FOLKWAYS RECORDS

Scientific research into the use of musical instruments in Pre-Columbian Mexico is only 30 years old. 'Pre- Columbian' referred, originally, to artifacts made by the Indians of the Western Hemisphere...

Dailey,Irene / Donegan,Martin Of Poetry And Power: Poems Occasioned CD1. Frost, Robert: For John F. Kennedy His Inauguration 2. The Gift Outright 3. Ozick, Cynthia: Footnote to Lord Action 4. Victor,...

As a reaction to the global domination and colonization by the Western world, La Negritude, a literary movement of black intellectuals in Francophone countries, was responsible for the production of...

In this second volume of Dances of the World's Peoples, learn the origins of the Neopolitan Tarantella (the dance came from the practice of pressing grapes for wine by jumping on them with one's bare...

From the wildly popular Charleston to the foxtrot, the music of the 1920s provided entertainment for dancers throughout the United States and beyond. This compilation presents "on location"...

Released in 1966, two years after the "Freedom Summer" of 1964, when civil rights activists concentrated their energy on registering black voters in the South, this album explicitly addresses the...

Singer, activist, and founder of Paredon Records (now also under the stewardship of Smithsonian Folkways), Barbara Dane was born in 1929 and was still going strong last time we spoke with her. This...

Dartmouth Digital Synth / Var Dartmouth Digital Synth / Var CD1. Georganna's Farewell 2. Bilder (Images) 3. Emergence 4. Tapestry I

This recording of Gil Noble's WABC-TV program, "Like It is" features an exclusive interview with Angela Davis done by her lawyer, Margaret Burnham, while she was jailed in NY and awaiting trial on...

The blind folk, gospel and blues musician made it to New York from South Carolina and made a name for himself as the "Harlem Street Singer." a Baptist minister and a teacher, Gary Davis was also an...

George Davis began working in the coal mines at thirteen. After he injured his arm in a mining accident, Davis knew he'd never be a great guitarist, so he concentrated on writing songs about the...

This album was the first release for folk musician and songwriter Guy Davis, and he has gone on to become one of the most luminous bluesmen around. His music features intricate finger work on the...