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Folk Music From Around the World

Sample the world of folk music, one note at a time. From Corridos to Zydeco, there's something for every curious listener. #SIRT2025

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  • The great banda singer and songwriter Julión Álvarez offers a tribute to his heroes and friends on this 20-song set, 17 of which are covers of banda classics.
    Music CD, 2016Hollywood, CA : Fonovisa Records, [2016] — CD MI ALVAREZ
  • Smithsonian Folkways offers up a sonic passport to the world with this collection of tracks from all corners of the globe.
    Music CD, 1997Washington, DC : Smithsonian Folkways Recordings, [1997] — CD L SMI471
  • New album with thirteen tracks. Seven tracks are compositions of group leader/founder Keith Nieto.
    Music CD, 2015[Place of publication not identified] : Fonovisa, [2015] — CD MI MAQUINA
  • This soulful corrido group delivers its signature poignancy, romanticism, and omnipresent musicality.
    Music CD, 2016[Place of publication not identified] : Del Records, [2016] — CD MI CAMACHO
  • Blends traditional Mexican norteño riffs, drums, tuba, and accordion with electronic music sounds.
    Music CD, 2001New York, NY : Palm : Marketed by RykoPalm, [2001] — CD M TIJ2045
  • It may sound like it's hailing from the French café scene, but the contemporary music Putumayo pulled from the Roman circuits is entirely Italian.
    Music CD, 2009New York, N.Y. : Putumayo World Music, [2009] — CD MI ITA290
  • Linda Ronstadt sings traditional Mexican songs.
    Music CD, 2016[Place of publication not identified] : Asylum, [2016] — CD MI RONSTAD
  • Césaria Évora became known as the foremost purveyor of the morna, which blends West African percussion with Portuguese fados, Brazilian modhinas, and British sea shanties into beautiful and haunting songs of longing, and she is equally at home…
    Music CD, 2010New York : Sony Music, [2010] — CD MI EVORA
  • Highlights include "The Irish Rover," "Whiskey on a Sunday," "Mrs. Crandall's Boarding House," Lucy Simon's "Winken, ' Blinken' and Nod," "Nancy Whiskey," "Goodbye Mick and Goodbye Pat," and Gordon Lightfoot's "Did She Mention My Name."
    Music CD, 1999Universal City, CA : MCA Records, [1999] — CD L IRI1958
  • The nineteenth century scholar Francis James Child meticulously compiled hundreds of Scottish and English ballads into a highly influential collection. This collection introduces listeners to 21 of these traditional songs and timeless themes.
    Music CD, 2017Washington, DC : Smithsonian Folkways, [2017] — CD L CLASSIC
  • This special compilation album includes The Dubliners' biggest hits as well as several lesser known but equally enticing songs.
    Music CD, 2017East Grinstead, West Sussex : ARC Music, [2017] — CD L DUBLINE
  • Sixty years after the recordings were first released, Woody Guthrie's odes to the Dust Bowl are presented in their third different configuration.
    Music CD, 2000New York, NY : Buddha Records, [2000] — CD L GUT724
  • Reading about the power inherent in Robert Johnson's music is one thing, but actually experiencing it is another matter entirely.
    Music CD, 1998New York, NY : Columbia/Legacy, [1998] — CD R JOHNSON
  • Bob Dylan in Concert

    Brandeis University, 1963

    Dylan, Bob, 1941-
    Enjoy this glimpse of Dylan working folk festival bills unencumbered by fame or legend.
    Music CD, 2011New York : Columbia, [2011] — CD L DYL4742
  • Granted access to the Canadian Museum of History, Jeremy Dutcher discovered wax cylinders from 1907 of his ancestors singing forgotten songs and stories that had been taken from the Wolastoqiyik Nation generations ago. The album is Jeremy's…
    Music CD, 2018[Canada] : Jeremy Dutcher, [2018] — CD L DUTCHER
  • Performed by The Burning Bush, Rubinstein Klezmer Project, Lenka Lichtenberg, Tummel, Mike Tabor, From Both Ends of the Earth, Yaacov Shapiro, Gregori Schechter, Hilda Bronstein, Yale Strom and Hot Pstromi, She'Koyokh Klezmer Ensemble.
    Music CD, 2016West Sussex : ARC Music, [2016] — CD L BEST OF
  • A beautiful, atmospheric collection of Japanese Music, spanning a wide variety ofJapanese instrumental and sung pieces from dreamy koto music to haunting shakuhachi flute pieces, children's songs, thundering taiko drums and more.
    Music CD, 2015East Grinstead, West Sussex : ARC Music Productions, [2015] — CD L DISCOVE
  • A bouncy and upbeat collection of Hungarian music, both instrumental and sung pieces.
    Music CD, 2015East Grinstead, West Sussex, Great Britain : ARC Music, [2015] — CD L DISCOVE
  • Born of the British ballad, its American offspring was the blank canvas for all type of tale, the more calamitous or scandalous, the better. This collection showcases folk ballads from Pete Seeger, Lead Belly, Doc Watson, Bill Monroe, and more.
    Music CD, 2015Washington, DC : Smithsonian Folkways, [2015] — CD L CLASSIC