Worlds of sound
Subtitle: the story of Smithsonian Folkways
By: Richard Carlin in association with Smithsonian Folkways Recordings.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Smithsonian Books; Collins
Published: 2008
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 283
ISBN-13: 9780061563553
Subjects: Asch, Moses; Smithsonian/Folkways Recordings -- History; Folk music -- United States -- History and criticism; Folk singers; Sound recording industry -- United States -- History
Description: A history of the record label Smithsonian Folkways.
Table of contents: title: Creating worlds of sound : the extraordinary career of Moses Asch; title: Jazz is folk music; title: Lasting friendships : Lead Belly, Woody Guthrie, and Pete Seeger; title: I saw America changed by music : Harry Smith's anthology of American folk music; title: Music of the world's peoples; title: Striking lightnin' : Folkways and the blues revival; title: My children's records are not kiddie records : discovering the children's market; title: From the hills and hollers to the subways and skyscrapers : the old time and bluegrass music revivals; title: If I had a hammer : the folk revival; title: History and spoken word : capturing contemporary expression; title: The science of sound; title: Smithsonian Folkways : a museum of sound.