Smithsonian Folkways Recordings
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Leyla McCalla 'Vari-Colored Songs'
Tenzin Choegyal, Jesse Paris Smith, Laurie Anderson (Photo Credit: Steven Sebring)
Our Native Daughters (Photo Credit: Terri Fensel)
Our Native Daughters (Photo Credit: Terri Fensel)
Our Native Daughters (Photo Credit: Terri Fensel)
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Lula Wiles (Photo Credit: Laura Partain)
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Lula Wiles (Photo Credit: Laura Partain)
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Lula Wiles (Photo Credit: Laura Partain)
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Lula Wiles (Photo Credit: Laura Partain)
Kaia Kater (Photo Credit: Raez Argulla)
Kaia Kater (Photo Credit: Raez Argulla)
Kaia Kater (Photo Credit: Raez Argulla)
Kaia Kater (Photo Credit: Raez Argulla)
Dom Flemons - Photo Credit: Timothy Duffy
Dom Flemons - Photo Credit: Timothy Duffy
Dom Flemons - Photo Credit: Timothy Duffy
Dom Flemons - Photo Credit: Timothy Duffy
Dom Flemons - Photo Credit: Timothy Duffy
Lula Wiles by Laura Partain
Lula Wiles 'It's Cool' cover art
Videos
![Our Native Daughters on Roots & the African American Banjo Tradition [Behind The Scenes Documentary]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/jG1sRvFDnU0/mqdefault.jpg)
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Lula Wiles - Shame and Sedition
Release date: 5.21.21
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About Smithsonian Folkways:
Smithsonian Folkways Recordings is the nonprofit record label of the Smithsonian Institution, the national museum of the United States. As part of the Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage, we are dedicated to supporting cultural diversity and increased understanding among people through the documentation, preservation, and dissemination of sound.
Our mission is the legacy of Moses Asch, who founded Folkways Records in 1948 to document "people's music," spoken word, instruction, and sounds from around the world. Smithsonian Folkways has continued to expand on Asch's legacy, adding several other record labels to the collections, such as Cook, Monitor, and the UNESCO Collection of Traditional Music, and releasing over 400 new recordings that document and celebrate the sounds of the world around us. With the acquisition of Arhoolie Records, the collection consists of more than 3,500 albums and 50,000 tracks along with videos, playlists, podcasts, lesson plans for teachers, and Smithsonian Folkways Magazine.
NOTE: Smithsonian Folkways Recordings retail distribution in the US is through ADA (Alternative Distribution Alliance) at 800.239.3232. Smithsonian Folkways Recordings releases are available through record and book outlets. Smithsonian Folkways Recordings, as well as Folkways Records, A.R.C.E., Arhoolie, Banjo Builders, Blue Ridge Institute, Cook, Collector, Dyer-Bennet, Fast Folk, I.L.A.M., The Mickey Hart Collection, Monitor, M.O.R.E., Paredon, and UNESCO are available via mail order at 888.FOLKWAYS or 800.410.9815. Visit the Smithsonian Folkways Recordings website at www.folkways.si.edu or write to 600 Maryland Ave. SW, Suite 2001, Washington, DC, 20024.
In 2018, Smithsonian Folkways Recordings celebrates its 70th anniversary, honoring Folkways founder Moses Asch's mission to "document the people's music." As a musical torchbearer and innovator, Dom is committed to extending and reinterpreting Asch's legacy in the modern age. Joining him on this year's extensive release schedule are avant-garde folk duo Anna & Elizabeth, Iraqi-American oud virtuoso Rahim AlHaj, Tejano giants Los Texmaniacs, and special projects that include the 'Smithsonian Anthology of Hip-Hop and Rap,' a topical box set on 'The Social Power of Music,' and extensive retrospectives on Folkways greats Pete Seeger and Barbara Dane.
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Press Clippings
- Folk Alley (1)
- Folk Alley (2)
- Folk Alley (3)
- Rolling Stone
- American Songwriter (1)
- American Songwriter (2)
- No Depression (1)
- No Depression (2)
- GRAMMY.com
- Chicago Reader
- Financial Times
- Folk Alley
- KCRW
- Nashville Scene
- New York Times Playlist
- NPR Music
- NPR Music (2)
- NPR Music (3) - Interview
- No Depression
- PRI The World - Wu Fei Interview
- Pitchfork
- Rolling Stone
- Stereogum
- The AV Club
- Folk Alley: 2019 New Music preview
- Garden & Gun
- Glide Magazine: review
- The Guardian: review
- Los Angeles Times
- No Depression
- No Depression: feature
- No Depression: review
- NPR: premiere
- NPR Music's 25 Best Albums of 2019
- Paste: 10 Folk Artists You Need to Know in 2019
- Refinery29
- The Root: feature
- Rolling Stone
- Rolling Stone (print): playlist
- Rolling Stone: premiere
- TIME
- WNYC New Sounds
- No Depression: spotlight
- No Depression: review
- No Depression: video premiere
- NPR First Listen
- NPR Weekend Edition
- Paper Magazine
- Paste: session
- Paste: premiere
- Rolling Stone - Lula Wiles on 25 Best Country Songs of 2019
- Rolling Stone Country
- UPROXX
- WNYC: All of It
- American Songwriter: Premiere
- Folk Alley (review)
- Garden & Gun
- No Depression: Through The Lens
- KUTX Song of the Day
- NPR First Listen
- Paste (1)
- Paste (2)
- Rolling Stone
- Rolling Stone Country: Profile
- Rolling Stone Country: 10 Best Country & Americana Songs
- Wide Open Country: 10 Must-See AmericanaFest Acts
- WMOT: AmericanaFest review
- American Songwriter
- Cowboys & Indians
- Here & Now
- No Depression
- NPR World Cafe
- Smithsonian Magazine
- Washington City Paper
- American Songwriter
- NPR
- Bluegrass Situation
- American Songwriter
- The New York Times