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Songs of Our Native Daughters

Release date: 2.22.19

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June 5, 2019

Smithsonian Folkways returns to Newport Folk Festival

May 15, 2019

Pete Seeger 100th Birthday Celebration Set For Smithsonian Folklife Festival

May 14, 2019

Sunny Jain Signs to Smithsonian Folkways

April 11, 2019

Our Native Daughters Announce First-Ever Live Performances

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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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Songs of Our Native Daughters

Folk Alley: 2019 New Music preview
Garden & Gun
Glide Magazine: review
The Guardian: review
Los Angeles Times
No Depression
No Depression: review
No Depression: feature
NPR: premiere
Paste: 10 Folk Artists You Need to Know in 2019
The Root: feature
Rolling Stone
Rolling Stone (print): playlist
Rolling Stone: premiere
TIME
WNYC New Sounds

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Kaia Kater

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