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Dear Supporter,
Two New Episodes of Smithsonian Folkways: Sounds to Grow On Now Available on Podcast

Download "Talking About the Blues" and "Time," the newest installments in the 26-part radio series hosted by Michael Asch, son of Folkways founder Moses Asch.
Smithsonian Folkways: Sounds to Grow On
Support Our Mission: Donate Now Support Our Mission — Free Shipping and Online Donations
This holiday season, help support the nonprofit mission of Smithsonian Folkways and the artists that create the recordings via purchases of recordings or online donations.

Thanksgiving Weekend Free Shipping Special
Just for our newsletter subscribers — enter code FREESHIP1109 to get free standard, domestic shipping on any order of $40 or more through November 30th.

Online Donations
You can now make a 100% tax-deductible donation via folkways.si.edu. Learn how your donation supports our mission.
Go Waggaloo Garners Kudos
Congratulations to Sarah Lee Guthrie and Family for a few early awards and kudos for
Go Waggaloo!
  • Oppenheim Toy Portfolio Platinum Award
  • Dr. Toy "2009 Best Picks"
  • "Fids and Kamily" Top 10
  • People.Com Holiday Pick
  • "Traveling With Baby" Holiday Guide Selection

The "Guthrie Family Rides Again" tour wraps up for 2009 this weekend with concerts at Carnegie Hall and in Newark, NJ. Sarah Lee Guthrie and Johnny Irion are playing up and down the East Coast in December and January. Click here for all tour dates.

Go Waggaloo
Smithsonian Folkways Trivia!
Each month we'll ask a trivia question; email your answer, name, and address with the subject "November Trivia" to SmithsonianFolkways@si.edu by November 30th and a randomly selected entrant with the correct answer will win a free CD of his or her choice!

November Question: What song, featured on the Smithsonian Folkways album Beyond Beautiful: Christian Songs in Native Languages, is the National Song of Comfort for the Cherokee Nation? (Hint: watch a performance of the song on the Smithsonian Folkways video page.)

Congratulations to last month's winner, Eric from Gardena, CA, who correctly answered "Pete Seeger" to October's question: Who is the familiar voice narrating the trailer for the Worlds of Sound: The Ballad of Folkways documentary? Click here to watch and listen.
Essential Picks
Beautiful Beyond: Christian Songs in Native Languages
Beautiful Beyond: Christian Songs in Native Languages
Various Artists
Blues with Big Bill Broonzy, Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee
Blues with Big Bill Broonzy, Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee
Happy Woman Blues by Lucinda Williams
Happy Woman Blues
Lucinda Williams
Traditional Christmas Carols by Pete Seeger
Traditional Christmas Carols
Pete Seeger
Holiday Times by Ella Jenkins
Holiday Times
Ella Jenkins
Christmas Songs of Portugal
Christmas Songs of Portugal
Various Artists
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