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

Inspired by the poetry of Alda Merini and her studies with composer Garret List, Italian violinist-composer Silvia Tarozzi turned to the song form after being involved for many years in contemporary... more

Includes a Digital Download card for the ten album tracks PLUS 7 additional unreleased tracks from the original recording sessions. Limited blue colored vinyl LP pressing. Includes digital download.... more

For the past 14 years, Elephant Micah's Joseph O'Connell has quietly self-released his music, sometimes collaborating with the psych-folk imprint Time-Lag Records or other very small labels. Despite... more

Nat Baldwin's forthcoming album People Changes is much like the stark Maine setting in which it was created. The album shows welcome markings of his experimental bent from years as the Dirty... more

These 28 tracks do, indeed, spotlight "both sides" of this Folk Revival-era icon: the master songwriter and the renowned song interpreter. The title smash and duets with Joan Baez ("Diamonds and... more

The first-ever reissue of the private-press country-rock rarity by Colorado auto body painter, Marine, and garage band lifer Kenny Knight—he played in the original ’60s Black Flag—Crossroads recalls... more

Vinyl LP pressing. 2015 album from the guitarist best known for his work with Jefferson Airplane and Hot Tuna. Jorma returns with his third solo album on Red House Records, Ain't in No Hurry, a knock... more

You'll find wall-to-wall duets on this follow-up to John's Grammy-winning "In Spite of Ourselves." Prine is revered as a songwriter's songwriter; here, though, he sings country classics with Miranda... more

"Mali, Niger & Algeria are producing some of the planet's most vital rock music - BKO are Immensely rough & tough" (Rolling Stone)_x000B_"A fierce modern take on traditional Malian music"... more

Poet and composer Danyel Waro is one of the living heroes of La Réunion and is the foremost voice of Maloya, the rebel blues music of the Indian Ocean.

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. 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

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