Jim Nollman: The Man Who Jams With Orcas"The 1960s gave us many artistic firsts from pop and performance art to psychedelic rock and free jazz to...

Graded on a Curve: Classic Blues"Folkways, formed by Moses Asch in 1948, had a distinctive approach to the blues."  |  Read More at The Vinyl...

Classic Blues from Smithsonian Folkways Recordings Comes to Vinyl for the First Time in New 2LP Edition: Review"Smithsonian Folkways brings decades...

Jim Nollman, "The Three Jimmies""The piece takes its musical starting point from the clipped, propulsive guitar style associated with Jimmy Nolen,...

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...

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

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,...