DJ Sundog - from the toot-lab on Nostr: Our mission is the legacy of Moses Asch, who founded Folkways Records in 1948 to ...
Our mission is the legacy of Moses Asch, who founded Folkways Records in 1948 to document "people's music," spoken word, instruction, and sounds from around the world.
Between 1948 and Asch's death, Folkways' tiny staff released 2,168 albums. Topics included traditional, ethnic, and contemporary music from around the world; poetry, spoken word, and instructional recordings in numerous languages; and documentary recordings of individuals, communities, current events, and natural sounds.
As a condition of the acquisition, the Smithsonian agreed that virtually all of the firm's 2,168 titles would remain "in print" forever
https://folkways.si.edu/Published at
2024-12-03 02:29:11Event JSON
{
"id": "d4b4c895c1e994ffacf887619874619f245268bef1fb15bf4fec5dd4acc88c41",
"pubkey": "492667165c1fd442db81b2fbfe760388149eee994aaa9677d0f3108176b54f3b",
"created_at": 1733192951,
"kind": 1,
"tags": [
[
"proxy",
"https://toot-lab.reclaim.technology/users/djsundog/statuses/113586533263538239",
"activitypub"
]
],
"content": "\n\nOur mission is the legacy of Moses Asch, who founded Folkways Records in 1948 to document \"people's music,\" spoken word, instruction, and sounds from around the world.\n\nBetween 1948 and Asch's death, Folkways' tiny staff released 2,168 albums. Topics included traditional, ethnic, and contemporary music from around the world; poetry, spoken word, and instructional recordings in numerous languages; and documentary recordings of individuals, communities, current events, and natural sounds.\n\nAs a condition of the acquisition, the Smithsonian agreed that virtually all of the firm's 2,168 titles would remain \"in print\" forever\n\nhttps://folkways.si.edu/",
"sig": "c1f49e552ba151cd4e20b66171762895d666c38f8c88c1e1c11815d3ad4b70a01fe6a935941d9d9ae0e97ae2ca3d6425cb4e766be160ff36804e5060c41cf302"
}
