Got two #FolkwaysRecords releases today at Vintage Vinyl, a new record shop in downtown #Sarasota. They also had a very cool Leadbelly 10” that I decided to leave behind.

I always thought Folkways was a project of the #Smithsonian but it only became that when the original owner of the label, Moses Asch, died in 1986. I wonder why I’ve heard more about John & Allan Lomax and Harry Smith than him? It really was genius to think to record all of these different types of #FolkMusic in their original settings so that we can have that window into the past for posterity. #Leadbelly #vinyl

Paul Clayton - "Dulcimer Songs and Solos" (1962)

If you see a dulcimer record, just get it.

#NowPlaying #FolkwaysRecords #Folkways #dulcimer #PaulClayton #vinyl #VinylRecords @vinylrecords

https://youtu.be/WkjSIi1mlE4

MICHAEL HURLEY, 1941-2025
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So sorry to learn of the death of Michael Hurley. The attachment is a screenshot from a Smithsonian Folkways mailing that arrived this afternoon. My old singing partner was a solid Michael Hurley fan.

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#bluemountain #folkmusic #folkways #folkwaysrecords #michaelhurley #music #musicnews #singersongwriter #smithsonianfolkways #teasong #theteasong

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