Nov 11, 2026 | Smithsonian Folkways Recordings - Results
Smithsonian Folkways Recordings acquires Voyager and Bay Records “Anyone who followed bluegrass or old time music from the 1970s through the early 2000s should recognize some of the recordings covered in this acquisition.” | Read More at Bluegrass...
Nov 2, 2026 | Smithsonian Folkways Recordings - Results
Michael Hurley, “The Werewolf Song” Read More at The Agit...
Oct 30, 2026 | Smithsonian Folkways Recordings - Results
TVD Radar: Big Mama Thornton Smithsonian Folkways Centennial reissues in stores 12/4 “Those sessions, which took place in San Francisco, include Blues Hall of Fame-inducted harmonica great James Cotton, Blues Hall of Fame pianist Otis Spann, Waters himself, and...
Oct 21, 2026 | Smithsonian Folkways Recordings - Results
Smithsonian Folkways Big Mama Thornton Read More at Soul...
Oct 9, 2026 | Smithsonian Folkways Recordings - Results
Orcas’ Greatest Hits: The first interspecies album between human and orca “PNW-based naturalist and abstract sound artist Jim Nollman has lived anything but a traditional life, and he has the recordings to prove it.” | Read More at Seattle...
Oct 5, 2026 | No Depression, Smithsonian Folkways Recordings - Results
Bonus Tracks: Michael Hurley “Michael Hurley’s debut LP will get the reissue treatment via Smithsonian Folkways.” | Read More at No...
Oct 4, 2026 | Smithsonian Folkways Recordings - Results
Michael Hurley, “The Werewolf Song” “Remarkable because it is a song of some rare depth, full of disturbing imagery, set to a discordant accompaniment and sung in a way that, after one listen, can never be forgotten.” | Read More at Americana...
Oct 1, 2026 | Smithsonian Folkways Recordings - Results
After Decades of Playing Music with Animals, Jim Nollman Shares His Insights on Interspecies Communication “Jim Nollman never felt that he had any great talent as a guitar player or singer.” | Read More at Folk...
Sep 29, 2026 | Smithsonian Folkways Recordings - Results
Michael Hurley’s 1964 Debut Album First Songs to be reissued on vinyl “As many of you know, Michael Hurley died in April last year at the age of 83.” | Read More at...
Sep 23, 2026 | Smithsonian Folkways Recordings - Results
ALBUM REVIEW: Classic Blues from Smithsonian Folkways Recordings – Vinyl “Smithsonian Folkways has been the ultimate vault for American roots music since 1948, when founder Moses Asch started capturing raw, unvarnished sounds that mainstream labels...
Sep 18, 2026 | Smithsonian Folkways Recordings - Results
Various Artists: Classic Blues From Smithsonian Folkways Recordings “From the East Coast and the Delta to the Southwest, St Louis and Chicago, it showcases the genre’s rich diversity through field recordings, studio sessions, radio transcriptions and live...
Aug 27, 2026 | Smithsonian Folkways Recordings - Results
His work was dismissed by scientists, but Jim Nollman’s playing was admired by orcas for years. Now he’s releasing an album of oceanic field recordings that capture his efforts “Jim Nollman once wanted to be the next Eric Clapton. Instead, his guitar playing...
Aug 26, 2026 | Smithsonian Folkways Recordings - Results
An Art-Statesman’s Heel Turn—and Other Art World Matters “Plus, Laurie Simmons does Zyn, while Jim Nollman makes art with orcas.” | Read More at...
Aug 11, 2026 | Smithsonian Folkways Recordings - Results
Favoriting Out Here in the Field with Amanda: Playlist from August 10, 2026 “Musician, sound artist, and environmentalist Jim Nollman has spent his fifty-year career conversing with animals through music.” | Read More at...
Aug 11, 2026 | Smithsonian Folkways Recordings - Results
“They would come in with a chord change”: Composer Jim Nollman has collaborated with turkeys, kangaroo rats and whales. Now he’s dropping “Orcas’ Greatest Hits” “Staff writer Sascha Pare spoke with musical composer and sound...
