Pete Reiniger

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Sound production supervisor and chief engineer at Smithsonian Folkways.
b. 1949 - d. 2022

Pete Reiniger's affiliation with the Smithsonian dates from 1973, when he was on the Festival technical crew. He served as Technical Director for the Festival from 1975 to 1977 and from 1991 until 1999. During the 1990s he also became involved with Smithsonian Folkways Recordings.

Reiniger has been involved in numerous award-winning recordings and has been twice nominated for a Grammy, winning one for his work on the Anthology of American folk music.

ALBUMS

The Bahamas: Islands of Song

2021, CD, Comp, Smithsonian Folkways, Rice Records

Long Time...Seldom Scene

2014, CD, Album, Smithsonian Folkways,

Classic Blues Vol. 2 From Smithsonian Folkways

Country Blues/Piano Blues

The Blue Rhythm Boys

Monday Morning Blues

2002, CD, Album, Big L Records (5)

The Harry Smith Connection (A Live Tribute To The Anthology Of American Folk Music)

1998, HDCD, Album, Smithsonian Folkways,

A Treasury Of Library Of Congress Field Recordings

1997, CD, Comp, Rounder Records,

Gospel/Field Recording/Religious/Delta Blues/Folk

The Bahamas: Islands of Song

1997, CD, Comp, Smithsonian Folkways

Eddie Pennington

Walks The Strings...And Even Sings

2004, CD, Album, Smithsonian Folkways,

Rahim AlHaj Trio

2018, CD, Smithsonian Folkways, Smithsonian Folkways

Dom Flemons Presents Black Cowboys

Rahim AlHaj Oud And String Quintet*

Letters From Iraq

Alpha Mike Foxtrot (Rare Tracks 1994-2014)

Country Rock/Alternative Rock/Acoustic

The Dust Busters With John Cohen

2012, CD, Album, Smithsonian Folkways

Joropo Music From the Plains of Colombia

2011, CD, Album, Smithsonian Folkways

American Favorite Ballads

2009, 5xCD, Comp, Smithsonian Folkways

Maiteí América: Harps Of Paraguay

2009, CD, Album, Smithsonian Folkways Recordings

Son de Mi Tierra

2009, CD, Album, Smithsonian Folkways

Sarah Lee Guthrie & Family*

Borders Y Bailes

2008, CD, Album, Smithsonian Folkways,

¡Ayombe! The Heart Of Colombia's Música Vallenata

2008, CD, Comp, Smithsonian Folkways

Cephas & Wiggins*

2008, CD, Smithsonian Folkways,

Rafael Manriquez

¡Que Viva el Canto! Songs of Chile

2008, CD, Album, Smithsonian Folkways

Early Southern Guitar Sounds

2007, CD, Smithsonian Folkways,

The La Drivers Union Por Por Group

Por Por: Honk Horn Music Of Ghana

2007, CD, Album, Smithsonian Folkways

¡Arriba Suena Marimba!

2005, CD, Album, Smithsonian Folkways, Smithsonian Folkways

Los Pleneros De La 21

Para Todos Ustedes

2005, HDCD, Album, Smithsonian Folkways

Alan Jabbour & Ken Perlman

Southern Summits

2005, CD, Not On Label (Alan Jabbour Self-released),

Grupo Cimarrón

Sí, Soy Llanero (Joropo Music From The Orinoco Plains Of Colombia)

2004, HDCD, Album, Smithsonian Folkways,

The Beaton Family Of Mabou*

Cape Breton Fiddle & Piano Music

2004, CD, Smithsonian Folkways,

2003, CD, Album, Smithsonian Folkways

Ella Jenkins And Children From The LaSalle Language Academy Of Chicago

Sharing Cultures

2003, CD, Album, Smithsonian Folkways,

Front Porch Blues

1999, CD, Album, Alligator Records, Alligator Records

Better Than It Sounds

1999, CD, Yodel-Ay-Hee

Double Decker Stringband*

Chasing Rainbows

1996, CD, Album, Marimac Recordings

John Cephas & Phil Wiggins

1995, CD, Album, Alligator Records

Masters Of The Folk Violin

Los Pregoneros Del Puerto

Music Of Veracruz: Sones Jaroches

Bowling Green John Cephas, Harmonica Phil Wiggins*

Dog Days Of August

APPEARANCES +

Saints' Paradise

1999, HDCD, Comp, Smithsonian Folkways,

Landscape A Go-Go (The Story Of Landscape 1977-83)

2023, CD, Album, RE, RM + CD, Album, RE, RM + CD, Album,, Cooking Vinyl

Mr Greg & Cass McCombs

Sing and Play New Folk Songs for Children

Songs Of The Naxi Of Southwest China

2022, CD, Album, Smithsonian Folkways, Smithsonian Folkways,

Chinese Classical

The John Santos Sextet

Art Of The Descarga

2020, CD, Album, Smithsonian Folkways Recordings,

Cubano/Latin Jazz

Crystals - New Music For Relaxation 2

Tuareg Music Of The Southern Sahara

Field Recording

Gateway Summer Sound - Abstracted Animal & Other Sounds

Alhaji Bai Konte, Dembo Konte, Ma Lamini Jobate*

Gambian Griot Kora Duets

Lord Invader & His Calypso Group*

Calypso Travels

Various, Martin Koenig

Sound Portraits From Bulgaria: A Journey To A Vanished World 1966-1979 = Звукови Картини От България: Пътешествие До Един Изчезнал Свят 1966-1979

2019, 2xCD, Smithsonian Folkways

Lucinda Williams

Happy Woman Blues

Folk Rock/Country

Easy Rider (Leadbelly Legacy Volume Four)

Jazz Fest: The New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival

Hot Jazz, Cool Blues & Hard-Hitting Songs

2018, 2xCD, Comp, Smithsonian Folkways, Smithsonian Folkways

Classic Delta And Deep South Blues (From Smithsonian Folkways)

2018, CD, Comp, Smithsonian Folkways

The Yale Russian Chorus

Mnogaya L'eta! - 65 Years Of The Yale Russian Chorus

2018, 3xCD, Comp, YRC Alumni Association

Legendary Singer & Banjo Player

Goofing-Off Suite

Bahaman Folk Guitar

Lightnin' Hopkins

Lightnin' Hopkins

Elizabeth Cotten

Folksongs And Instrumentals With Guitar

Sarah Webster Fabio

Jujus / Alchemy Of The Blues

Classic Piedmont Blues (From Smithsonian Folkways)

2017, CD, Comp, Smithsonian Folkways,

Classic English And Scottish Ballads From Smithsonian Folkways

2017, CD, Comp, Smithsonian Folkways

Barbara Dane And The Chambers Brothers

Barbara Dane And The Chambers Brothers

By The River's Edge

2016, CD, Album, Not On Label (East Of Monroe Self-released)

Big Bill Broonzy

Big Bill Broonzy Sings Folk Songs

The Smithsonian Folkways Collection

2015, Box + 5xCD, Comp, RM, Smithsonian Folkways Recordings,

More Multicultural Children's Songs From Ella Jenkins

2014, CD, Comp, Smithsonian Folkways, Smithsonian Folkways

Songs Of The Spanish Civil War

2014, CD, Comp, Smithsonian Folkways,

2014, CD, Comp, Smithsonian Folkways

Alpha Mike Foxtrot: Rare Tracks 1994-2014

Classic Banjo (From Smithsonian Folkways)

2013, CD, Comp, Smithsonian Folkways,

Classic Harmonica Blues (From Smithsonian Folkways)

2012, CD, Comp, Smithsonian Folkways,

Harmonica Blues/Country Blues

Elizabeth Mitchell

2012, CD, Album, Smithsonian Folkways

Woody At 100 (The Woody Guthrie Centennial Collection)

2012, 3xCD, Comp, RM + Box, Smithsonian Folkways,

Jazz: The Smithsonian Anthology

2011, 6xCD, Comp, Smithsonian Folkways,

Bop/Contemporary Jazz/Ragtime/Big Band/Swing/Hard Bop/Cool Jazz/Latin Jazz

Classic Appalachian Blues (From Smithsonian Folkways)

2010, CD, Comp, Smithsonian Folkways,

Appalachian Music/Piedmont Blues/Country Blues

Classic Sounds Of New Orleans (From Smithsonian Folkways)

2010, CD, Comp, Smithsonian Folkways,

Ragtime/Dixieland

Elizabeth Mitchell

2010, CD, Album, Smithsonian Folkways

Rising Sun Melodies

2010, CD, Comp, Smithsonian Folkways,

Appalachian Music/Field Recording/Bluegrass

Rappahannock Blues

2010, CD, Smithsonian Folkways

A Voice Ring O'er The Gale! The Oratory Of Frederick Douglass

2009, CD, Album, Smithsonian Folkways

Classic Protest Songs (From Smithsonian Folkways)

2009, CD, Comp, Smithsonian Folkways

Classic Piano Blues From Smithsonian Folkways

2008, CD, Comp, Smithsonian Folkways

Classic African American Gospel (From Smithsonian Folkways)

2008, CD, Comp, Smithsonian Folkways

Mariachi Los Camperos De Nati Cano

Amor, Dolor Y Lagrimas - Musica Ranchera

2008, CD, Album, Smithsonian Folkways

Bascom Lamar Lunsford

Ballads, Banjo Tunes And Sacred Songs Of Western North Carolina

2007, CD, Comp, Mono, RP, Smithsonian Folkways

Singing For Life (Songs Of Hope, Healing, And HIV/AIDS In Uganda)

2007, CD, Comp, Smithsonian Folkways

American Favorite Ballads Vol. 5

2007, CD, Comp, Smithsonian Folkways

Classic Old-Time Fiddle (From Smithsonian Folkways)

2007, CD, Comp, Smithsonian Folkways

On My Journey: Paul Robeson's Independent Recordings

2007, CD, Comp, Smithsonian Folkways Recordings

Nobel Voices for Disarmament: 1901-2001

2007, CD, Smithsonian Folkways Recordings

cELLAbration! A Tribute To Ella Jenkins Live!

2007, DVD, Smithsonian Folkways Recordings

On My Journey: Paul Robeson's Independent Recordings

2007, 32xFile, ALAC, FLAC, WAV, 16b, Smithsonian Folkways Recordings

The Country Gentlemen

Going Back To The Blue Ridge Mountains

Red Allen (2) Featuring Frank Wakefield

The Folkways Years 1964-1983

Richard Dyer-Bennet

Elizabeth Mitchell

You Are My Little Bird

2006, CD, Album, Smithsonian Folkways

Rahim Alhaj with Souhail Kaspar

When The Soul Is Settled: Music Of Iraq

2006, CD, Album, Smithsonian Folkways

Friends Of Old Time Music (The Folk Arrival 1961-1965)

2006, 3xCD, Comp, Smithsonian Folkways

Classic African-American Ballads (From Smithsonian Folkways)

2006, CD, Comp, Smithsonian Folkways, Smithsonian Folkways,

Classic Labor Songs (From Smithsonian Folkways)

2006, CD, Comp, Smithsonian Folkways

American Favorite Ballads Vol. 4

2006, CD, Comp, Smithsonian Folkways

Masters Of Old-Time Country Autoharp

2006, CD, Comp, Smithsonian Folkways

Alberta - Wild Roses Northern Lights

2006, CD, Comp, Smithsonian Folkways

Friends Of Old Time Music (The Folk Arrival 1961-1965) - Sampler

2006, CDr, Smithsonian Folkways,

Classic Canadian Songs From Smithsonian Folkways

Whoever Shall Have Some Good Peanuts (And Other Folk Songs For Children)

Classic Bluegrass Vol. 2 (From Smithsonian Folkways Recordings)

2005, CD, Comp, Smithsonian Folkways,

Songs And Stories From Grand Canyon

2005, CD, Comp, Smithsonian Folkways,

In Sacred Trust: The 1963 Fleming Brown Tapes

2005, CD, Comp, Smithsonian Folkways

Nati Cano's Mariachi Los Camperos*

¡Llegaron Los Camperos!

2005, CD, Smithsonian Folkways

Dark Holler (Old Love Songs And Ballads)

2005, CD, Album + DVD-V, Smithsonian Folkways

Woody Guthrie And Lead Belly*

Folkways: The Original Vision (Songs Of Woody Guthrie And Lead Belly)

The Mighty Sparrow*

First Flight (Early Calypsos From The Emory Cook Collection)

Classic Southern Gospel (From Smithsonian Folkways)

The Lilly Bros.* & Don Stover

Bluegrass At The Roots ✽ 1961

Mary Lou Williams

Mary Lou's Mass

American Favorite Ballads Vol. 3

2004, CD, Comp, Smithsonian Folkways

...And The Tin Pan Bended, And The Story Ended...

2004, CD, Album, Smithsonian Folkways,

Beautiful Beyond : Christian Songs In Native Languages

2004, CD, Comp, Smithsonian Folkways

Back Roads To Cold Mountain

2004, CD, Album, Smithsonian Folkways,

Warner Williams (2) With Jay Summerour

Blues Highway: Live

2004, CD, Album, Smithsonian Folkways,

Homrong (Classical Music From Cambodia)

2004, CD, Album, Celestial Harmonies

cELLAbration! A Tribute To Ella Jenkins

2004, CD, Comp, Smithsonian Folkways Recordings,

Classic Folk Music (From Smithsonian Folkways)

Classic Maritime Music (From Smithsonian Folkways Recordings)

Folk/Sea Shanties

Doc Tate Nevaquaya

Comanche Flute Music

Elizabeth Cotten

Mary Lou Williams

Black Christ Of The Andes

An Untamed Sense Of Control

2003, CD, Comp, Smithsonian Folkways,

Appalachian Music/Country Blues

Ballads (From Her Appalachian Family Tradition)

2003, CD, Comp, Smithsonian Folkways

Abayudaya (Music From The Jewish People Of Uganda)

2003, CD, Comp, Smithsonian Folkways

American Favorite Ballads Vol. 2

2003, CD, Comp, Smithsonian Folkways

Reverend Gary Davis*

If I Had My Way: Early Home Recordings

2003, CD, Album, Smithsonian Folkways,

Hittin' The Trail

2003, 2xCD, Smithsonian Folkways,

Classic Old-time Music (From Smithsonian Folkways Recordings)

2003, CD, Comp, Smithsonian Folkways,

Havana & Matanzas, Cuba, Ca.1957: Batá, Bembé, And Palo Songs

2003, CD, Comp, Smithsonian Folkways,

Afro-Cuban/Field Recording

Classic Blues (From Smithsonian Folkways Recordings)

Ustad Mohammad Omar featuring Zakir Hussain

Virtuoso From Afghanistan

2002, CD, Album, Smithsonian Folkways

American Favorite Ballads Vol. 1

2002, CD, Comp, Smithsonian Folkways,

Badenya: Manden Jaliya In New York City

2002, CD, Smithsonian Folkways,

Cephas & Wiggins*

Somebody Told The Truth

2002, CD, Album, Alligator Records,

Fast Folk - A Community Of Singers & Songwriters

2002, 2xCD, Comp, Smithsonian Folkways

First Through The Gate

2002, CD, Album, Smithsonian Folkways

The Romani Instrumentalists Of Jumaya

Bells And Winter Festivals Of Greek Macedonia

2002, CD, Smithsonian Folkways,

One Step - Live At IMT!

2002, CD, Album, Cashew Blue Records

Nati Cano's Mariachi Los Camperos*

¡Viva El Mariachi!

The Silk Road (A Musical Caravan)

Ottoman Classical/Religious/Folk

Classic Bluegrass From Smithsonian Folkways

Classic Mountain Songs (From Smithsonian Folkways)

Every Tone A Testimony (An African American Aural History)

2001, 2xCD, Comp, Smithsonian Folkways,

Bosavi (Rainforest Music From Papua New Guinea)

2001, 3xCD, Smithsonian Folkways,

Field Recording

There Is No Eye: Music For Photographs

2001, HDCD, Comp, Dig, Smithsonian Folkways,

Bluegrass/Chicago Blues/Folk/Gospel/Country Blues/Celtic

Matanzas, Cuba, Ca. 1957: Afro-Cuban Sacred Music From The Countryside

2001, CD, Album, Comp, Smithsonian Folkways

Sweeney's Dream (Fiddle Tunes From County Sligo, Ireland)

Song And Play Time

The Country Gentlemen

On The Road (And More)

Richard Dyer-Bennet

The Folkways Years 1959-1973

2000, HDCD, Comp, Smithsonian Folkways

Well May The World Go

2000, CD, Album, HDC, Smithsonian Folkways,

European Klezmer Music

2000, CD, Album, Smithsonian Folkways,

Malvina Reynolds

Ear To The Ground

2000, CD, Comp, Dig, Smithsonian Folkways,

Vocal Music In Crete

2000, CD, Album, Smithsonian Folkways Recordings, International Institute for Traditional Music

Big Bill Broonzy

Trouble In Mind

2000, CD, Comp, Smithsonian Folkways

Calypso In New York (The Asch Recordings 1946-1961)

2000, CD, Comp, Smithsonian Folkways

Safarini In Transit: Music Of African Immigrants

2000, CD, Album, Smithsonian Folkways

Indonesian Guitars

1999, CD, Album, Comp, Smithsonian Folkways

Presidential Campaign Songs 1789-1996

1999, HDCD, Album, Smithsonian Folkways,

Tuva, Among The Spirits - Sound, Music And Nature In Sakha And Tuva

1999, CD, Album, Comp, Smithsonian Folkways,

Field Recording/Overtone Singing

Buffalo Skinners (The Asch Recordings, Vol. 4)

1999, HDCD, Comp, Smithsonian Folkways,

Headlines & Footnotes (A Collection Of Topical Songs)

1999, HDCD, Comp, Mono, Smithsonian Folkways,

Northumberland Rant (Traditional Music From The Edge Of England)

1999, HDCD, Comp, Smithsonian Folkways

Kmhmu Highlanders*

Bamboo On The Mountains (Kmhmu Highlanders From Southeast Asia And The United States)

1999, HDCD, Comp, Smithsonian Folkways Recordings,

Lao Music/Field Recording

Sulawesi: Festivals, Funerals, And Work

1999, CD, Comp, Smithsonian Folkways

Cephas & Wiggins*

1999, CD, Album, Alligator Records

Dave Obey And The Capitol Offenses

Faith, Family & Friends

1999, CD, Not On Label

The Asch Recordings Vol. 1-4

Sings For Children

If I Had A Hammer: Songs Of Hope & Struggle

1998, HDCD, Comp, Smithsonian Folkways, Smithsonian Folkways

Free And Equal Blues

1998, CD, Comp, Smithsonian Folkways

Birds, Beasts, Bugs & Fishes Little & Big (Animal Folk Songs)

1998, CD, Album, Comp, Smithsonian Folkways,

Hard Travelin' - The Asch Recordings, Vol.3

1998, HDCD, Comp, Smithsonian Folkways

Black Banjo Songsters Of North Carolina And Virginia

1998, CD, Album, Smithsonian Folkways,

Tony Ellis (4) And The Musicians Of Braeburn

1998, CD, Album, County Records

His Folkways Years 1963-1968

Shout On (Lead Belly Legacy Vol. 3)

Country Blues/Delta Blues/Folk

Charles M. Bogert

Sounds Of North American Frogs

The High Lonesome Sound

Appalachian Music/Country Blues

Ella Jenkins And The Goodwill Spiritual Choir Of Monumental Baptist Church*

African American Folk Rhythms

Call-And-Response (Rhythmic Group Singing)

Lombok, Kalimantan, Banyumas: Little-Known Forms Of Gamelan And Wayang

1997, CD, Album, Smithsonian Folkways

Muleskinner Blues: The Asch Recordings, Vol. 2

1997, CD, Comp, Smithsonian Folkways

1997, CD, Album, Smithsonian Folkways

Grupo Afrocuba de Matanzas* - Grupo Changüí de Guantánamo - Cuarteto Patria* y Compay Segundo

Cuba In Washington

1997, CD, Comp, RE, RM, Smithsonian Folkways, Smithsonian Folkways

South Sulawesi Strings

1997, CD, Comp, Smithsonian Folkways

Dancing In The Parlor

1997, CD, Album, County Records

A Banjo Original

1997, CD, County Records,

New Lost City Ramblers*

There Ain't No Way Out

1997, CD, Album, Smithsonian Folkways, Smithsonian Folkways

Anthology Of American Folk Music

1997, CD, CD, CD, CD, CD, CD, Box Set,

Cajun/Country/Field Recording/Gospel/Delta Blues/Folk

Bernice Johnson Reagon

Give Your Hands To Struggle

Songs And Rhythms From Near And Far

Piping Hot: A Celtic Bagpipe Collection

This Land Is Your Land: The Asch Recordings, Vol. 1

Pandit Kamalesh Maitra*, Trilok Gurtu

Tabla Tarang - Melody On Drums

1996, CD, Album, Smithsonian Folkways, International Institute for Traditional Music,

Indian Classical

Melayu Music Of Sumatra And The Riau Islands

1996, CD, Album, Smithsonian Folkways, Smithsonian Folkways

James P. Johnson*

The Original James P. Johnson (1942-1945: Piano Solos)

1996, CD, Comp, Smithsonian Folkways, Smithsonian Folkways

That's Why We're Marching: World War II And The American Folk Song Movement

1996, CD, Comp, Smithsonian Folkways, Smithsonian Folkways

Where Did You Sleep Last Night (Lead Belly Legacy Vol. 1)

Jambo And Other Call And Response Songs And Chant

Mountain Music Of Kentucky

Smithsonian Folkways American Roots Collection

Country/Gospel/Bluegrass/Cajun/Folk

Ballads Of Sacco & Vanzetti

John Cephas & Phil Wiggins

Flip, Flop, & Fly

1992, CD, Album, Flying Fish (2)

Wayne Henderson

Bowling Green John Cephas & Harmonica Phil Wiggins*

Octa Clark & Hector Duhon, The Dixie Ramblers*

Ensemble Encore

1983, LP, Album, Rounder Records, Louisiana Folklife Recording Series

Voices Of The Civil Rights Movement (Black American Freedom Songs 1960-1966)

David "Honeyboy" Edwards

Mississippi Delta Bluesman

Ella Jenkins, A Summer Music Workshop Of St. Paul's Church

Seasons For Singing

New Orleans Street Singer

Debby McClatchy

'Til The Good Times Come

Ella Jenkins And The Goodwill Spiritual Choir Of Monumental Baptist Church*

African American Folk Rhythms

Cass, Album, Smithsonian Folkways,

Bourgeois Blues (Lead Belly Legacy Vol. 2)

Sakura - A Musical Celebration Of Cherry Blossoms