Smithsonian Folkways Recordings to Reissue Outsider Folk Musician and Indie Music Hero Michael Hurley’s Essential 1964 Debut Album First Songs on Vinyl, Out November 6

Smithsonian Folkways Recordings to Reissue Outsider Folk Musician and Indie Music Hero Michael Hurley’s Essential 1964 Debut Album First Songs on Vinyl, Out November 6

Sep 29, 2026 | Press Releases, Smithsonian Folkways Recordings - Releases

Smithsonian Folkways Shares Video for “The Werewolf Song” Animated by Drew Christie “Still the perfect introduction to Hurley…. The universe it comes from is just as strange now as it was [those many] years ago.”–NPR (Fresh Air) “Though his music and album...
Smithsonian Folkways Recordings to Reissue Outsider Folk Musician and Indie Music Hero Michael Hurley’s Essential 1964 Debut Album First Songs on Vinyl, Out November 6

Smithsonian Folkways Shares Guitar/Whale Song Duet in Experimental Album Recorded Underwater When the Studio Is Underwater and the Bandmates Aren’t Human 

Jun 23, 2026 | Press Releases, Smithsonian Folkways Recordings - Releases

Orcas’ Greatest Hits by Avant-Garde Sound Artist & Naturalist Jim Nollman—with Whale Collaborators—to Be Released August 14 “Stunning… Nollman stakes out common ground between experimental art and environmental stewardship.” –Magnet Magazine The world...
Smithsonian Folkways Recordings to Reissue Outsider Folk Musician and Indie Music Hero Michael Hurley’s Essential 1964 Debut Album First Songs on Vinyl, Out November 6

Smithsonian Folkways Recordings celebrates 20th anniversary of two-time GRAMMY-nominee Elizabeth Mitchell’s best-selling, millions-streamed album, You Are My Little Bird, with vinyl LP reissue, out July 17

Jun 2, 2026 | Press Releases, Smithsonian Folkways Recordings - Releases

“Lovely, pure voice.” –NPR, interview piece “This is the family music that I love- soulful, mysterious, inclusive and rollicking!” –Dan Zanes “Elizabeth Mitchell has bridged the gap between independent rock and post-cradle kiddo-core…Gorgeously lucid.”...