NPR's Scott Detrow talks with Smithsonian curator John Troutman and blues musician Dom Flemons about the new folk music album, Playing for the Man at the Door. DOM FLEMONS: This is a collection that ...

DETROW: That's blues musician Dom Flemons. FLEMONS: You know, you always hear that for each musician that recorded, there were, you know, dozens, if not hundreds that didn't record. This is the first ...

DOM FLEMONS: This is a collection that was just - it was known as The Monster. DETROW: That's blues musician Dom Flemons. FLEMONS: You know, you always hear that for each musician that recorded, there ...

For decades, one of the most legendary private collections of early blues music was just that - private. Now it's available for everyone's ears. (SOUNDBITE OF MUSIC) DOM FLEMONS: This is a collection ...

The collection, now housed in the National Audio-Visual Conservation Center, consists of all the programs in the series, as well as the unedited interviews and performances that were excerpted for ...

A massive and closely held collection of blues music and research from the 1950s and 60s is seeing the light of day. The collection is from Robert "Mack" McCormick, who died in 2015 at age 85 and ...

A new Robert Johnson biography and a box set of previously unheard field recordings are among the first releases the Smithsonian and Folkways are planning from the collection of storied folklorist ...

Shop our favorite pieces from the "I Belong to Me" singer's boho-inspired collection. By Amina Ayoud All products and services featured are independently chosen by editors. However, Billboard may ...