This is a selected list of Smithsonian Folkways musical artists. The artists here were compiled from the index of the book, Worlds of Sound by Richard Carlin,[1] and the featured artists listed on the Smithsonian Folkways website.[2] Not all of the artists listed here recorded exclusively for the Smithsonian Folkways label.
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- Snooks Eaglin
- Halim El-Dabh (Electronic music pioneer)
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- Cliff Jackson
- Tommy Jarrell
- Ella Jenkins
- Henry Jacobs (Experimental electronic musician)
- Johnson family (bluegrass band)
- Johnson Mountain Boys
- James Johnson
- Lonnie Johnson
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- Ewan MacColl
- Uncle Dave Macon
- Rafael Manriquez
- Roberto Martínez
- Tito Matos
- Bill McAdoo
- Kirk McGee
- Sam McGee
- Julius Meytuss (Electronic music pioneer)
- Alan Mills
- Dan Milner
- Elizabeth Mitchell
- Bill Monroe
- Alexander Mossolov (Electronic music pioneer)
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- Vladimir Ussachevsky (Electronic music pioneer)
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- ^ Carlin, Richard (2008). Worlds of Sound: The Story of Smithsonian Folkways (1st ed.). New York: Smithsonian Books; Collins. ISBN 9780061563553. OCLC 219568100.
- ^ "Featured Artists". Smithsonian Folkways. n.d. Archived from the original on September 11, 2014. Retrieved June 27, 2022.
- ^ "Kaia Kater signs to Smithsonian Folkways".