Folk & World – Music That Tells a Story

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Folk & World – Music That Tells a Story

Looking for authentic sounds that carry history and heart? Our Folk & World section brings together traditional music from the US, UK, Europe, Africa, and beyond – songs shaped by people, places, and time.

From Celtic shores to Latin landscapes

Discover Woody Guthrie, Fairport Convention, Carlos Núñez, Miriam Makeba and more – artists who gave voice to tradition and culture.

Listen globally. Feel deeply.

Shop folk and world music on CD and vinyl – exclusively at Bear Family Records, your destination for music with roots.

Folk & World – Music That Tells a Story Looking for authentic sounds that carry history and heart? Our Folk & World section brings together traditional music from the US, UK, Europe,... read more »
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Folk & World – Music That Tells a Story

Folk & World – Music That Tells a Story

Looking for authentic sounds that carry history and heart? Our Folk & World section brings together traditional music from the US, UK, Europe, Africa, and beyond – songs shaped by people, places, and time.

From Celtic shores to Latin landscapes

Discover Woody Guthrie, Fairport Convention, Carlos Núñez, Miriam Makeba and more – artists who gave voice to tradition and culture.

Listen globally. Feel deeply.

Shop folk and world music on CD and vinyl – exclusively at Bear Family Records, your destination for music with roots.

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Woody Guthrie - The Tribute Concerts (3-CD Deluxe Box Set)
Woody Guthrie: Woody Guthrie - The Tribute Concerts (3-CD... Art-Nr.: BCD17329

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Recorded live at Carnegie Hall 1968 and Hollywood Bowl 1970 Exclusive 3-CD set accompanied by two beautifully illustrated books containing historic liner notes and Guthrie biography, original concert reviews and photographs, attendees...
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Battleground Korea - Songs and Sounds of America’s Forgotten War (4-CD Deluxe Box Set)
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4-CD deluxe boxed set with 160-page hardcover book, 121 tracks. Battleground Korea - Songs and Sounds of America’s Forgotten War DeLuxe packaging, plus hardcover books Total no. of pages: 160, format 27 x 27 cms, in carton slipcase ,...
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That Nasty Swing (LP)
SOUTHERN EAGLE STRING BAND: That Nasty Swing (LP) Art-Nr.: BF15010

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(Bear Family Records) 16 tracks
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Snow In Hawaii (CD)
Hank Snow: Snow In Hawaii (CD) Art-Nr.: BCD16429

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1-CD Digipak (4-plated) with 19-page booklet, 28 tracks. Playing time approx. 75 mns​. During his earliest years in Nova Scotia, Hank Snow (1914-1999) was attracted to the soothing sound of a Hawaiian steel guitar. "Mother saw an...
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Song Of The Islands (LP)
ROBBINS, Marty: Song Of The Islands (LP) Art-Nr.: BFX15130

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Last Night I Had The Strangest Dream (LP)
Ed McCurdy: Last Night I Had The Strangest Dream (LP) Art-Nr.: BF15009

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(Bear Family Records) 16 tracks Recorded January 1976 in Glen Rock, Pennsylvania with the help of Tracy Schwarz and Hedy West.
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California Bloodlines - Willard minus 2 (CD)
John Stewart: California Bloodlines - Willard minus 2 (CD) Art-Nr.: BCD15468

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1-CD with 16-page booklet, 24 tracks. Playing time approx. 74 mns. After seven years in the Kingston Trio and several years as a hit songwriter ( the Monkees' ‚ Daydream Believer ’ etc), John Stewart launched his solo career in 1969 with...
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Bombs Over Puerto Rico (CD)
Jim & Ingrid Croce: Bombs Over Puerto Rico (CD) Art-Nr.: BCD15894

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1-CD with 24-page booklet, 11 tracks. Playing time approx. 28 mns. Three years before his breakthrough hit, Don't Mess Around With Jim , Jim Croce was half of a folk singer-songwriter duo with his wife, Ingrid Croce . The New York-based...
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Troubadours - Folk And The Roots Of American Music, Vol.1-4 (12-CD)
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Troubadours - Folk And The Roots Of American Music, Vol.1-4 (12-CD) 3-CD Digipak with 152-page booklet (English language), 75 tracks. Total playing time approx. 203 mns. In the one hundred years that folk music has been recorded in the...
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Sea Conditions - Swell Songs And Shanties for Breezy People (CD)
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1-CD (Digipak) with 36 page booklet, 31 tracks. Total playing time approx. 79 min. Bear Family Records® presents with 'Sea Conditions' a musical journey through time and across the sea. 32 Songs, all dealing with the elemental forces of...
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Sunday Concert, Plus (CD)
Gordon Lightfoot: Sunday Concert, Plus (CD) Art-Nr.: BCD15691

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1-CD with 36-page booklet, 16 tracks. Playing time approx. 54 mns. Gordon Lightfoot's Massey Hall concerts in Toronto are a 30-year tradition. The March 30th, 1969 concert not only allowed the singer/songwriter an opportunity to perform...
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Island In The Sun (5-CD Deluxe Box Set)
Harry Belafonte: Island In The Sun (5-CD Deluxe Box Set) Art-Nr.: BCD16262

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5-CD box (LP-size) with 100-page hardcover book, 112 tracks. Playing time approx. 354 mns. Harry Belafonte begins here! And there’s a very special reason for this edition: On March, 1st the most versatile singer in popular music, and the...
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Children Songs Of Woody Guthrie (CD)
Wally Whyton: Children Songs Of Woody Guthrie (CD) Art-Nr.: BCD16125

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1-CD with 20-page booklet including all lyrics, 18 tracks. Playing time approx. 35 mns. Wally Whyton 's career spread over 40 years and established him both in Britain and internationally. In more recent years he was respected as the...
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Ring Of Fire (CD)
Anita Carter: Ring Of Fire (CD) Art-Nr.: BCD15434

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1-CD with 20-page booklet, 26 tracks. Playing time approx. 71 mns. The youngest of Mother Maybelle's three daughters, Anita Carter had a pure soprano voice ideally suited to the sort of folk material she recorded for Mercury between 1962...
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Snow South Of The Border (CD)
Hank Snow: Snow South Of The Border (CD) Art-Nr.: BCD16430

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1-CD-Album Digipak (4-plated) with 23-page booklet, 33 tracks. Playing time approx. 85 mns. August 1950: an era when pop music flirted with Latin American mambos and sambas and country music couldn't get enough boogie woogies. Hank Snow...
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Trinidad, The Land Of Calypso (2-CD)
Jamaica Johnny & His Milagro Boys: Trinidad, The Land Of Calypso (2-CD) Art-Nr.: BCD17523

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2-CD with 32-page booklet, 28 tracks. Total playing time approx. 82 minutes. • The first comprehensive retrospective on the life and achievements of Cornelis Lionel Liefeld (1919-1993) aka Jamaica Johnny • At the height of the calypso...
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Cannons In The Rain - Wingless Angels (CD)
John Stewart: Cannons In The Rain - Wingless Angels (CD) Art-Nr.: BCD15519

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1-CD with 20-page booklet, 20 tracks. Playing time approx. 76 mns. In 1973, John Stewart went to Nashville to record 'Cannons In The Rain' for RCA. He has fond memories of the session with guitarist Fred Carter, Jr. (father of current...
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A Musical Journey To The Caribbean & Mexico (CD)
Marty Robbins: A Musical Journey To The Caribbean & Mexico (CD) Art-Nr.: BCD15571

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1-CD with 8-page booklet, 25 tracks. Playing time approx. 61 mns. No country singer was more effortlessly versatile than Marty Robbins . He loved Mexican and Caribbean music, and this anthology collects songs like The Girl From Spanish...
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Hootenanny in Ost-Berlin (CD)
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1-CD Digipak (4-sided) with 40-page booklet, 35 tracks. Total playing time approx. 80 minutes. An impressive audio document telling the history of singer/songwriters and folk musicians in the German Democratic Republic (GDR) during the...
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Vol.4, Folk And The Roots Of American Music (3-CD)
Various - Troubadours: Vol.4, Folk And The Roots Of American Music (3-CD) Art-Nr.: BCD17404

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Deutschsprachige Ausgabe: BCD 17228 3-CD Digipak with 140-page booklet, 80 tracks. Total playing time approx. 257 mns. The West Coast If the East Coast primarily nurtured the contemporary folk scene, Los Angeles and San Francisco were...
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Vol.3, Folk And The Roots Of American Music (3-CD)
Various - Troubadours: Vol.3, Folk And The Roots Of American Music (3-CD) Art-Nr.: BCD17403

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3-CD Digipak mit 112-seitigem Booklet, 63 Einzeltitel. Gesamtspieldauer ca. 233 Minuten Along with folklorist Alan Lomax, Pete Seeger was a primary figure in seeding and shaping the American folk music revival. He never viewed himself as...
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Vol.2, Folk And The Roots Of American Music (3-CD)
Various - Troubadours: Vol.2, Folk And The Roots Of American Music (3-CD) Art-Nr.: BCD17402

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3-CD Digipak with 120-page booklet (English language), 70 tracks. Total playing time approx. 221 mns. In the one hundred years that folk music has been recorded in the United States, the tradition has embraced ballads - mostly new, but...
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Vol.1, Folk And The Roots Of American Music (3-CD)
Various - Troubadours: Vol.1, Folk And The Roots Of American Music (3-CD) Art-Nr.: BCD17401

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3-CD Digipak with 152-page booklet (English language), 75 tracks. Total playing time approx. 203 mns. In the one hundred years that folk music has been recorded in the United States, the tradition has embraced ballads - mostly new, but...
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Over There! Sounds And Images From Black Europe (3-CD)
Various - History: Over There! Sounds And Images From Black Europe... Art-Nr.: BCD16020

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3-CD Digipak (8-plated) with 88-page booklet, 76 tracks. Total playing time approx. 211 mns. Featuring four artists from Bear Family’s sold-out 44-disc set ‘Black Europe’. Early ‘coon songs’ and snappy ragtime music from nearly 100 years...
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Atomic Platters: Single Warhead Edition w - bonus tracks
Various - History: Atomic Platters: Single Warhead Edition w -... Art-Nr.: BCD17342

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1-CD Digipak with 80-page booklet , 32 tracks. Total playing time approx. 74 mns. • , ,  ,On one jam-packed disc you get 32 of the wildest, most radioactive Cold War tracks. • , ,  ,This collection also features...
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