FOLKWAYS RECORDS

The performers on this 1974 homegrown classic are two blind vocalists in their 20s and several teenage "groove masters" from Indiantown, Florida. Directed by Mr. Sandy Montgomery and known as The...

Self-taught musician Alfred Montmarquette began learning the accordion at the age of twelve. In adulthood, he recorded for Columbia and other companies, performed for variety shows at the Monument...

Spanish flamenco has never burnished under the fingers of any guitarist quite so brightly as it did with Carlos Montoya. While the legendary guitarist did have his detractors, Montoya is remembered...

Moore,Hugh Hello City Limits CD1. Hello City Limits 2. Ashes of Love 3. The Family Who Prays 4. Pain in My Heart 5. Let It Ride 6. I'll Break Out Again Tonight 7. Old Flames 8. Never Again 9. The...

Jelly Roll Morton's unexpected use of rhythm and his skill at emulating a full jazz band sound on the piano resonate throughout this collection of classic recordings from the Gennett label. These 19...

First patented in 1881 by German instrument repairman Charles Zimmerman, the autoharp first reached popularity as a novelty instrument. By 1900, while that fad had passed, the autoharp found an...

Originally issued as a single LP in 1960, Mountain Music of Kentucky was praised as "the greatest Kentucky record ever issed and one of the greatest records in the entire literature of American folk...

This recording was made over a period of two years to accompany a folk life study of the southern rural African-American community of Johns Island off the coast of South Carolina. Producer Guy...

In 1964, after five winters living and working with the people of the Sea Islands of South Carolina (helping with adult literacy programs and recording singing traditions), musician and musicologist...

The Chopi people of Zavala, Mozambique are renowned for their timbila music, a partially improvised, complex contrapuntal music played by an orchestra comprised of wooden xylophones. The lyrics that...

Murut Music North Borneo / Va Murut Music North Borneo / Va CD1. Kulintangan (Solo) 2. Kulintangan 3. Kulintangan 4. Dangulad Nakalaid Kadilo (Song) 5. Minum Ramai-Ramai (Drinking Song) 6. Ambubus...

Before the Ashanti region was annexed by the British in 1901, into what is now Ghana, it was one of the most powerful kingdoms of pre-colonial Africa, and music played a vital role in Ashanti society...