Vinyl LP repressing. Profile: Best of Emmylou Harris is a compilation of hits by Emmylou Harris from her first four Reprise/Warner albums: Pieces of the Sky, Elite Hotel, Luxury Liner and Quarter... more

1990 Nashville Debut Of Acoustic All-Star Group On Double LP! |Featuring Entirely Different Songs From The Band's Acclaimed Live Album 'At The Ryman'! |After fifteen years of touring with the beloved... more

Emmylou's first Nonesuch recording (2000), a Grammy winner for Best Contemporary Folk Album, was her first solo studio outing since 1995's "Wrecking Ball." She wrote 11 of these 12 songs; this was... more

Doc Watson and Gaither Carlton is a new album of old-time music produced from archival recordings by two legendary musicians. These largely unheard tapes were recorded at Doc Watson's two earliest... more

Limited 140gm vinyl LP pressing. 2018 release. Years solidifies the point: Sarah Shook & The Disarmers have moved from getting people's attention to commanding it. The bands' new album-with it's... more

Sturgill made waves with the bluegrass band Sunday Valley, but his 2013 solo debut—the outlaw-country throwback "High Top Mountain"—really put him on the map. "Metamodern Sounds in Country Music"... more

Easy Rider - Leadbelly songs - Smithsonian Folkways Recordings is proud to present 'Lead Belly: The Smithsonian Folkways Collection' - the first in-depth, career-spanning box set of songs, photos,... more

Vinyl LP pressing. This recording, first released by Folkways founder Moses Asch in 1976 to coincide with the celebration of America's Bicentennial, was originally recorded by Asch in the 1940s. The... more

Vinyl LP pressing. 2020 release. Wu Fei and Abigail Washburn's duo project is as unlikely, perhaps, as it was inevitable-a manifest sonic consequence of politics and vibrations commingling across... more

Emmylou once again charms with a wide array of covers here: "Bad Moon Rising," "Mr. Sandman," "How High the Moon," Rodney Crowell's "I Don't Have to Crawl" and "Ashes by Now," James Taylor's... more

Dave Van Ronk - Ballads, Blues & a Spiritual - Dubbed "The Mayor of MacDougal Street," Dave Van Ronk (1936-2002) was an iconoclastic folksinger and an influential figure in the American folk music... more

The singer/activist teamed with up-and-coming quartet the Chambers Brothers in 1966 to record this soul-stirring blend of gospel, folk-rock and blues. The singing is sublime across the board, and the... more

Simultaneously heartbreaking and hopeful, this new collection of songs is rooted in the history of slavery in America, and speaks out with passion and determination against the ongoing cycle of... more

The eminent string quartet not only honor the indelible musical contributions of Pete Seeger here, but also the forever-relevant cries for unity and moral integrity that permeate Seeger's songs.... more

Leyla McCalla's Vari-Colored Songs is a celebration of the complexity of Black culture and identity, and a tribute to the legacy of poet and thinker Langston Hughes. A songwriter and... more

Limited 140gm vinyl LP pressing. 2017 release. North Carolina's Sarah Shook sings with a conviction and hard honesty sorely lacking in much of today's Americana landscape. Always passionate, and at... more

Even though this 1981 LP was compiled from earlier sessions, it still promptly soared into the country Top 10 and earned a Grammy nomination. Emmylou was just in the zone then, and sent her takes on... more

The Carter Family, Johnny Cash, Paul Simon, Flatt & Scruggs…Harris puts her own spin on all of them and more on this 1980 LP. This is an all-star affair, too, with Johnny Cash, Willie Nelson, Linda... more

Joe Glazer's musical efforts on behalf of workers and union struggles earned him the nickname ?Labor's Troubadour.? in 1970, he founded Collector Records, primarily to produce records supportive of... more

Happy Woman Blues - Lucinda Williams, whose musical style defies easy categorization, recorded her first album of original songs in 1980, supported by a six-member band. Her songs are a mix of... more

Vinyl LP pressing. Named a National Heritage Fellow in 2010 and elected to the International Bluegrass Music Hall of fame in 2011, Delano Floyd "Del" McCoury has been a presence in bluegrass music... more

Vinyl LP pressing. Recorded in 1958 and released on the Folkways label in 1959, Bahaman Folk Guitar introduced American listeners to Joseph Spence's unique guitar and vocal styles. These field... more