Smithsonian Folkways Recordings // December 19, 2025

Smithsonian Folkways Releases New Digital Editions of Clifton Chenier’s Entire Full-Length Arhoolie Records Catalog

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Smithsonian Folkways Recordings // December 2, 2025

A Look Back At Smithsonian Folkways’ 2025

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Smithsonian Folkways Recordings // November 5, 2025

US Poet Laureate Joy Harjo Announces 2026 Album with Smithsonian Folkways Recordings

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Smithsonian Folkways Recordings // October 15, 2025

Los Originarios del Plan Announce New Album ¡Puritito Michoacán! Out October 31st on Smithsonian Folkways

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Smithsonian Folkways Recordings // October 1, 2025

Smithsonian Folkways Releases Sampler of Rare, Unreleased, and Classic Tracks by Clifton Chenier Ahead of Landmark Box Set coming February 6th, 2026

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Smithsonian Folkways Recordings // July 22, 2025

Meklit to Release A Piece of Infinity, first album for Smithsonian Folkways, on 9/26

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Smithsonian Folkways Recordings // July 16, 2025

Julian Kytasty announces release of 'Songs of Truth: Music and Song from the Kobzar Tradition of Ukraine'

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Smithsonian Folkways Recordings // June 10, 2025

Smithsonian Folkways Announces ‘Clifton Chenier: King of Louisiana Blues and Zydeco,’ First-Ever Box Set Devoted to the Legendary Zydeco Originator 

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Smithsonian Folkways Recordings // April 25, 2025

Smithsonian Folkways Acquires Young People’s Records Catalog 

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Smithsonian Folkways Recordings // January 30, 2025

Smithsonian Folkways Launches 'Music Pathways'

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