Director of the Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage. Sheehy joined the Smithsonian in 2000, serving as director of Smithsonian Folkways Recordings, curator of the Folkways Collection and director of Smithsonian Global Sound.
ALBUMS
Rahim AlHaj Oud And String Quartet*
Letters From Iraq
2017
Various
Jazz: The Smithsonian Anthology
2011, 
,
, Bop/Contemporary Jazz/Ragtime/Big Band/Swing/Hard Bop/Cool Jazz/Latin Jazz
¡Cimarrón!*
Joropo Music From the Plains of Colombia
2011
Ossie Davis
A Voice Ring O’er The Gale! The Oratory Of Frederick Douglass
2009
Various
Maiteí América: Harps Of Paraguay
2009
Son de Madera
Son de Mi Tierra
2009
Los Texmaniacs
Borders Y Bailes
2009
Various
¡Ayombe! The Heart Of Colombia’s Música Vallenata
2008
Mariachi Los Camperos De Nati Cano
Amor, Dolor Y Lagrimas - Musica Ranchera
2008
Rafael Manriquez
¡Que Viva el Canto! Songs of Chile
2008
The Country Gentlemen
Going Back To The Blue Ridge Mountains
2007
Grupo Naidy
¡Arriba Suena Marimba!
2005
Nati Cano’s Mariachi Los Camperos*
¡Llegaron Los Camperos!
2005
Elizabeth Cotten
Shake Sugaree
2004
Various
Classic Blues Vol. 2 From Smithsonian Folkways
2003, ,
, Country Blues/Piano Blues
Ecos De Borinquen
Jibaro Hasta El Hueso: Mountain Music Of Puerto Rico
2003
Nati Cano’s Mariachi Los Camperos*
¡Viva El Mariachi!
2002
Edwin Colón Zayas
Edwin Colón Zayas Y Su Taller Campesino
1994
Los Pregoneros Del Puerto
Music Of Veracruz: Sones Jaroches
1990
APPEARANCES +
Damir Imamović
The World And All That It Holds
2023
Various
Playing For The Man At The Door (Field Recordings From The Collection Of Mack McCormick 1958–1971)
2023, ,
, Texas Blues
Dom Flemons
Traveling Wildfire
2023, ,
, Folk
Hazel Dickens And Alice Gerrard
Pioneering Women Of Bluegrass (The Definitive Edition)
2022, ,
, Bluegrass
Sam Bush
Radio John Songs Of John Hartford
2022
Pharis & Jason Romero
Tell ’Em You Were Gold
2022
Various
The Village Out West (The Lost Tapes Of Alan Oakes)
2021
Joseph Spence
Encore (Unheard Recordings Of Bahamian Guitar And Singing)
2021
Lead Belly*
The Smithsonian Folkways Collection
2015, ,
, Folk
The Brothers Nazaroff
The Happy Prince
2015, ,
, Klezmer
Seldom Scene*
Long Time...Seldom Scene
2014, ,
, Bluegrass
Ella Jenkins
More Multicultural Children’s Songs From Ella Jenkins
2014
Various
Songs Of The Spanish Civil War
2014, ,
, Folk
Various
Classic Banjo (From Smithsonian Folkways)
2013,
Various
Classic Harmonica Blues (From Smithsonian Folkways)
2012, ,
, Harmonica Blues/Country Blues
Elizabeth Mitchell
Little Seed
2012
The Dust Busters With John Cohen
Old Man Below
2012
Woody Guthrie
Woody At 100 (The Woody Guthrie Centennial Collection)
2012, ,
, Folk
Various
Classic Sounds Of New Orleans (From Smithsonian Folkways)
2010, ,
, Ragtime/Dixieland
John Jackson
Rappahannock Blues
2010
Pete Seeger
American Favorite Ballads
2009
Sarah Lee Guthrie & Family*
Go Waggaloo
2009
Various
Classic Piano Blues From Smithsonian Folkways
2008
Tony Trischka
Territory
2008, ,
, Bluegrass
Cephas & Wiggins*
Richmond Blues
2008, ,
, Country Blues
Various
The Garland Handbook Of Latin American Music (Second Edition)
2008
Michael Doucet
From Now On
2008
Mike Seeger
Early Southern Guitar Sounds
2007,
The La Drivers Union Por Por Group
Por Por: Honk Horn Music Of Ghana
2007
Various
Singing For Life (Songs Of Hope, Healing, And HIV/AIDS In Uganda)
2007
Pete Seeger
American Favorite Ballads Vol. 5
2007
Various
Classic Old-Time Fiddle (From Smithsonian Folkways)
2007
Paul Robeson
On My Journey: Paul Robeson’s Independent Recordings
2007
Various
Nobel Voices for Disarmament: 1901-2001
2007
Red Allen (2) Featuring Frank Wakefield
The Folkways Years 1964-1983
2007, ,
, Bluegrass
Various
Classic African-American Ballads (From Smithsonian Folkways)
2006,
Various
Classic Labor Songs (From Smithsonian Folkways)
2006
Pete Seeger
American Favorite Ballads Vol. 4
2006
Various
Masters Of Old-Time Country Autoharp
2006
Various
Alberta - Wild Roses Northern Lights
2006
Sam Hinton
Whoever Shall Have Some Good Peanuts (And Other Folk Songs For Children)
2006
Various
Classic Bluegrass Vol. 2 (From Smithsonian Folkways Recordings)
2005, ,
, Bluegrass
Various
Songs And Stories From Grand Canyon
2005, ,
, Speech/Folk
Various
Dark Holler (Old Love Songs And Ballads)
2005
Woody Guthrie And Lead Belly*
Folkways: The Original Vision (Songs Of Woody Guthrie And Lead Belly)
2005
The Lilly Bros.* & Don Stover
Bluegrass At The Roots ✽ 1961
2005, ,
, Bluegrass
Mary Lou Williams
Mary Lou’s Mass
2005
Various
Classic Southern Gospel (From Smithsonian Folkways)
2005
Various
Classic Folk Music (From Smithsonian Folkways)
2004, ,
, Folk
Various
Classic Maritime Music (From Smithsonian Folkways Recordings)
2004, ,
, Folk/Sea Shanties
Eddie Pennington
Walks The Strings...And Even Sings
2004, ,
, Country/Folk
Pete Seeger
American Favorite Ballads Vol. 3
2004
Dave Van Ronk
...And The Tin Pan Bended, And The Story Ended...
2004, ,
, Folk
Various
Back Roads To Cold Mountain
2004,
Warner Williams (2) With Jay Summerour
Blues Highway: Live
2004, ,
, Piedmont Blues
The Beaton Family Of Mabou*
Cape Breton Fiddle & Piano Music
2004, ,
, Celtic
Doc Tate Nevaquaya
Comanche Flute Music
2004
Mary Lou Williams
Black Christ Of The Andes
2004
Roscoe Holcomb
An Untamed Sense Of Control
2003, ,
, Appalachian Music/Country Blues
Jean Ritchie
Ballads (From Her Appalachian Family Tradition)
2003
Various
Abayudaya (Music From The Jewish People Of Uganda)
2003
Mike Seeger
True Vine
2003
Pete Seeger
American Favorite Ballads Vol. 2
2003
Various
Classic Blues (From Smithsonian Folkways)
2003, ,
, Country Blues/Piano Blues
Reverend Gary Davis*
If I Had My Way: Early Home Recordings
2003, ,
, Country Blues
Buck Ramsey
Hittin’ The Trail
2003,
Ella Jenkins And Children From The LaSalle Language Academy Of Chicago
Sharing Cultures
2003, ,
, Folk/Story
Various
Havana & Matanzas, Cuba, Ca.1957: Batá, Bembé, And Palo Songs
2003, ,
, Afro-Cuban/Field Recording
Ustad Mohammad Omar featuring Zakir Hussain
Virtuoso From Afghanistan
2002
Pete Seeger
American Favorite Ballads Vol. 1
2002, ,
, Folk
Various
Badenya: Manden Jaliya In New York City
2002,
Various
Fast Folk - A Community Of Singers & Songwriters
2002
The Romani Instrumentalists Of Jumaya
Bells And Winter Festivals Of Greek Macedonia
2002,
Various
The Silk Road: A Musical Caravan
2002, ,
, Ottoman Classical/Religious/Folk
Various
Classic Bluegrass From Smithsonian Folkways
2002, ,
, Bluegrass
Various
Bosavi (Rainforest Music From Papua New Guinea)
2001, ,
, Field Recording
Various
There Is No Eye: Music For Photographs
2001, ,
, Bluegrass/Chicago Blues/Folk/Gospel/Country Blues/Celtic
Various
Havana, Cuba, Ca. 1957: Rhythms And Songs For The Orishas (From The Historic Recordings Of Lydia Cabrera And Josefina Tarafa)
2001
Various
Matanzas, Cuba, Ca. 1957: Afro-Cuban Sacred Music From The Countryside
2001
Richard Dyer-Bennet
5
2001
Kevin Burke
Sweeney’s Dream (Fiddle Tunes From County Sligo, Ireland)
2001
Pete Seeger
Song And Play Time
2001, ,
, Folk
Khevrisa
European Klezmer Music
2000, ,
, Klezmer
Malvina Reynolds
Ear To The Ground
2000, ,
, Folk
Various
Saints’ Paradise
1999, ,
, Gospel
Krister Malm
West Indies: An Island Carnival
1991
Snooks Eaglin
New Orleans Street Singer
1968
Various
Sakura - A Musical Celebration Of Cherry Blossoms