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4 unusual facts about Moses Asch


Lord Invader

In the last half of 1958, he returned to New York City and continued recording for Moses Asch.

During his tenure in New York City, he became a fixture in the local calypso scene and recorded many tracks for Moses Asch.

Moses Asch

In 1952, Asch's label issued the Anthology of American Folk Music, compiled by Harry Smith, which brought a wider awareness of traditional American folk and blues to a new generation.

Woody Guthrie Sings Folk Songs

Woody Guthrie Sings Folk Songs is a remastered compilation of American folk songs sung by legend Woody Guthrie accompanied by Lead Belly, Cisco Houston, Sonny Terry, and Bess Lomax Hawes originally recorded for Moses Asch in the 1940s and re-released in 1989 by Folkways Records.


Folkways Records

The Folkways Records & Service Co. was founded by Moses Asch and Marian Distler in 1948 in New York City.


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