releases from the folkways catalog the reissues out may 22 2020 span new age and minimalism tape compositions incorporating animal sounds and influential exploratory folk music and are all remastered from the original tapes and packaged in.