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Meklit feat. Brandee Younger - "Tizita" (Official Music Video)

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Julian Kytasty - "Про Правду (Song of Truth)" (Official Audio)

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Clifton Chenier - "Mr. Charlie" (Official Audio)

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The Seldom Scene - "Man at the Crossroads" (Official Audio)

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Sons of Membertou - "Kepmite'tmnej (Mi'kmaq Honour song)" (Live at the 2025 ICTMD Conference)

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The Seldom Scene - "Farewell, Angelina" (Official Audio)

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Sons of Membertou - "Kepmite'tmnej (Mi'kmaq Honour song)" (Official Audio)

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The Seldom Scene - "Last of the Steam-Powered Trains" (Official Audio)

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Jerron Paxton - Full Performance (Live at the 2023 Brooklyn Folk Festival)

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Little Joe's Legacy: Little Joe Hernández Interviewed by Max Baca

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The Po' Ramblin' Boys - "Trying to Live the Dream" (Live Performance Video)

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Jerron Paxton - "Oxtail Blues" (Official Audio)

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Dan + Claudia Zanes feat. Jendog Lonewolf - "Fly Like A Raven" (Official Music Video)

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Jake Blount & Mali Obomsawin - "Live Humble" (Official Audio)

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Jerron Paxton - "Things Done Changed" (Official Audio)

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Jake Blount & Mali Obomsawin - "Old Indian Hymn" (Official Audio)

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Jerron Paxton - "What's Gonna Become of Me" (Official Audio)

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The Po' Ramblin' Boys - "Lonely Pine" (Live Performance Video)

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Dan + Claudia Zanes - "Little Pal of Mine" (Official Audio)

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Jake Blount & Mali Obomsawin feat. Joe Rainey - "My Way's Cloudy" (Official Music Video)

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Dan + Claudia Zanes - "Guide My Feet (For Ella Jenkins)" (Official Audio)

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The Po' Ramblin' Boys - "Trying to Live the Dream" (Official Audio)

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Anna & Elizabeth - "Jeano" (Short Film)

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Dan + Claudia Zanes feat. Jendog Lonewolf - "Fly Like A Raven" (Official Audio)

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Mr. Greg - "I Like Animals" (Official Audio Visualizer)

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Mr. Greg feat. the Chapin Sisters - "Sweet Ella Jenkins"

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Charlie Parr - Full Performance (Live at the 2023 Brooklyn Folk Festival)

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The Po' Ramblin' Boys - "Wanderers Like Me" (Official Audio)

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Sonya Cohen Cramer - "No Place to Fall" (Townes Van Zandt cover) [Official Music Video]

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The Po' Ramblin' Boys - "Lonely Pine" (Official Audio)

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The Making of Ann Savoy's 'Another Heart' (Behind the Scenes Documentary)

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Georgia Sea Island Singers led by John Davis - "Read 'Em John" [Sampler]

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Georgia Sea Island Singers led by Bessie Jones -"Buzzard Lope (Dance) - In That Old Field" [Sampler]

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Ed Young & Emma Lee Ramsey - "Chevrolet" [Sampler]

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Mable Hillery with Emma Lee Ramsey - "Marching on the Mississippi Line" [Sampler]

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Sonya Cohen Cramer feat. Pete Seeger - "When I Was Most Beautiful" (Official Audio)

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Charlie Parr - "Boombox" (Official Music Video)

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Georgia Sea Island Singers led by Mississippi Fred McDowell - "Keep Your Lamp Trimmed and Burning"

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Ann Savoy - "A Heart Needs a Home" (Behind the Scenes)

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Ann Savoy - "Cajun Love Song" (Official Audio)

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Sonya Cohen Cramer - "You've Been a Friend to Me" (Official Audio)

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Sonya Cohen Cramer - "Oh the Wind and Rain" (ft. Elizabeth Mitchell, Daniel Littleton)

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Ann Savoy - "Waterloo Sunset" (Official Audio)

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Charlie Parr - "Bear Head Lake" (Official Audio)

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No-No Boy - "Nashville" (Official Music Video)

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Charlie Parr - "Portland Avenue" (Official Audio)

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Matmos feat. Evicshen - "Why?" (Official Music Video)

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Mariachi Los Camperos - "El son del perro — The Son of the Dog" (Official Music Video)

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No-No Boy - "1603" (Lyric Video)

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Mariachi Los Camperos - "Las olas - The Waves" (Official Audio)

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Charlie Parr - "Boombox" (Official Audio)

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Behind the Scenes: Damir Imamović - 'The World and All That It Holds'

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Mariachi Los Camperos - "El toro viejo - The Old Bull" (Official Audio)

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Matmos - "Why?" (Official Audio)

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Behind the Scenes: 'Mr. Greg & Cass McCombs Sing and Play New Folk Songs for Children'

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Matmos - "Injection Basic Sound" (Official Audio)

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Aga Khan Master Musicians - "Nowruz" (Official Audio)

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No-No Boy - No-No Boy - "Little Monk" (Official Music Video)

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Matmos - "Mud Dauber Wasp" (Official Audio)

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Aga Khan Master Musicians - "Tashkent" (Official Audio)

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