Recording the World
In 1948, Moses Asch set out with an ambitious project: to document the world\u2019s sounds!\xa075 years later, that project has\xa0grown into one of the world\u2019s most eclectic,\xa0iconic and LARGEST\xa0repositories of recorded sound\u2026 from American folk music, to sounds of everyday life, and even a serenade for turkeys. Folkways Recordings \u2014as it's now known\u2014 lives on within the Smithsonian, connecting the past, present and future\u2026 through sounds.
\n\nGuests:
\n\nMichael Asch,\xa0anthropologist and son of Moses Asch\xa0
\n\nJake Blount,\xa0musician and scholar of Black American music\xa0
\n\nMaureen Loughran,\xa0director and curator of Smithsonian Folkways Recordings
\n\nJeff Place,\xa0curator and senior archivist at Smithsonian Folkways Recordings\xa0
\n\nAnthony Seeger,\xa0curator and director emeritus of Smithsonian Folkways Recordings