The Mickey Hart Collection from Smithsonian Folkways preserves and furthers the Grateful Dead percussionist’s endeavor to cross borders and expand musical horizons. Smithsonian Folkways will make many of Mickey Hart’s music projects available digitally (stream and download) for the first time while keeping physical versions in print as on-demand CDs.
The Mickey Hart Collection begins with 25 albums drawn from “The World,” a series Hart curated that incorporated his solo projects, other artists’ productions, and re-releases of out-of-print titles. Six of the twenty-five albums form the “Endangered Music Project,” a collaboration between Mickey Hart and the American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress, which presents recordings from musical traditions at risk.
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Ustad Sultan Khan Hariprasad-Zakir Hussain Various Artists Hamza El Din The Golden Gate Gypsy Orchestra Rhythm Devils Mickey Hart / Airto Moreira / Flora Purim Mickey Hart / Taro Hart Various Artists Various Artists Various Artists The Gyuto Monks Tantric Choir
HRT15002 (1988)This album represents the intricate sounds of the sarangi (a bowed, short-necked stringed instrument) in the hands of Ustad Sultan Khan, 2010 winner of the…
HRT15025 (1989)Venu is the ancient Sanskrit name for the bamboo flute that is today called bansuri. On this album, recorded live in 1974 at the Stone House in Fairfax, California…
HRT15004 (1984)The Music of Upper and Lower Egypt features unique performances recorded during the Grateful Dead’s 1978 tour of Egypt. Produced by Mickey Hart and issued in 1988 as part…
HRT15001 (1988)Eclipse, Hamza El Din’s fourth album overall, was originally released in 1978 and reissued as part of “THE WORLD” series…
HRT15003 (1981)The Golden Gate Gypsy Orchestra of America and California was an itinerant band of engineers, doctors, teachers, and musicians who played their music at weddings, Bar Mitzvahs… 
HRT15007 (1989)Mickey Hart and Bill Kreutzmann were asked by director Francis Ford Coppola to provide a percussive underscore for his 1979 film Apocalypse Now. Combining the quiet sound…
HRT15006 (1989)Däfos is a musical ethnography of an imaginary country created by Mickey Hart and Airto Moreira. The album was recorded live in San Francisco as a celebration of percussion…
HRT15023 (1989)This soothing, 70-minute soundscape, originally created for the birth of Mickey Hart’s son Taro in 1983, was intended to transform the coldness of a hospital birthing room into…
Babatunde Olatunji
HRT15000 (1988)Nigerian-born drummer Babatunde Olatunji (1937-2003) collaborated with Mickey Hart to create this album, issued in 1988 as part of “THE WORLD” series…
The Yoruba / Dahomean Collection: Orishas Across the Ocean
HRT15020 (1998)The 24 tracks featured on this Endangered Music Project release are musical snapshots of Haitian vodou, Cuban santería, Trinidadian…
The Arthur S. Alberts Collection: More Tribal, Folk, and Café Music of West Africa
HRT15016 (1998) A musical exploration of West Africa from the late 1940s, this Endangered Music Project compilation is comprised of 19 songs culled from…
The Bali Sessions: Living Art, Sounding Spirit
HRT15021 (1999) In 1999, five years after releasing Music for the Gods: The Fahnestock South Sea Expedition: Indonesia, Mickey Hart sought to record an album highlighting the more…
The Perfect Jewel: Sacred Chants of Tibet
HRT15022 (2002)The Gyuto Monks offer excerpts from their most important chants, selected by the monastic order’s chant master for their power and beauty. These multiphonic chants, passed down…
Drums of Passion: The Beat
Freedom Chants from the Roof of the World
Songs of Amber
Voices of the Rainforest
Honor the Earth Powwow: Songs of the Great Lakes Indians
The Other Side of This
The Spirit Cries: Music from the Rainforests of South America & the Caribbean
Music for the Gods: The Fahnestock South Sea Expedition: Indonesia
American Warriors: Songs for Indian Veterans
Utom: Summoning the Spirit
The Discoteca Collection: Missão de Pesquisas Folclóricas
L. H. Corrêa de Azevedo: Music of Ceará and Minas Gerais
[VIDEO] Mickey Hart Talks about The Collection
