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2011 Holiday Gift Guide
The Smithsonian Folkways catalogue features nearly 3,000 albums - here are a few recommendations for your gift-buying lists. Click on any of the album covers to hear samples.
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The Asch Recordings, Vol. 1-4
Woody Guthrie
Woody Guthrie was an advocate for the common man through his songs, which are as relevant today as they have ever been.
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Solo in Rio 1959
Luiz Bonfá
Brazilian bossa nova guitar virtuoso—a perennial staff favorite.
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Music of Central Asia Vol. 8: Rainbow
Kronos Quartet with Alim & Fargana Qasimov and Homayun Sakhi
Cross-cultural collaboration between Kronos Quartet and musicians from Afghanistan and Azerbaijan (CD/DVD).
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| Two albums of Civil War songs for history buffs! |
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Civil War Naval Songs
Dan Milner, David Coffin, Jeff Davis
Thirteen authentic maritime songs from the era of the American Civil War (1861-65) intone the story of war on the water.
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| If you need a gift for a child or new parent or grandparent, consider one of our recent children’s music releases: |
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Sunny Day
Elizabeth Mitchell
The latest release from what NPR calls “a kindie rock star.”
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A Life of Song
Ella Jenkins
Ella Jenkins looks back on her 60-year career as the “first lady in children’s music.”
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Golden Kids Rules
Chip Taylor & The Grandkids
“Wild Thing” Chip Taylor’s original songs about kids with “Big Ideas.”
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Go Waggaloo
Sarah Lee Guthrie & Family
The Folkways family tradition continues with Sarah Lee Guthrie recording songs by her grandfather Woody.
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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 30, 2011, and a randomly selected entrant with the correct answer will win a free CD of his or her choice!
November Question: Smithsonian Folklife Festival co-founder and Smithsonian Folkways producer Ralph Rinzler helped introduce what now-legendary country musician to the world after meeting him as an electric-guitar-playing sideman in 1960?
Congratulations to last month's winner, Paul from Climax, Michigan, who correctly answered “Apocalypse Now” to the question: “Grateful Dead drummer Mickey Hart collaborated with director Francis Ford Coppola on the soundtrack for what 1979 film?”
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