Great Albums You Might Have Missed: Black 47's Fire of Freedom (1993):...
I was sitting shotgun on DJ duty during a long volleyball road trip back in high school when I put on a new tape (yes, cassette days) that I was loving of a band I had recently seen playing live at...
View ArticleI Read the Journal-American Today, Oh Dear: Beatles Files Part 1: Blog Posts...
Ladies and Gentlemen…The Beatles will be on view at The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts (LPA) from February 6 through May 10, 2014. A project of The GRAMMY Museum® at L.A. LIVE and Fab...
View ArticleBest of New Music (March 2014 Edition): Blog Posts by Subject: Music
A periodic list of newly purchased CDs for our circulating collections.Family Atlantica: Eponymous (2013)In case you didn't notice, NYPL has seriously enhanced the scope of its Latin American music...
View ArticleI Read the Journal-American Today, Oh Dear: Beatles Files Part 2: Blog Posts...
Ladies and Gentlemen…The Beatles will be on view at The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts (LPA) from February 6 through May 10, 2014. A project of The GRAMMY Museum® at L.A. LIVE and Fab...
View ArticleBest of New Music (April 2014 Edition)
A periodic list of some of the most exciting, newly purchased CDs for our circulating collections.Asleep on the Floodplain by Six Organs of Admittance (2011)Asleep on the Floodplain is a rich and...
View ArticleA Trip Down Memory Lane: The Lasting Influence of Illmatic
Tomorrow marks the 20th anniversary of Nas's debut album, Illmatic. On Wednesday, I had the privilege to attend the opening of the Tribeca Film Festival to watch my friend and former colleague Erik...
View ArticleDavid Amram's New York
The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts is thrilled to celebrate the acquisition of composer David Amram's archive. Amram was the paramount musician to the Beat Generation, having...
View ArticleBeatles Overload? 5 Beatlesque Bands You Should Hear
You can't help it, you are just so jazzed that it is The Beatles' 50th Anniversary of their appearance on the Ed Sullivan Show that you've grown your moptop, dusted off your Hofner Bass and even broke...
View ArticleArchiving Amram: The Beauty of Now
This month the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts celebrates composer David Amram with three free public programs: a screening of the film David Amram: the First 80 Years – April 26, 1...
View ArticleThe Beatles as Fashion Gurus
Last week, LPA hosted a public program on The Beatles and their circle as an influence on fashion in England and here. Phyllis Magidson, Curator of Costume and Textiles for the Museum of the City of...
View ArticleBest of New Music (May 2014 Edition)
A periodic list of some of the most exciting, newly purchased CDs for our circulating collections.The Mysteries by John Zorn (2013)OK, could you just stop what you're doing and listen to me for a sec'?...
View ArticleNew York Punk Rock: A Basic History
The theme for Anti-Prom 2014 is New York Punk Rock. The golden age of punk rock in NYC was from 1974 to 1981. When clubs like CBGBs and Max's Kansas City ruled the scene and bands like Television, The...
View ArticlePunk and the [Anti-]Prom
Every year, my interns and I have the pleasure of working with the students at the High School for Fashion Industries in conjunction with the Library’s wonderful Anti-Prom projects, managed by our...
View ArticleGuitars, Gigs, Girls (& Guys): Four Lists of Teen Books that Rock!
Books and plots involving music, musicians, fans and bands go together like peanut butter and jelly. In other words, perfectly! They’re pretty much a top 10 sub-genre of YA fiction for me and here’s...
View ArticleBest of New Music (August 2014 Edition)
A periodic list of some of the most exciting, newly purchased CDs for our circulating collections.Give the People What They Want by Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings (2014)Keeping the soul music tradition...
View ArticleGet On Up: Review Of The James Brown Movie
Get On Up is a biopic about the legendary James Brown. In part, it is also a biopic about a very appreciative fan, Mick Jagger of The Rolling Stones. Jagger produced Get On Up and his hands are all...
View ArticleIn Praise of Hoots
Sesame Street has been on the air since 1969 and just kicked off its 45th season. It has also just taken up residency in LPA’s Donald & Mary Oenslager Gallery, where you can see manuscripts, music,...
View ArticleThe Star Spangled Banner 1814-2014
Select Bibliography Lichtenwanger, William. The Music of The Star Spangled Banner: From Ludgate Hill to Capitol Hill. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, 1977.Sonneck, Oscar (1873-1928). Report on...
View ArticleSong and Dance: The Power Of Black Music
The artist's "Magisterial" Four Murals convey the pervasiveness of music and religion in African and African American lives, through labor, sorrow and joy.In the 1930s, Nazi leader Adolf Hitler, who...
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Four by One Direction: A Track by Track (Sort of) Review
FourYes, I am a serious One Direction fan (and a Harry girl) aka “1D AF” (don’t ask) and that’s for life. Nothing about their lives goes unnoticed by me. So you could say that this track by track...
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