Moses Asch's guest appearances

Moses Asch

The Folkways Collection

American Songcatcher

Pete Seeger

Woody Guthrie

Huddie Leadbetter

Phil Ochs

OwlTail

This program examines Moses Asch, the founder of Folkways Records, and the influences which guided his choices in building the Folkways Collection. Among those interviewed for this program are Asch's son, Michael Asch Professor Emeritus of the University of Alberta; Asch's biographer, Peter Goldsmith of Dartmouth College, New Hampshire; and renowned folk singer Peter Seeger. Musical selections for this episode reflect works which Asch himself considered particularly significant or which had a profound bearing on his work.

Moses Asch: Man and Myth