Smithsonian Folkways
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Los Originarios del Plan - "Mi tierra linda (My Beloved Land)" (Official Audio)
Clifton Chenier - "Ay, Ai, Ai" (Official Audio)
Clifton Chenier - "My Mama Told Me (Live)" (Official Audio)
Clifton Chenier - "Party Down (At the Blue Angel Club) (Live)"
Clifton Chenier - "Calinda (Live from Austin City Limits)" (Official Audio)
Clifton Chenier - "Je Suis En Racolteur (I'm a Farmer)" (Official Audio)
Clifton Chenier - "Someone Told Me It Was All Over" (Official Audio)
Clifton Chenier - "Cher Catin" (Official Audio)
Clifton Chenier - "Baby What You Want Me to Do (Live)" (Official Audio)
Meklit - "Lefeqer Enegeza" (Official Audio)
John Santos: Art of the Descarga
Meklit - "Abebayehosh" (Official Audio)
Meklit feat. Brandee Younger - "Tizita" (Official Music Video)
Julian Kytasty - "Про Правду (Song of Truth)" (Official Audio)
Clifton Chenier - "Mr. Charlie" (Official Audio)
The Seldom Scene - "Man at the Crossroads" (Official Audio)
The Seldom Scene - "Farewell, Angelina" (Official Audio)
Sons of Membertou - "Kepmite'tmnej (Mi'kmaq Honour song)" (Official Audio)
The Seldom Scene - "Last of the Steam-Powered Trains" (Official Audio)
Jerron Paxton - Full Performance (Live at the 2023 Brooklyn Folk Festival)
Little Joe's Legacy: Little Joe Hernández Interviewed by Max Baca
The Po' Ramblin' Boys - "Trying to Live the Dream" (Live Performance Video)
Jerron Paxton - "Oxtail Blues" (Official Audio)
Dan + Claudia Zanes feat. Jendog Lonewolf - "Fly Like A Raven" (Official Music Video)
Jake Blount & Mali Obomsawin - "Live Humble" (Official Audio)
Jerron Paxton - "Things Done Changed" (Official Audio)
Jake Blount & Mali Obomsawin - "Old Indian Hymn" (Official Audio)
Jerron Paxton - "What's Gonna Become of Me" (Official Audio)
The Po' Ramblin' Boys - "Lonely Pine" (Live Performance Video)