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	Folkways Records - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Folkways Records is a record label founded by Moses Asch and Marian Distler in 1948.
		After Asch's death in 1986, the Folkways catalogue was left to the Smithsonian Institution which has re-issued many classic Folkways recordings under the Smithsonian Folkways label.
		Asch also donated a complete set of the Folkways recordings to the University of Alberta; FolkwaysAlive, a joint initiative between the University and the Smithsonian, is involved in digitization and archiving of the collection as well as maintaining a research center and sponsoring student research scholarships and an annual concert series.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Folkways_Records (228 words)

	Moses Asch
		Asch liked the name "Folkways" for his label because he considered everybody to be part of "the folk"--he produced John Cage's avant-garde music as enthusiastically as he produced the last performers of the Selk'nam chants.
		Asch not only documented sounds, he documented human aspirations--struggles for liberation and justice in Africa, Ireland, Poland, the United States, and elsewhere.
		Asch considered his Folkways recordings to be educational as well as entertaining.
	www.folkways.si.edu /about_folkways/asch.html (480 words)

	1995 awards
		Asch was the son of Sholem Asch, the famous Yiddish writer of the early 20th century.
		Asch's work as a sound engineer at rallies and at radio station WEVD introduced him to the nascent folk music boom occurring among New York leftists and he soon found himself with both a wealth of talented artists to record and a dedicated, but small, audience for the records he released on his Asch label.
		Asch kept his business going in spite of the Pertillo record ban of the early 1940s by focusing on artists that weren't members of the musicians unions (African_Americans were often barred from union membership) or, in the case of Guthrie, were considered "singers" rather than musicians and were not covered by the ban.
	www.folk.org /Awards/1996.htm (2358 words)

	Moses Asch & Smithsonian/Folkways
		Asch may not have been "a businessman," but he was an ideal person to run Folkways Records which, in its own way, was not really "a business." Folkways Records was the means by which Asch strived to record and preserve the culture and heritage of as many peoples and societies as he possibly could.
		Moses Asch ran Folkways Records, almost single handedly, out of a small office in New York City that was described by visitors as hopelessly cluttered by piles of books and records stacked at random on tables, desks, the floor - any flat space available.
		By the mid-1980s, Moses Asch, who was only five years younger than the century, was trying to find an organization that could assume the care and administration of Folkways Records when he would no longer be available.
	www.oldtimeherald.org /archive/back_issues/volume-6/6-1/asch-folkways.html (3354 words)

	Folio: Folkways collection in line for digital makeover \| June 13, 2003
		The senior Asch was a pioneer in sound recording and radio technology, but as a young man turned his attention to recording music, especially American folk music but also music from all over the world, spoken word and, really, any form of human expression he decided was worth recording.
		Michael Asch, a member of the board of advisors for Smithsonian Folkways, says Folkways, as a label, is unusual in that none of the records are allowed to go out of print.
		Asch believes this reflected his father's inclusive ideals and sense of social justice, and his determination to create a complete representation of all of humanity's voices.
	www.ualberta.ca /~publicas/folio/40/20/03.html (974 words)

	Bob Dylan: Tangled Up in Jews
		Bob Dylan was profoundly influenced by the sons of Shalom Aleichem and Sholem Asch.
		Moses Asch was the founder/head of Folkways Records, which made available the music of Leadbelly, Woody Guthrie and Pete Seeger.
		By taste and political conviction, Asch was attracted to the raw and the otherwise unheard.
	www.radiohazak.com /Yiddish.html (803 words)

	FEATURE: Pioneering folk music label turns 50 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Asch, who founded Folkways Records 50 years ago this month, used his eccentric label to preserve and disseminate the sounds of North American frogs, Grand Prix auto races, propellers and jets, offices and junkyards, steam locomotives, tropical rain forests and science-fiction movie sound effects.
		Asch, who ran Folkways out of a tiny studio on 46th Street in Manhattan, was the son of Sholem Asch, a prominent Yiddish writer.
		Moses Asch had an aunt who was an adviser to Bolshevik leader Vladimir Lenin on early childhood education, according to folk music historian Robert Cantwell.
	lamar.colostate.edu /~rphillip/ec281/ec281art025.html (1114 words)

	FSMoAsch
		Asch: No, except that he used to go on lecture tours throughout the United States in the 1920’s; wherever he went in the old days, in small towns, they had these sheets listing past events of the place, how they began and grew; always the heading had a folk song.
		Asch: Woody, I met after he came to the Library of Congress and did his recordings of the Dust Bowl ballads for Alan Lomax.
		Asch: It’s a good record because in those days he was not conscious that he had to do something.
	www.peteseeger.net /fsmoasch.htm (2681 words)

	Folio: Folkways collection comes alive \| September 26, 2003
		The event celebrates a unique partnership between the Asch family, the record label it founded, the University of Alberta and the Smithsonian Institute.
		The Moses and Frances Asch Collection, one of two complete collections of recordings made by the Folkways music label, was donated to the U of A by Folkways founder Moses Asch.
		Asch, during visits with his son Michael, now a professor emeritus with the U of A Department of Anthropology, was so impressed by the university and the city's music scene that he donated the entire Folkways catalogue to the U of A. The Smithsonian Institute holds the copyright on the Folkways recordings.
	www.ualberta.ca /~publicas/folio/41/02/front.html (868 words)

	Glossary: Ledbetter, Huddie (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Moses Asch (1905-1986) was a radio engineer in New York who had started a small record company, Asch records, to supply local hi-fi stores with recordings of Jewish performers and cantors.
		Asch was a friend of Sy Rady, a Broadway producer, who introduced him to Lead Belly.
		Lead Belly's records were the first records Asch made in the folk field and marked the beginning of a long and important career....
	www.harbour.sfu.ca /~hayward/van/glossary/ledbetter.html (1003 words)

	Dylan's Yiddish writers
		Sholem Asch (1880-1957) was a Yiddish novelist and dramatist.
		Asch was "a first-rate storyteller who clothed romantic idealism with a realistic style.
		Though he died in London, Asch spent his last years in Bat Yam, a suburb of Tel Aviv.
	www.well.com /user/yudel/Yiddish.html (782 words)

	Gary Kenton Collection Inventory (#20321)
		Asch got started in the music business by installing sound equipment in Yiddish theaters in New York City.
		Interviews conducted or collected, 1971-1989, by Gary Kenton with music industry executive and founder of Folkways Records Moses Asch, his family members, and his business associates, many of whom were important figures in folk music and in the folk revival movement.
		FS-5099: WKRC interview with Moses Asch by Robert Woolis and Ashley Kahn.
	www.lib.unc.edu /mss/inv/htm/20321.html (688 words)

	Folklife - Archives & Resources
		Moses Asch at the Folkways office in New York, date not known.
		Led by Moses Asch (1905-1986), Folkways sought to document the entire world of sound.
		The 2,168 titles Asch released on Folkways include traditional and contemporary music from around the world, spoken word in many languages, and documentary recordings of individuals, communities, and current events.
	www.folklife.si.edu /center/Archives/archives_Asch.html (129 words)

	popular music: asch (muleskinner recordings collection) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		I bought this CD to complete the Asch set of 4, not especially enthusiastic about it because I knew that none of the compositions were penned by Guthrie.
		(The companion volumes are This Land is Your Land, Muleskinner Blues, and Hard Travelin'.) Recorded for producer and label head Moses Asch mostly in 1944 and '45, these songs are a mix of adopted traditionals such as "Buffalo Skinners," "Red River Valley," and Buffalo Gals" along with originals,...
		This Land Is Your Land: The Asch Recordings, Vol.
	www.very-clever.com /music/asch (311 words)

	Vue Weekly : Articles
		Moses Asch, the founder and director of Folkways Records (the company responsible for bringing artists like Woody Guthrie, Leadbelly and Pete Seeger to the world’s attention) rarely left New York, but when he did, he would come to Edmonton to visit his son and grandchildren.
		Now, Asch’s massive collection is permanently available for public listening in the U of A’s newly formed FolkwaysAlive: Canadian Centre for Ethno Musicology.
		But as this display of album covers aptly shows, the voices of marginalized musicians were not Asch’s only means of changing the world; the visual artwork became a powerful message in itself.
	www.vueweekly.com /articles/default.aspx?i=3018 (559 words)

	BC-Now! About Us
		They seek to strengthen the public's engagement with their own cultural heritage and to enhance their awareness and appreciation of the cultures of others.
		Moses Asch founded Folkways Records in 1948 to document "people's music," spoken word, instruction, and sounds from around the world.
		The Smithsonian acquired Folkways from the Asch estate in 1987, and Smithsonian Folkways Recordings has continued the legacy of commitment to cultural diversity, education, increased understanding, and lively engagement with the world of sound.
	www.berea.edu /bcnow/story.asp?ArticleID=691 (382 words)

	Woody Guthrie: The Asch Recordings
		Moses Asch was an idealistic, workaholic record-company owner who could be found in his small office/studio at all hours of the day or night and had a great respect for really creative artists, whether they were commercially viable or not.
		Asch carefully preserved the masters, and the Smithsonian Institution presents the best of them to the public as they have never been heard before.
		These 25 tracks were culled from the 160 songs that Guthrie recorded with Cisco Houston and other musicians for Moses Asch in March and April 1944.
	www.woodyguthrie.org /merchandise/aschrecordings.htm (661 words)

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		Copyright is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.
		It was as a journalist that Kenton came into contact with Moses Asch, co-founder of Folkways Records.
		Moses Asch (1905-1986) was a Polish-born record industry executive and the son of noted Yiddish author Sholem Asch.
	www.lib.unc.edu /mss/inv/ead2/20321.xml (486 words)

	Woody Guthrie MP3 Downloads - Woody Guthrie Music Downloads - Woody Guthrie Music Videos
		This album was originally released by Moses Asch, founder of the Folkways label, on Asch Records in 1941 as Struggle: Documentary No. 1.
		It was released by him in 1976 to commemorate the bicentennial of the American Revolution with a special series of liner notes by Asch explaining the importance of Woody Guthrie's history of the working class...
		It was released by him in 1976 to commemorate the bicentennial of the American Revolution with a special series of liner notes by Asch explaining the importance of Woody Guthrie's history of the working class through song.
	www.mp3.com /albums/73940/summary.html (417 words)

	Folklife - Smithsonian Folkways Recordings.html
		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.
		Under Asch's enthusiastic and dedicated direction, Folkways sought to record and document the entire world of sound.
		Following Asch's death in 1987, the Smithsonian Institution Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage in Washington, D.C., acquired Folkways Recordings and the label's business papers and files in order to ensure that the sounds and genius of its artists would continue to be available to future generations.
	www.folklife.si.edu /center/recordings.html (436 words)

	FAME Review: Muleskinner Blues: The Asch Recordings, Vol. 2: Woody Guthrie
		Muleskinner Blues is the second volume in an announced four-volume set of Woody Guthrie recordings by the legandary Moses Asch for Folkways Records in the early 1940s, and now housed at the Smithsonian Institution Center for Folklife Programs & Cultural Studies.
		There is also a brief biography of Moses Asch, as well as notes by the archivist and compilers of this volume.
		If nothing else, the liner notes make a good read about what life was like in the early part of the twentieth century and how the early recordings were produced and the remastering was accomplished.
	www.acousticmusic.com /fame/p00711.htm (574 words)

	Folkways cover art highlights range of recordings - ExpressNews - University of Alberta
		Often overlooked, however, are the cover designs for those recordings, considered by founder Moses Asch as crucial to the folk expression he documented.
		Now, for the first time, and to celebrate the centennial of Asch's birth, cover art for more than 200 of those records is on display at the FAB Gallery.
		Underscoring it all is a palpable sense of Asch's dogged determination to capture any sound of value to the human community.
	www.uofaweb.ualberta.ca /expressnews_template/print.cfm?id=7148 (721 words)

	JR.com: Woody Guthrie - Ballads Of Sacco & Vanzetti in Music: Singer/Songwriter: (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Moses Asch of Folkways Records commissioned Guthrie to write the songs in 1945, and released them in 1960.
		Sacco and Vanzetti remained a cause cTlFbre in anarchist, socialist and other left-wing political circles long after their deaths, due to widely held beliefs that their convictions and executions were politically motivated.
		In 1945, Folkways Records founder Moses Asch commissioned leftist folksinger Woody Guthrie to write a number of ballads about the Sacco and Vanzetti case.
	www.jr.com /xs-woody-guthrie-ballads-of-sacco-and-vanzetti-in-music-singer--pi!3828801.html (709 words)

	Woody Guthrie : Long Ways to Travel: The Unreleased Folkways Masters, 1944-1949 - Listen, Review and Buy at ARTISTdirect (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Started as a project in 1991 to wade through Guthrie's unreleased catalogue, this undertaking was no minor feat, seeing that Moses Asch kept sketchy records at best, and it is obvious that considerable work has gone into this collection.
		Interesting historical references such as "Warden in the Sky," written while Guthrie was briefly in jail, and the topical "Farmer-Labor Train," which was written for presidential candidate Henry Wallace's rallies, are a few of the more political pieces here, considering that the majority of the tracks are more autobiographical in nature.
		An excellent extensive transcription of an interview of Moses Asch, detailing his relationship with Guthrie is also of note.
	www.artistdirect.com /nad/store/artist/album/0,,204321,00.html (445 words)

	Washington Post: Folkways Founder Ran a Musical (...) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Moses Asch was — by instinct, habit and accomplishment — a one-man Smithsonian Institution, so it’s entirely fitting that his life’s work, Folkways Records, ended up at the Smithsonian after he died in 1986.
		After all, the nation’s attic was a natural home for the astounding sonic treasures represented on the 2,168 records Asch released on Folkways in his lifetime.
		The Smithsonian acquired 5,000 reel-to-reel tapes, 4,000 78 rpm discs, 177,000 LPs, Asch’s correspondence and business files, and the unpublished writings and drawings of Woody Guthrie that led to the Billy Bragg/Wilco project.
	www.u2world.com /news/article.php3?id_article=804 (386 words)

	Tucson Weekly: Border Radio (June 20 - June 26, 2002)
		Folkways Records was founded in 1948 in New York City by folklorist and recording engineer Moses Asch, who made thousands of field recordings documenting music, song, oral traditions and rituals from this country and around the world--the sound of folklore and just plain folk.
		The celebrated Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C., acquired Folkways from the Asch estate in 1987 and has continued to administer the Folkways archives and develop new recording projects through its Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage.
		And now Griffith has carried on the tradition of Moses Asch, by recording and documenting traditional music--corridos--from our region, the Arizona-Sonora borderlands.
	www.tucsonweekly.com /tw/2002-06-20/mus.html (997 words)

	Amazon.com: Poor Wayfaring Stranger: Music: Burl Ives (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		The commercial recordings are taken from the Decca, Columbia, and Asch labels.
		The quality of sound on the Asch items ranges from poor to downright awful, though, to be fair, the sleeve notes admit this.
		Asch's 78 pressings, used for this Flapper CD, were even iffier than his masters.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B000000X10?v=glance (1400 words)

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