http://alturl.com/jnnr Listen to a documentary on Smithsonian Folkways artist Lead Belly on BBC iRadio. The documentary features Folkways Jeff Place, Arlo Guthrie, music producer Niles Rodgers, and more. Find Lead Belly original recordings at http://alturl.com/vjhj and share your own Lead […]
Dear Supporter, 50 Years: Where Do You Come From? Where Do You Go?, a three-disc box set from The New Lost City Ramblers, is now available from Smithsonian Folkways. The box set commemorates five decades of contributions from a group […]
Smithsonian Folkways remembers guitar master and innovator Les Paul, who died last week. The legendary musician, whose signature solid-body electric guitar and numerous recording studio innovations have forever changed popular music, performed on two Smithsonian Folkways recordings during the late […]
Please visit www.folkways.si.edu for an appreciation of Mike Seeger (1933-2009). http://folkways.si.edu/explore_folkways/mike_seeger.aspx Please share your thoughts, memories, and stories at the Smithsonian Folkways Facebook page or email them to SmithsonianFolkways@SI.EDU http://www.facebook.com/smithsonianfolkwaysrecordings
August 8, 2009 Smithsonian Folkways remembers traditional music preserver, performer, and teacher Mike Seeger (1933-2009) “Old-time rural music remains at the center of my life. It’s a tactile, emotional, aural pleasure — the words are my Shakespeare and my mysteries, […]
