FOLKWAYS RECORDS

In this recording Harry Fleetwood, a noted classical radio host, reads excerpts from the epic poem by American writer Henry Wadsworth Longfellow about the Indian hero Hiawatha. Based on the legends...

Shanties and foc'sle (forecastle) songs lightened the burden of work aboard ship and provided entertainment to off-duty sailors. This recording features Massachusetts singer Paul Clayton and the...

Recorded in Accra, Ghana, in 1976, Kora Music from the Gambia is a collection of songs performed on the Kora, a 21-string bridge harp used by the Mandinka people of northwestern Africa. Foday Musa...

Folk Music From Italy / Var Folk Music From Italy / Var CD1. Canto Lugudorese 2. Ballo Degli Sposi 3. Canto Alla Tempiesina 4. Bonas Dies Comare 5. Tarantella 6. Cose Nostre 7. Importanza Di San...

The tracks on this album have been selected from the several hundred recordings that comprise the J.D. Robb collection of southwestern popular and folk music. Most of these were recollected in New...

Recorded in 1956 by Helen Creighton, this record captures the individualistic spirit of the island peoples of Nova Scotia. Though the majority of Nova Scotia's residents are of British descent (as is...

In the summer of 1972, Lin Lerner and Chet A. Wollner traveled throughout southwestern Ethiopia, recording the songs, chants, and dances of the various people they met. Folk Music and Ceremonies of...

Recorded by James Notopoulous in the 1950's, Folk Music of Greece is a compilation of field recordings from Epirus, Macedonia, Central Greece, Cyprus, and other surrounding areas. Includes authentic...

As one of the great devotees and collectors of folk songs, Bela Bartok visited villages throughout Eastern European countries such as Hungary and Romania in order to record local peasants on the...

This collection of Indian music from West Bengal in the east, Haryana in the north, Kerla in the south, and Rajastan from western India represent the product of several centuries of a flourishing...

This compilation provides a glimpse into the secular and religious musics of Jamaica. Work songs sung to occupy and energize manual laborers are placed side by side with "ring play" which consists of...

Folk Music Of Japan / Various Folk Music Of Japan / Various CD1. Sado Okesa 2. Waka 3. Bitch? Kagura 4. Bitch? Kagura (Cont.) 5. ?Miya Odori 6. Shimotsui-Bushi 7. Kagura-Bayashi 8. Ashimori Ondo 9...