NPR's Scott Detrow talks with Smithsonian curator John Troutman and blues musician Dom Flemons about the new folk music album, Playing for the Man at the Door. DOM FLEMONS: This is a collection that ...

The collection, now housed in the National Audio-Visual Conservation Center, consists of all the programs in the series, as well as the unedited interviews and performances that were excerpted for ...

A massive and closely held collection of blues music and research from the 1950s and 60s is seeing the light of day. The collection is from Robert "Mack" McCormick, who died in 2015 at age 85 and ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. Field notes, manuscripts, photographs ...

A new Robert Johnson biography and a box set of previously unheard field recordings are among the first releases the Smithsonian and Folkways are planning from the collection of storied folklorist ...

Due out October 25th on LP, CD, and digital formats, the collection features 12 heart-breaking songs of passion and betrayal. Summer may be over, but that doesn’t mean that you can’t turn up the heat ...