I'm having to explain to foreigners that in the folkways of our culture "two weeks" means we're not doing this. #infrastructureweek #Geertz #nothappening
June 19, 2025 at 10:09 PM
I'm having to explain to foreigners that in the folkways of our culture "two weeks" means we're not doing this. #infrastructureweek #Geertz #nothappening
More people (including me up until today) should know about the American Folkways Series edited by Erskine Caldwell
American Folkways series - Wikipedia
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September 24, 2026 at 5:45 PM
More people (including me up until today) should know about the American Folkways Series edited by Erskine Caldwell
"Albion's Seed: Four British Folkways in America"
Trump: "Because of tariffs, we are taking in hundreds of billions of dollars of profits. It's one of the reasons I can offer, if Republicans win the House and Senate, $5,000 to every adult. We can do it and the Democrats can't, because the Democrats don't have any income."
September 28, 2026 at 6:43 PM
"Albion's Seed: Four British Folkways in America"
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO SMITHSONIAN FOLKWAYS
July 4, 2025 at 2:33 PM
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO SMITHSONIAN FOLKWAYS
New 44-track playlist from Smithsonian Folkways documenting sea shanties, nautical ballads, work songs, and other maritime musical treasures from the English-speaking world:
Folkways Goes... to Sea | Smithsonian Folkways Recordings
Long before modern instant communication, and even before the days of highways and railroads, ships and waterways connected communities with each other. These waterborne connections spanned distances…
folkways.si.edu
July 10, 2026 at 11:15 PM
New 44-track playlist from Smithsonian Folkways documenting sea shanties, nautical ballads, work songs, and other maritime musical treasures from the English-speaking world:
"If Republicans want a return to political influence in America's dynamic economic and cultural powerhouses, they're going to have to learn how to appeal to the complex folkways of urban dwellers"
November 5, 2025 at 2:08 AM
"If Republicans want a return to political influence in America's dynamic economic and cultural powerhouses, they're going to have to learn how to appeal to the complex folkways of urban dwellers"
Audio-mixing friends in DC! Smithsonian Folkways Recordings is hiring an audio engineer, applications due Sept 16
Smithsonian Folkways is Hiring a New Audio Engineer | Smithsonian Folkways Recordings
Smithsonian Folkways is now hiring for the role of Audio Engineer.
folkways.si.edu
August 30, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Audio-mixing friends in DC! Smithsonian Folkways Recordings is hiring an audio engineer, applications due Sept 16
Pointing out that Elijah Wald, who wrote the book that A COMPLETE UNKNOWN is based on, put together this amazing playlist of the traditional songs that were influences on this particular era - A Complete Unknown: A Listening Companion from Smithsonian Folkways open.spotify.com/playlist/2Cv...
A Complete Unknown: A Listening Companion from Smithsonian Folkways
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December 26, 2024 at 12:38 AM
Pointing out that Elijah Wald, who wrote the book that A COMPLETE UNKNOWN is based on, put together this amazing playlist of the traditional songs that were influences on this particular era - A Complete Unknown: A Listening Companion from Smithsonian Folkways open.spotify.com/playlist/2Cv...
From Emily Hilliard's biography of Michael Hurley for Smithsonian Folkways...
September 29, 2026 at 4:08 PM
From Emily Hilliard's biography of Michael Hurley for Smithsonian Folkways...
Albion's Seed: Four British Folkways in America (1989)
June 14, 2026 at 8:04 PM
Albion's Seed: Four British Folkways in America (1989)
who am I to dismiss the folkways of people who want their hospitals to close?
July 14, 2026 at 7:34 PM
who am I to dismiss the folkways of people who want their hospitals to close?
my theory is that someday some lomax-type archivist will track down all the people who made shit like this and put together some Smithsonian Folkways Recordings of all the actually good short form video
July 23, 2026 at 8:33 PM
my theory is that someday some lomax-type archivist will track down all the people who made shit like this and put together some Smithsonian Folkways Recordings of all the actually good short form video
What we did on our holidays… but just the Folkways.
June 29, 2026 at 3:40 AM
What we did on our holidays… but just the Folkways.
Maintenance guy is outside my door drilling something and listening to Heat of the Moment by Asia on a regular old AM/FM radio. The old folkways persist
January 27, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Maintenance guy is outside my door drilling something and listening to Heat of the Moment by Asia on a regular old AM/FM radio. The old folkways persist
Okay something actually happy here: the Smithsonian Folkways label has announced a new 'Friends of Folkways' program; even a donation at $5 a month gets you streaming access to their full catalog. Brush up on things before @drewdaniel.bsky.social and @lordchiefjustice.bsky.social's new album drops!
Friends of Folkways | Smithsonian Folkways Recordings
folkways.si.edu
October 13, 2023 at 8:50 PM
Okay something actually happy here: the Smithsonian Folkways label has announced a new 'Friends of Folkways' program; even a donation at $5 a month gets you streaming access to their full catalog. Brush up on things before @drewdaniel.bsky.social and @lordchiefjustice.bsky.social's new album drops!
No chipotle….no Whole Foods….no Trader Joe’s…. I am being deprived of the essential customs and folkways of my people…
July 26, 2025 at 2:53 PM
No chipotle….no Whole Foods….no Trader Joe’s…. I am being deprived of the essential customs and folkways of my people…
speaking of norteno rip flaco jimenez
Flaco Jiménez & Max Baca - "Margarita, Margarita" [Studio Session]
YouTube video by Smithsonian Folkways
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August 3, 2025 at 3:40 AM
speaking of norteno rip flaco jimenez
SMITHSONIAN FOLKWAYS
November 17, 2024 at 10:30 PM
SMITHSONIAN FOLKWAYS
Yes I want iced coffee even though it’s cold out. Are the traditions and folkways of my culture a joke to you?
September 25, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Yes I want iced coffee even though it’s cold out. Are the traditions and folkways of my culture a joke to you?
Grateful to Smithsonian Folkways for inviting me to write a tribute to my friend, penpal & an all-time favorite artist Michael Hurley, who put his 1st album out on Folkways in 1964 and from there forged a path outside the constraints of the corporate music industry folkways.si.edu/news-and-pre...
Remembering Beloved and Iconoclastic Musician Michael Hurley, 1941-2025 | Smithsonian Folkways Recordings
Celebrating the life of beloved and iconoclastic musician Michael Hurley (1941-2025)
folkways.si.edu
April 23, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Grateful to Smithsonian Folkways for inviting me to write a tribute to my friend, penpal & an all-time favorite artist Michael Hurley, who put his 1st album out on Folkways in 1964 and from there forged a path outside the constraints of the corporate music industry folkways.si.edu/news-and-pre...
People this isn’t cute. Cats only do this when they’re scared of a smithsonian folkways ethnomusicologist
August 28, 2026 at 5:29 PM
People this isn’t cute. Cats only do this when they’re scared of a smithsonian folkways ethnomusicologist
Thankful for Allison Russell, Leyla McCalla, Amythyst Kiah
For Dirk Powell, Jason Sypher, Jamie Dick
For Smithsonian Folkways.
For Dirk Powell, Jason Sypher, Jamie Dick
For Smithsonian Folkways.
March 28, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Thankful for Allison Russell, Leyla McCalla, Amythyst Kiah
For Dirk Powell, Jason Sypher, Jamie Dick
For Smithsonian Folkways.
For Dirk Powell, Jason Sypher, Jamie Dick
For Smithsonian Folkways.
Grateful to Smithsonian Folkways for the opportunity to write the bio for the late great Michael Hurley as they announce the reissue of his debut album First Songs. Miss the guy and have been thinking of him as cider sipping and tea tasting season rolls around. folkways.si.edu/artists/mich...
Michael Hurley | Smithsonian Folkways Recordings
Michael Hurley was a beloved iconoclast who made his 60-year career as a traveling musician and visual artist his own way.
folkways.si.edu
September 29, 2026 at 2:42 PM
Grateful to Smithsonian Folkways for the opportunity to write the bio for the late great Michael Hurley as they announce the reissue of his debut album First Songs. Miss the guy and have been thinking of him as cider sipping and tea tasting season rolls around. folkways.si.edu/artists/mich...