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Find the 2016 Grammy Winners at the Library #GrammyAwards
Find the Grammy Winning albums at the Library #GrammyAwards:Ā Record of the Year: Mark Ronson feat. Bruno Mars, "Uptown Funk"Album of the Year: Taylor Swift, 1989Best New Artist: Meghan TrainorBest Rock...
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100 Years (Or So) Ago in Dance: Florence Mills
Florence Mills. Image ID: 5105186In 1916, five years before her big break in Noble Sissle and Eubie Blake's musical Shuffle Along, Florence Mills performed in Chicagoās Panama Cafe as part of the...
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The Black Rock Coalition: Empowering Artists Who Break the Mold
In 1985, a group of musicians fed up with industry-imposed limitations that pigeonholed Black artists into either R&B singers or rappers, formed the Black Rock Coalition (BRC). Founders Vernon...
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Cubicle Vacations: New Music, Vol 3
Nordic Affect, Clockworking (2015)Nordic Affect is an experimental chamber music ensemble from Iceland. A string quartet made up of four women, doing a handful of compositions all by women. Well that's...
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Podcast #109: Rosanne Cash on Shakespeare, Performing, and Poetry
Subscribe on iTunes.Four-time Grammy winner Rosanne Cash is something of a music legend. She's also anĀ author whose memoir ComposedĀ was a bestseller andĀ whose influences range from Laurence Olivier to...
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The Music Division's Clipping File: Performers and Performances
The Music Division is celebrating the completion of its Clipping File inventory (done entirely by volunteers) with a blog series. Melissa is one of the volunteers who contributed so much to this...
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Playwright Pays Homage To Legendary MCs With Play Cycle
Shaun Neblett aka MC SNEB, photo by Bob GoreShaun Neblett, aka MC SNEB, is a playwright, educator, and founder of Changing Perceptions Theater. As a young adult, Neblett entered his short play "This is...
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George Avakian and Anahid Ajemian: An Introduction
George Avakian and Anahid Ajemian at Basin Street, watching the Benny Goodman Orchestra Photograph by Bernard Seeman, 1951Music For Moderns: The Partnership of George Avakian and Anahid Ajemian, a...
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Celebrating Miriam Makeba on the 56th Anniversary of Her Iconic Debut Album
Miriam Makeba and Harry Belafonte. Schomburg Center Photographs and Prints DivisionAs we celebrate the 56th anniversary of South African singer/songwriter Miriam Makebaās self-titled debut album on May...
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June Author @ the Library Programs at Mid-Manhattan
Strengths and strains of adult-sibling relationships...genetic genealogy, issues of race, slavery reparations and reconciliation...the complex story of the South Street Seaport District...a gritty...
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Recent Hip Hop You May Have Missed
As with a lot of hip hop music, there are language advisories. Please be aware that all content may not be suitable for those under 17 years old.Chance the Rapper is, as far as Iām concerned, this...
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Live From the Reading Room: Thomas Wright "Fats" Waller to Phil Ponce
Live from the Reading Room: CorrespondenceĀ is a podcast series that aims to share interesting and engaging letters written by or to key historical figures from the African Diaspora. Each episode...
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Anahid Ajemian: In Memoriam
A flyer advertising Anahid Ajemianās debut recital at Town Hall on November 19th, 1946.The violinist Anahid Ajemian, who dedicated her artistic life to performing and fostering new music, died on June...
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Celebrating Queer Voices in Black Music History
Ethel Waters, 1928; Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division; Image ID 1231400Kiani Ned, our Communications Intern, pays tribute to some of the greatest black...
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Live From the Reading Room: Ada "Bricktop" Smith to Louis "Satchmo" Armstrong
Live from the Reading Room: Correspondence is a podcast series that aims to share interesting and engaging letters written by or to key historical figures from the African Diaspora. Each episode...
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George Avakian and Louis Armstrong
George Avakian with Louis Armstrong during the recording of the album Satch Plays Fats, 1955.Photograph by Guy Gillette. Image ID: 5640626George Avakian's lifelong friendship with Louis Armstrong began...
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Podcast #122: Laurie Anderson on Melville, Opera, and Mystery
Subscribe on iTunes.Laurie AndersonĀ is one of the great pioneers of American art, combining and redefining various media, including film, music, spoken word, and performance art. She has collaborated...
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President Obama's 2016 Summer Playlist
President Obama released his official Summer 2016 Playlist via his Twitter feed @POTUS this past Thursday. The thirty-nine track listing features a mix of classic jazz standards, popular music genres...
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The Florence Foster Jenkins Scrapbook
With the release of the latest film starring Meryl Streep, many people are discovering Florence Foster Jenkins. Long known to many of those involved with music, Jenkins is generally viewed as a society...
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Anahid Ajemian and George Avakian Produce Music For Moderns at Town Hall, 1957
Anahid Ajemian, Duke Ellington, and Dimitri Mitropoulos in a promotional photograph for theĀ Music For Moderns series, spring 1957.During the 1950s, the producer George Avakian, director of both the...
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