The World Record Set by Moe Asch; Folkways Founder Ran a Musical Marathon

The Washington Post | June 28, 1998| | Copyright

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.

Folkways, now known as Smithsonian Folkways and celebrating its 50th anniversary as part of the Smithsonian Folklife Festival on the Mall, has as its slogan "A World of Sound," and the line is apt: Though best known for ...

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