FOLKWAYS RECORDS

Taking advantage of the obvious interest in the American hero Davy Crockett during the 1950s, Bill Hayes released this reading of Davy Crockett's Own Story that is sure to still excite listeners...

Hays,Sorrel Voicings For Tape/Soprano/Piano CD1. Southern Voices for Tape 2. Blues Fragments from Southern Voices for Orchestra 3. Celebration of No from Beyond Violence 4. Exploitation

When some American Indian medicine men and women were called upon to heal an ailing tribes member, they would fast in order to receive a song in dream or vision instructing them in how to carry out...

Among the !Kung San people from the northwestern Kalahari Desert region, music helps a spiritual healer enter into a religious trance (!kia)). Men and women chant, sing, clap rhythmically and drum;...

Hemsworth,Wade Folk Songs Of The Canadian North Woods CD1. Donkey Riding 2. The Shining Birch Tree 3. Envoyons D'l'avant 4. The Jam at Gerry's Rocks 5. Aidal O'Boy 6. The Franklin Expedition 7. V'la...

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,...

A young George Hicks turns out crisp ragtime, premiering pieces by William Rowland, Arthur Schutt and Mak Janza and playing pieces by Roy Bargy, Zez Confrey and Billy Mayerl.1. Tickled Pink 2. Sweet...

This record functions as the 1959 avant-garde score for Vortex, a music/film production shown in the Morrison Planetarium in San Francisco. One of the first multimedia events of it's kind, this...

Highwater,Jamake Anpao: An American Indian Odyssey CD1. The Dawn of the World 2. In the Days of the Plentiful 3. The Lessons of Heaven and Earth 4. The Lessons of Heaven and Earth 5. The Invasion...

A controversial (though influential) figure in African American history, Booker T. Washington's image is sanctified here as poet and author, Roy L. Hill, combines forces with Washington's daughter,...

Hillary,Sir Edmund Interview With Sir Edmund Hillary: Mountain Climbi CD1. Introduction 2. Dangers of Mountain Climbing / Equipment / Techniques 3. The Everest Expedition 4. The Everest Expedition...

The 14 tracks on this album feature Hebrew pastoral songs about shepherds and their flocks, cool rivers, night sounds from the hills, and communal rejoicing. Aviva accompanies herself on the Miriam...