FOLKWAYS RECORDS

Inspired by the urban folk song revival in late-1940's Los Angeles, Guy Carawan began listening to field recordings of folk songs in the Library of Congress. With his developing interest in world...

A California native, Guy Carawan moved to New York City in the 1950s and became involved in the folk music revival scene. In Greenwich Village, Carawan was introduced to musicians in the People's...

Cruise the Caribbean during the mid-twentieth century heyday of "the society ballroom and the honky-tonk [music] of the West Indies." Stop by Martinique, the Virgin Islands, Guadeloupe, Trinidad,...

Whether purely instrumental or with a chorus, each of these recordings manages to capture the spirit of the English, Spanish, and French speaking Caribbean. Many of the recordings are of dance music...

RELATED LESSON PLAN "Steel band Style, Calypso Culture and Childhood Chants: Trinidadian Music for the Classroom" in your class.1. Gypsy in the Moonlight 2. In a Fine Castle; Jane and Louisa; There's...

Recorded in 1960, this collection of old-time French-Canadian, Irish, and Scottish fiddle tunes is a wonderful example of Jean Carignan's skill on the instrument. As a testament to his abilities, in...

Carlin,Richard Poppy Leaf: English Concertina Tunes CD1. The Poppy Leaf / the Derry (Medley) 2. Tattered Jack Walsh / Dublin / My Darling Asleep (Medley) 3. The Minstrel Medley 4. Epping Forest 5...

As Andrew Schloss explains in the liner notes: "Carnaval has a history of mixing and uniting people of different races, and the merriment and participation in Carnaval has always transcended class...

James "Jimmy" Carr, founder of the Wolf Pack, an infamous prison gang in California during the 1960's, tells the story of life behind bars. Carr had unique experiences in the prison system as he was...

Haitian guitarist and composer Frantz Casseus charged himself with the mission of building a repertoire for guitar blending Haitian folk music and European classical music, much as Villa Lobos had...

Puerto Rican-born, Haitian-bred vocalist Lolita Cuevas and Haitian guitarist and composer Frantz Casseus lyrically come together in rendering some of the most beautiful folk songs of Haiti. Arranged...

Argentina has a rich and varied repertoire of folk dances, which were the result of the blending of two distinct streams of culture. First came the serious and somber dances of the Altiplano Indians,...