Folkways Records

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Folkways Records
Parent company	Smithsonian Institution
Founded	1948 (1948)
Founder	Moses Asch Marian Distler
Defunct	1987 (1987)
Status	Defunct
Genre	Folk, Traditional bluegrass, world music
Country of origin	United States
Location	Washington, D.C., U.S.
Official website	www.folkways.si.edu

Folkways Records was a record label founded by Moses Asch that documented folk, world, and children's music. It was acquired by the Smithsonian Institution in 1987 and is now part of Smithsonian Folkways.