Moe Asch
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Moses ("Moe") Asch (1905-1986) was the founder of Folkways Records. The label, founded in 1946, was instrumental in bringing folk music into the American mainstream.
Asch worked with such famous folk and blues singers as Woody Guthrie and Leadbelly.
He was the son of Yiddish language novelist and dramatist Sholem Asch.
Further reading
- Goldsmith, Peter D. Making People's Music: Moe Asch and Folkways Records. Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1998. ISBN 1560988126
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