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The term American folk music encompasses numerous music genres, variously known as traditional music, traditional folk music, contemporary folk music, vernacular music, or roots music. Many traditional songs have been sung within the same family or folk group for generations, and sometimes trace back to such origins as the British Isles ...
Anthology of American Folk Music is a three-album compilation, released in 1952 by Folkways Records, of eighty-four recordings of American folk, blues and country music made and issued from 1926 to 1933 by a variety of performers.
This category has the following 58 subcategories, out of 58 total. African-American spiritual songs (51 P) American Songbag songs (9 P) Appalachian folk songs (15 P) Bluegrass songs (11 C, 37 P) Cajun folk songs (5 P) Child Ballads (267 P) Songs of the American Civil War (82 P) Puerto Rican folk songs (3 C)
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– Elvis Costello. Genre: African American Music; American Folk; Blues; Old Time. The Anthology of American Folk Music, edited by Harry Smith (1923–1991), is one of the most influential releases in the history of recorded sound.
Old-time music is a genre of North American folk music. It developed along with various North American folk dances, such as square dancing, clogging, and buck dancing.
American folk music was among the earliest music documented by the label, and remains an important part of the Smithsonian collection. The albums shared below are a selection of the many American folk albums available through Smithsonian Folkways Recordings , and can be sampled or purchased by clicking on the album thumbnail to visit the ...
