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In February 2005, Smithsonian Folkways launched Smithsonian Global Sound, an online MP3 music store, similar to programs such as Apple's iTunes. The entire collection was made available online, at the cost of $0.99 per track. Smithsonian Folkways pays royalties to all the artists (and if the artists cannot be found, the money is put in escrow ...
The Smithsonian Folklife Festival is planned and implemented annually by the Festival staff at the Folklife center. The Smithsonian Folkways Record label comprises a second team working at the center; they produce this non-profit music label with the goal of promoting and supporting the cultural diversity of sound. The third team at CFCH ...
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Smithsonian Global Sound: The Music of Poetry—audio samples of poems, hymns and songs in ballad meter. The Oxford Book of Ballads, complete 1910 book by Arthur Quiller-Couch; English Broadside Ballad Archive—an archive of images and recordings of over 4,000 pre-1700 broadside ballads; A Book of Old English Ballads public domain audiobook at ...
Smithsonian Global Sound — contains samples from the McGees' 1957 recordings with Arthur Smith Brad Sondahl's tribute to Sam and Kirk McGee contains expanded discography and biographical data v
Woody Herman and his Third Herd recorded Kitchener's song in 1952 for Mars Records; Herman's band recorded it live that same year with the title "Jump in Line." Lord Invader released a cover of the song on the Folkways label in 1955, titled "Labor Day (Jump in the Line)". [1]
Bamboula Dance Drums (includes audio sample), Smithsonian Global Sound. Bamboula Dance, Sonny Watson's StreetSwing; Morris, Ayesha (February 25, 2006). "The Power of Dance: Bamboula has deep and strong ties to African heritage, island history and freedom fight". The Virgin Islands Daily News. Archived from the original on March 10, 2006
This led to a new range of music publications, including a partnership with the Smithsonian Institution to provide Smithsonian Global Sound for Libraries and African American Song. In November 2005, Alexander Street acquired the range of religious products produced by Ad Fontes, including The Digital Library of Classic Protestant Texts and The ...