Rant & Roll"The sound, amazingly enough, is devoid of the usual snap/crackle/pop of most early blues recordings."  |  Read More at The Aquarian

"Whilst we’ve repeatedly featured improvised music here on Cyclic Defrost usually it’s occurring between humans. This piece is a little different." ...

BEST OF BLUES: Smithsonian Folkways Classics, Swamp Dogg, and Joe Krown"Additionally, Smithsonian Folkways has assembled an impressive blues...

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...

MAGNET Exclusive: Premiere Of Jim Nollman’s “The 47 Whale Raga”"An avant-garde sound artist, guitarist, naturalist, author and lifelong innovator in...

Review: Classic Blues from Smithsonian Folkways Recordings"It's just that Waters helped remake the blues into a thoroughly urban form that didn't...

Various Artists, Classic Blues From Smithsonian Folkways RecordingsRead More at Soul Bag

Read More at Hearth Music

Smithsonian Folkways Recordings, Classic Blues"The blues nerd in me greatly appreciates the inclusion of a two-sided, three-page foldout with...

The Blues Redux"Songs from a bygone era celebration joy, pain, and…boll weevils??"  |  Read More at Houston Press

"This week was a good one for the blues."  |  Read More at No Depression

Classic Blues from Smithsonian Folkways Gets First Vinyl Reissue"Since its 2003 release, this 26-track collection has been one of Folkways’...

Orcas’ Greatest Hits by Avant-Garde Sound Artist & Naturalist Jim Nollman—with Whale Collaborators—to Be Released August 14“Stunning... Nollman...

“Lovely, pure voice.” --NPR, interview piece “This is the family music that I love- soulful, mysterious, inclusive and rollicking!” --Dan Zanes...

One Of Smithsonian Folkways’ Best-Selling Titles Since Its 2003 Release, 26-Track Collection IncludesFoundational Recordings by Lead Belly,...