FOLKWAYS RECORDS

According to legend, the Maori migrated by canoe from Hawaiki in eastern Polynesia to New Zealand a thousand years ago. As their population increased over time, so did feuding among tribes, and...

Markov,Vladimir Russian Poetry And Prose CD1. Alexander Pushkin - the Queen of Spades 2. Alexander Pushkin - Invocation / God Save Me from Madness / When I Stroll the Outskirts of the City 3. A...

This recording of William Shakespeare's Othello features selected scenes from the classic drama. The recording stars the African American stage actor William Marshall as Othello, the Moor of Venice,...

Martin,John S. English Romantic Poetry: Read By John S. Martin CD1. William Wordsworth: The World Is Too Much with Us 2. William Wordsworth: Composed Upon Westminster Bridge, September 3, 1802 3...

Masefield,John John Masefield Reads His Poetry CD1. The Western Hudson Shore (The Palisades) 2. To the Great Friends in Lifetime

Matura,Roger Times Are Gonna Get Harder CD1. Dream City 2. Sojourner's Lament 3. No Need to Get Nervous (Part I) 4. End of the Rainbow 5. No Need to Get Nervous (Part II) 6. Thinkin' About a Distant...

Produced and recorded by Henrietta Yurchenco. Rabinal Achi is one of the few pre-Columbian literary works to survive the Conquest, a tragic story of epic proportions that, like other pre-Hispanic...

Son of an impoverished violinist, Englishman Billy Mayerl grew up playing piano for silent movies and became one of the most famous novelty rag performers in the world. This album presents sixteen of...

Recorded when he was 23, this album features traditional and original songs that deal with love, loss and, most strikingly, the American civil rights movement. McAdoo wrote "I'm Going to Walk and...

February 9th, 1950: McCarthy "discovered Communism the way Columbus discovered America." Here is a record of McCarthy's infamous interrogations of accused "communists," with commentary from Emile de...

A dappled horse says, People have the oddest habit. They take their shoes off when they go to bed. Isn't that silly? How does a teakettle arrange a stage debut at a real concert hall... for singing?...

This collection of traditional religious music features 16 tracks performed by folk singer and actor Ed McCurdy and his son Dana. Ed McCurdy is most famous for his anti-war classic, "Last Night I Had...