On A Piece of Infinity, Meklit delivers a set of catchy songs that blur the lines between Ethio jazz, pop, soul, funk, world ...

Legendary singer-songwriter Chris Smither sat down with us at the Newport Folk Festival to discuss Folkways Records' major influence on him as a budding artist, from Eric Von Schmidt to Dave Van Ronk.

For the first time, all full-length albums of Clifton Chenier for the influential roots music label Arhoolie Records are now available digitally through Smithsonian Folkways Recordings in both ...

Cleveland ensemble Alla Boara was founded in 2020 by one of northeast Ohio’s many rising young jazz musicians, drummer/percussionist Anthony Taddeo, inspired by Alan Lomax’s 1954 Smithsonian Folkways ...