FOLKWAYS RECORDS

A tribute to prominent musicologist and pioneering ethnomusicologist Dr. Curt Sachs, this compilation of Western classical music tours Greek, Jewish and Gregorian chant traditions; early polyphony of...

First held in 1924 to help raise money for a public high school and to build community spirit, the Union Grove Convention is the oldest continuous festival of it's kind in America. The tracks on this...

For five days in the summer of 1957, folklorist Edith Fowke recorded over eighty songs performed by O. J. Abbott, an octogenarian native of Ottawa. Mr. Abbott's songs reflect influences from Ireland,...

This 1980 release introduces classrooms to the instruments, rhythms, and sounds of Africa. With the zummarra (double-reed oboe), darabuka (hand drum), and masanka (one-string viol), listeners will...

Abdurahman,Bilal Innovative Rhythmic And Tonal Textures CD1. Tone Poem Mysterioso - Instrumental 2. Counting, Tapping and Clapping Rythms 3. Counting Rhythms 1-2-3-1-2-3 1-2-3-4-5-6 - Percussion...

Aboriginal Australia / Various Aboriginal Australia / Various CD1. Song with Didjeridu 2. Song with Didjeridu 3. Song with Didjeridu 4. Untitled Song 5. Untitled Song 6. Untitled Song 7. Untitled...

Abraham,Sutzkever Poetry Of Abraham Sutzkever (V CD1. The Schoolteacher Mira 2. A Wagon of Shoes 3. The Lead Plates of Rome Printing House 4. So Should You Speak to the Orphan 5. Yiddishe Gass 6...

Capoeira is a unique Brazilian art form with African roots, combining movement, music and philosophy. The essence of capoeira is a graceful, flowing game played by two people inside a circle called...

In the early 1960s, multi-instrumentalists Steve Addiss, Bill Crofut, and Tim Prentice traveled to China, Southeast Asia, and Africa as part of the State Department's Cultural Exchange Program. This...

Taken from concerts in Burma and Germany, this album features live recordings of Steve Addiss and Bill Crofut during their tour for the State Department's Cultural Exchange Program. Their repertoire...

This 1957 compilation attempts to provide a musical overview of the entire Sub-Saharan region, and also represents the scholarly contribution of American ethnomusicologist Alan P. Merriam (1923...

African and Afro-American Drums is an examination of African drumming and it's influence on the music of the Americas. Representing eight countries in the American continents, Harold Courlander has...