Jul 16, 2026 | Smithsonian Folkways Recordings - Results
Jim Nollman, “The Three Jimmies” “The piece takes its musical starting point from the clipped, propulsive guitar style associated with Jimmy Nolen, whose playing helped define the rhythmic force of James Brown’s records.” | Read More at...
Jul 15, 2026 | Smithsonian Folkways Recordings - Results
Now Playing: “The 47 Whale Raga,” by Jim Nollman “‘The 47 Whale Raga’ by Jim Nollman. A welcome escape into the cool, deep waters under British Columbia.” | Read More at Caught by the...
Jul 8, 2026 | Smithsonian Folkways Recordings - Results
Rant & Roll “The sound, amazingly enough, is devoid of the usual snap/crackle/pop of most early blues recordings.” | Read More at The...
Jul 1, 2026 | Smithsonian Folkways Recordings - Results
“Whilst we’ve repeatedly featured improvised music here on Cyclic Defrost usually it’s occurring between humans. This piece is a little different.” | Read More at Cyclic...
Jun 30, 2026 | No Depression, Smithsonian Folkways Recordings - Results
BEST OF BLUES: Smithsonian Folkways Classics, Swamp Dogg, and Joe Krown “Additionally, Smithsonian Folkways has assembled an impressive blues collection that features well-known blues artists performing material that may be unfamiliar to some blues fans.” ...
Jun 23, 2026 | Smithsonian Folkways Recordings - Results
LA Look at the Present and Distant Past Via Blues Recordings Over 103 Years “Like musical styles, record formats can have cycles of desirability or even fashionability.” | Read More at...
Jun 23, 2026 | Smithsonian Folkways Recordings - Results
MAGNET Exclusive: Premiere Of Jim Nollman’s “The 47 Whale Raga” “An avant-garde sound artist, guitarist, naturalist, author and lifelong innovator in interspecies communication, Nollman stakes out common ground between experimental art and environmental...
Jun 19, 2026 | Smithsonian Folkways Recordings - Results
Review: Classic Blues from Smithsonian Folkways Recordings “It’s just that Waters helped remake the blues into a thoroughly urban form that didn’t plainly connect to the blues’ rural roots.” | Read More at Psychotic...
Jun 19, 2026 | Smithsonian Folkways Recordings - Results
Various Artists, Classic Blues From Smithsonian Folkways Recordings Read More at Soul...
Jun 15, 2026 | Smithsonian Folkways Recordings - Results
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Jun 15, 2026 | Smithsonian Folkways Recordings - Results
Smithsonian Folkways Recordings, Classic Blues “The blues nerd in me greatly appreciates the inclusion of a two-sided, three-page foldout with historical notes and references for each of the tracks too.” | Read More at Philly...
Jun 12, 2026 | Smithsonian Folkways Recordings - Results
The Blues Redux “Songs from a bygone era celebration joy, pain, and…boll weevils??” | Read More at Houston...
May 22, 2026 | Ma Rainey - Results, No Depression, Smithsonian Folkways Recordings - Results
“This week was a good one for the blues.” | Read More at No...
May 18, 2026 | Smithsonian Folkways Recordings - Results
Classic Blues from Smithsonian Folkways Gets First Vinyl Reissue “Since its 2003 release, this 26-track collection has been one of Folkways’ best-selling CDs, spanning songs recorded over a half-century, from 1942 to 1992.” | Read More at Grateful...
