FOLKWAYS RECORDS

Narrated by Langston Hughes, The Story of Jazz is a concise history of jazz beginning with Drums of the Yoruba, from Nigeria, and continuing to the post-WWII era of be-bop with Dizzy Gillespie's...

This collection of 13 sea songs includes both songs sung a cappella and with instrumental accompaniment. Stan Hugill, known as the "Last Working Shantyman," performs with the quartet X-Seamen's...

Recorded in 1984, Hungarian Folk Music features songs from the ethnically Hungarian region of Transylvania in northern Romania. Song selections highlight examples of toe-tapping dance tunes, wedding...

This 1983 Folkways release is a perfect example of the constant ebb, flow, and evolution of what we commonly refer to as "folk music." the record catalogs the musical traditions of several different...

Before the island's fame as a tourist destination, the people of Martha's Vineyard looked to the sea for sustenance, and sang about it for entertainment. These fourteen songs-amply annotated by...

Noted fresco painter Peter Hurd presents a selection of ranchera songs from New Mexico, where he grew up among Spanish speakers in the Hondo Valley. Hurd learned some of these songs as a child, but...

A self-taught folk singer and guitarist, Michael Hurley plays music reflective of his upbringing in the rural backcountry of Bucks County, Pennsylvania. Recorded when he was 22, First Songs was...

Multi-instrumentalist Bruce Hutton presents a range of tunes and songs that to him exemplify "old time." for him, old time music has a less specific and more literal meaning: instead of describing...

In Come A Bumblebee / Various In Come A Bumblebee / Various CD1. In Come a Bumblebee 2. Rocky Road to Dublin / the Foxhunter's Jig (Medley) 3. Polly Perkins of Paddington's Green 4. The Hunt / the...

Indian Canadian Plains / Var Indian Canadian Plains / Var CD1. Cree: War Song 2. Cree: Prisoner's Song 3. Cree: Bear Ceremony 4. Cree: Big Dog Dance Songs 5. Cree: Hand-Game Songs 6. Cree: Greeting...

The Indians of Mexico were conquered by Spaniards in the 16th century and have now been living and mixing with these 'alien' people for over 400 years. Because they originally existed in very large...

Recorded and produced by Laura Boulton (1899-1980), an American ethnomusicologist, this collection of songs includes music from rituals in several tribes from Arizona, New Mexico, and the northern...