| Edition |
1st ed. |
| Description |
xviii, 283 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 27 cm |
| Note |
Includes index. |
| Summary |
A history of the record label Smithsonian Folkways. |
| Contents |
Creating worlds of sound : the extraordinary career of Moses Asch -- Jazz is folk music -- Lasting friendships : Lead Belly, Woody Guthrie, and Pete Seeger -- I saw America changed by music : Harry Smith's Anthology of American folk music -- Music of the world's peoples -- Striking lightnin' : Folkways and the blues revival -- My children's records are not kiddie records : discovering the children's market -- From the hills and hollers to the subways and skyscrapers : the old-time and bluegrass music revivals -- If I had a hammer : the folk revival -- History and spoken word : capturing contemporary expression -- The science of sound -- Smithsonian Folkways : a museum of sound. |
| Subject |
Smithsonian/Folkways Recordings -- History.
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Smithsonian/Folkways Recordings. |
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History. |
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Folkways Records -- History.
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Folkways Records. |
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Folk music -- United States -- History and criticism.
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Folk music. |
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United States. |
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Folk singers.
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Folk singers. |
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Sound recording industry -- United States -- History.
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Sound recording industry. |
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Asch, Moses.
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Asch, Moses. |
| Added Title |
Story of Smithsonian Folkways |
| ISBN |
9780061563553 |
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0061563552 |
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