List of Smithsonian Folkways artists

This is a selected list of Smithsonian Folkways musical artists. The artists here were compiled from the index of the book, Worlds of Sound by Richard Carlin,[1] and the featured artists listed on the Smithsonian Folkways website.[2] Not all of the artists listed here recorded exclusively for the Smithsonian Folkways label.

A

  • Academy of Maqam
  • Rolando Alarcón
  • Rahim AlHaj
  • Alim and Fargana
  • Red Allen
  • Almanac Singers
  • Jeff Ampolsk
  • Arpex
  • Sholem Asch
  • Clarence "Tom" Ashley

B

  • Badakhshan Ensemble
  • Ed Badeaux
  • Charity Bailey
  • Dewey Balfa
  • Peter Bartok
  • Dock Boggs
  • Luiz Bonfá
  • Arna Bontemps
  • Oscar Brand
  • Hyman Bress
  • Big Bill Broonzy
  • Sterling Brown
  • Buzz Busby's Bayou Boys
  • Brute Force Steel Band

C

D

E

F

G

H

J

K

L

M

N

O

P

R

S

T

U

V

  • Aba Veydo

W

References

  1. ^ Carlin, Richard (2008). Worlds of Sound: The Story of Smithsonian Folkways (1st ed.). New York: Smithsonian Books; Collins. ISBN 9780061563553. OCLC 219568100.
  2. ^ "Featured Artists". Smithsonian Folkways. n.d. Archived from the original on September 11, 2014. Retrieved June 27, 2022.
  3. ^ "Kaia Kater signs to Smithsonian Folkways".