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==Additional acquisitions==

The collection became known as the Moses and Frances Asch Collection, part of the [[Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections]] housed in the Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage. The recordings on other labels, including [[Folk-Legacy Records|Folk-Legacy Records,]], [[Stinson Records]], Paredon Records, [[Cook Records|Cook]], [[Collector Records|Collector]], [[Dyer-Bennet]], [[Fast Folk]], [[Monitor Records (New York)|Monitor]], [[M.O.R.E.]] [[The Mickey Hart Collection]], [[Arhoolie Records]], [[Stinson Records]], and [[Bobby Susser]] Songs For Children have since been added to the collection.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://folklife.si.edu/archives|title=Archives|website=Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage|accessdate=25 February 2019}}</ref>

==Operations==

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==Artists==

In addition to its vast catalogue of historical recordings, Smithsonian Folkways has recently begun signing and releasing material from living artists. Current artists with albums on Smithsonian Folkways include [[Dom Flemons]], folk trio Lula Wiles, [[Kaia Kater]], [[Mariachi los Camperos]], [[Songs of Our Native Daughters|Los Texmaniacs]], [[Songs of Our Native Daughters]] (from artists [[Rhiannon Giddens]], [[Leyla McCalla]], [[Allison Russell]], and Amythyst Kiah), [[Anna & Elizabeth|Anna & Elizabeth,]], and [[Elizabeth Mitchell (musician)|Elizabeth Mitchell (musician).]]. They are releasing an album in September from American composer and musician [[Laurie Anderson]], Tibetan musician [[Tenzin Choegyal]], and activist and composer Jesse Paris Smith.{{Further|List of Smithsonian Folkways artists}}

==Projects==

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In February 2019, Smithsonian Folkways Recordings released ''The Social Power of Music'', a 4 CD anthology and 124-page book exploring the power of music to bring people together, through various musical and social movements from across the United States and the world. The collection includes tracks from [[The Freedom Singers]], [[Suni Paz]], [[Clifton Chenier]], and many others.

==== '''Jazz Fest: The New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival''' ====

In May 2019, Smithsonian Folkways released ''Jazz Fest: The New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival'', a 5 disc, 136-page book and box set featuring 50 live tracks recorded live at the [[New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival]] in celebration of the festival's 50th anniversary. The collection includes music from [[Allen Toussaint]], [[Professor Longhair]], [[Dr. John]], and [[The Neville Brothers]].

==== '''Pete Seeger: The Smithsonian Folkways Collection''' ====

Also in May 2019, Smithsonian Folkways released ''Pete Seeger: The Smithsonian Folkways Collection'' in celebration of what would have been [[Pete Seeger]]'s one hundredth birthday. The anthology contains classic recordings, 20 previously unreleased tracks, historic live performances, and special collaborations from Pete Seeger's career, as well as 6 discs and a large-format, 200-page book.

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