FOLKWAYS RECORDS

Listening to this album is tantamount to pulling back the drapery and looking through a window into nineteenth-century middle-class America. Compiled and performed by mezzo-soprano Dorothy Mesney...

Mexican corridos are stories told in song. The word comes from correr, the Spanish verb meaning to run, and indicates that there is to be a running narrative. The use is limited-not all tales are...

This album, recorded in the 1960s and 1970s, is a selection of traditional songs and dances from Juchitn and Tehuantepec, two of the principal cities of the Isthmus. Side I includes songs with guitar...

Miller,Henry An Interview With Henry Miller CD1. Interview with Henry Miller, Part 1 2. Interview with Henry Miller, Part 2

These songs of love and death feature Mickey Miller's pleasantly light vocals and her unusual guitar style, which is meant to approximate banjo frailing. Bess Hawes, a member of the famous...

Miller,Smokey Joe The Georgia Pals CD1. Living in the Sunlight of His Love 2. Where We'll Never Grow Old 3. Supper Time 4. The Unclouded Day 5. Amazing Grace 6. I'll Live in Glory 7. How Long Has It...

Mills,Alan 14 Numbers, Letters, And Animal Songs CD1. Numbers and Letters 2. By'm By 3. One Man Went to Mow 4. One Man Shall Mow My Meadow 5. Mother, May I Go Out to Swim? 6. The Animal Alphabet 7...

Mills,Alan Animals, Vol.1 CD1. Alphabet Song 2. One More River 3. Mistress Bond 4. Who Killed Cock Robin? 5. The Bird's Ball 6. The Barnyard Song 7. Three Little Pigs 8. The Carrion Crow 9. The...

Chants of the Inuit, ballads of French settlers, battle tunes of the British, and songs of Canadian self-rule: singer Alan Mills combines all four to present a rich tapestry of Canadian history in...

Mills,Alan Folk Songs Of French Canada CD1. A la Claire Fontaine 2. Isabeau S'y Prom?Ne 3. C'est la Belle Fran?Oise 4. Monsieur Le Cur? 5. Ah! Si Mon Moine Voulait Danser! 6. Je Sais Bien Quelque...

Peppered with linguistic gems ("If you want your eye-balls straightened, just come out next week with me"), the folk songs of Newfoundland reveal connections to the hardy British ballad, but also...

Canadian folksinger Alan Mills sings folk songs that will delight children. Sung in French, the "play" and "story" songs encourage physical activity and participation. For an English-language...