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CONNECTING ¡OTíETHROUGH MUSICLike the Smithsonian Folklife Festival, Smithsonian Folkways Recordings helpsthe diverse voices of the world's people to be heard, understood, and appreciated.Folkways:The Original VisionWoody Guthrieand Lead BellyOriginal Vision,the milestone 1989recording of classicroots Americana,launched the nonprofitSmithsonian Folkways label. To celebratethe 15th anniversary of this historic album,we expanded the original CD with 6 bonustracks, enhanced packaging, and extendednotes. Original Vision now provides even moreInsight into the Impact of Woody Guthrie'sand Lead Belly's music. (SFW 40000)Mary Lou 's MassMary Lou WilliamsNewsweek called thescore "an encyclopediaof black music, richlyrepresented fromspirituals to bop torock." At long lastreissued, this is Williams's "Music for Peace,"a landmark recording that addressed manyof the social Ills of the 1960s and 1970sand is perhaps the most openly religious jazzrecording made at that time. (SFW 40815)nbOll/£ 'v*-«a«k'^T i_Solo in Rio 1959Luiz BonfáOne of the mostcreative guitarilniisos of the JUthcentury, Luiz Bonfaiscelebrated as aprincipal architectof the cool Braziliansound of bossa nova. But Bonfá was farmore than the composer of "Manhá deCarnaval." His technical mastery, intimacy,and dynamism suffuse every track of thisfirst CD edition of his masterpiece, a longunobtainablesolo 1959 LP, along with ahalf-hour of previously unreleased materialfrom the original studio session. (SFW 40483)Ja# IThe Silk Road:A Musical CaravanWhat if Marco Polohad owned a taperecorder? And what¡f his epic travels£{ft I along the Silk Roadhad taken placenot at the end of the 13th century but atthe beginning of the 21st? Far-fetchedconjectures to be sure, but our compilationoffers a glimpse of the rich musical lifethat an intrepid and curious travelerlike Marco Polo might find in the landsof the Silk Road today. (SFW 40438)t iVAbrafiV»,,,"Sí«trIn"?>*Li:^&m% FcELLAbration2005 Grammy winner!Ella Jenkins, "TheMusic," has madedozens of Folkwaysrecordings and earnedcountless awardsa 50-year career, including the LifetimeAchievement Award from The RecordingAcademy. On this album, some of today's finestfolk and children's performers pay tribute toElla Jenkins with sparkling new renditionsof her timeless repertoire. (SFW 45059)The Lilly Bros &Don Stover: Bluegrassat the Roots, 1961Brothers Everett and"B" Lilly of WestVirginia partnered withbanjo great Don Stoverto lay down this honest,first-class rendition of bluegrass roots. TheLillys' harmony vocals and Stover's classicbanjo style made this a milestone recordingwhen it was first released by Folkwaysin 1961. Remastered with 2 previouslyunreleased tracks from producer MikeSeeger's original recordings. (SFW 40158)Abayudaya: Musicfrom the JewishPeople of UgandaAbayudaya presents aunique and compellingcollection of musicinwhich the rhythmsand harmonies ofAfrica blend with Jewish celebrationand traditional Hebrew prayer. Thissingular community of African peopleliving committed Jewish lives hassurvived persecution and isolationand asserts, "We have been savedby our music." (SFW 40504)r"^^ fiyiClassic SouthernGospel fromSmithsonianFolkwaysThis album showcasessome of the bestinbluegrass gospeland country gospelfrom the Smithsonian Folkways archives.The music's plain-spoken, direct, andearnest style stokes it with power andappeal, whether performed by marqueenameartists Bill Monroe and the Watsonfamily or by local churchgoers such asthe Old Regular Baptists. (SFW 40137)Smithsonian Folkways Recordingsis the nonprofit record label of theSmithsonian Institution. We arededicated to supporting cultural diversityand increased understanding amongpeoples through the documentation,preservation, and dissemination of sound.mailorder@si.edu1.888.F0LKWAYS1.202.275.1143£ JSmithsonian Folkways Recordings wivw.folirivays.si.edu