The Smithsonian's collections and archives are a rich source of information on American folk music and its many genres. Smithsonian Folkways is home to a significant collection of folk music ...

Episode 2 takes the story of American folk music from the 1930s through the 1950s. The list below includes songs especially filmed for the documentary and commercially available recorded music.

"American" music includes much more than the western classical music that has traditionally dominated music study in the United States. The AMRC is working to reflect that diversity in our collections ...

A number of instruments played by famous folk artists, along with those of less-known and unknown artists, are housed at the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History. National Museum of ...

In the below list ... Folk Acts That Deserve More Respect. Without these people – and frankly this is just the tip of the iceberg — its possible there may not have been a Dylan or a folk ...

The soft-spoken, 6-foot-3, pole of a man with a banjo, was a giant in the history of the American fight for social ... off as a dust-covered relic of folk music history, an obstacle to Dylan ...