FOLKWAYS RECORDS

Long before Twitter and YouTube made it possible for anyone with a cell phone to broadcast news, and before television and the Internet made their way into nearly all homes, Americans relied on radio...

A man whose independence and integrity stand as the highest ideals of the creative spirit was somehow overlooked during his life. But Ives did gain recognition for his uniquely nationalistic voice...

When the first Spaniards arrived at Tzintzuntz?n, the ancient Tarascan capital, they were entertained, so the worthy Spanish chroniclers of the 16th century tell us, with an all-night fiesta of...

The songs and dances heard today in Mexico are a complex mixture, with their origins in both indigenous and European music. That music was a vigorous art prior to the arrival of the Spaniards may be...

The life of jazz is in it's playing-in unrehearsed sessions in front of audiences or microphones, ears corporeal or mechanical that gauge the passing of time not by hands on a watch but by the birth...

Sven-Bertil Taube sings Swedish folk songs, many intended as ring games and circle dances, accompanying himself on guitar. They range in provenance from medieval to contemporary. Lyrics in Swedish...

Afghanistan's teahouses are a bustling center not only for socializing and business, but also for performing and entertaining. Teahouses serve as the main stage for most of Afghanistan's musicians...

Temiar Dream Songs Malaya / Va Temiar Dream Songs Malaya / Va CD1. Bah Sain (Spirit of the Wind) 2. Hanjoi 3. Chinchem, Part 1 4. Chinchem, Part 2 5. Chinchem, Part 3 6. Siku (Spirit of Siku...

Studs Terkel, the late great oral historian, was actually one of the first disc jockeys in the country to play folk recordings. Here he interviews two giants of the American music scene, Pete Seeger...

This album by harmonica player Sonny Terry and guitarist Brownie McGhee, with Coyal McMahan on maracas features traditional blues songs, spirituals, and originals by the three singer-instrumentalists...

Guitarist and singer Walter Brown "Brownie" McGhee (1915-1996) was a leading proponent of Piedmont-style blues, a guitar style based on ragtime piano rhythms and associated with the Piedmont region...

As a youth in North Carolina, Sonny Terry-who lost his sight during his teen years-never imagined he'd eventually find fame as a musician on record, at festivals, and on Broadway in the musical,...