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Folkways Records

American record label
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Summary

Folkways Records is a record label[1]. It draws 413 Wikipedia views per month (record label category, ranking #241 of 2,290).[2]

Key Facts

  • Country: United States[3]
  • Founder: Moses Asch[4]
  • Genre: traditional folk music[5], traditional bluegrass[6], world music[7]
  • Headquarters location: New York City[8]
  • Part of: Smithsonian Institution[9], Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage[10]
  • Commons category: Folkways Records[11]
  • Inception: January 1, 1948[12]
  • Dissolved, abolished or demolished date: 1987[13]
  • Parent organization or unit: Smithsonian Institution[14]
  • Official website: https://folkways.si.edu/[15]
  • Name: Folkways Records[16]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikiproject Oorlogsbronnen[17], WikiProject Smithsonian Names[18]
  • Has works in the collection: Dutch Resistance Museum[19]

Why It Matters

Folkways Records has Wikipedia articles in 11 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[20] It is known by 10 alternative names across languages and contexts.[21]

Related Entities

Art Tatum Mikis Theodorakis New York City Pete Seeger record label Smithsonian Institution United States Woody Guthrie

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . folkways.si.edu. folkways.si.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . folkways.si.edu. folkways.si.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . collectie.verzetsmuseum.org. Retrieved . collectie.verzetsmuseum.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [20] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [21] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 5d ago · BornOnTheCob · 2026-10-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Country → United States
    Part of → Smithsonian Institution, Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage
    Instance of → record label
    Website → —
    + 20 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ On focus list of wikimedia project: WikiProject Smithsonian Names, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1791918931218"
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