Sarah Webster Fabio/Folkways question
mannybolone
Los Angeles, CA 15,025 Posts
I received a message from someone claiming to be Fabio's granddaughter, wondering who had the rights to sell Sarah's music. Presumably, the family was never contacted. I'm not sure how Folkways licensing worked - who owned what? Figured someone here would know.
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I would contact Canonical, who is on here but
a mod over at Waxidermy so you could definitely
get to him there - I know he has some connections
to the modern-day Folkways operation.
http://www.folkways.si.edu/index.html
Mo Asch had his own publishing I think. He did things quick and dirty and I would guess that the artist got paid once and the performance became Asch's property.
Anywho, Smithsonian owns Folkways now and there is a curator that can answer her questions.