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How the American Negro Theatre Shaped the Career of the Iconic Harry Belafonte
Farrah Lopez, our Communications Pre-professional, shares how our 75-year-old American Negro Theatre helped shape the career of the iconic Harry Belafonte:The American Negro Theatre (ANT), a home for...
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Finding Yiddish Music: A Quick Online Guide
Molly Picon. Billy Rose Theatre Division, New York Public Library. Image ID: TH-43802Use these resources to find Yiddish music online and in libraries and archives: search for sheet music, audio...
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Rock 'n' Read: No Joy
Photo of No Joy courtesy of Windish Agency "It took me three tours to complete Haruki Murakami’s 1Q84, which is a heavy book to lug around across the world."Montreal shoegazers No Joy have an emotional...
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Best of New Music (July 2015 Edition)
A periodic list of some of the most exciting, newly purchased CDs for our circulating collections.Broke With Expensive Taste by Azealia Banks (2014) Though this collection was released in 2014, it...
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Podcast #69: Patti Smith on Loving to Learn
Subscribe on iTunes.To hear Patti Smith sing "Gloria" or "Birdland" for the first time is to let the ears introduce the rest of the body to love. Over the last four decades of her remarkable career,...
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Rock 'n' Read: Hutch Harris of The Thermals
Hutch Harris, pondering which book to read next. Photo: Jaclyn Campanaro“I like writing that is dark, usually with a cynical attitude. I think my lyrics reflect that.”Hutch Harris is the lead guitarist...
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Podcast #72: Lou Reed on Playing Outside the Box
Subscribe on iTunes.It's difficult to overstate the influence of The Velvet Underground. In 1982, Brian Eno famously said of the band's debut album, "Everyone who bought one of those 30,000 copies...
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Superhero Songs From Presley and Melody
Presley and Melody have been performing at the library for years, and they always come up with new exciting shows and songs. This year, they made a show to coincide with the superhero summer reading...
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Podcast #77: Jack White on Music and Freedom
Subscribe on iTunes.From The White Stripes to The Dead Weather, The Raconteurs to his solo albums, Jack White has proven himself time and again to be one of the most stylish guitarists and vocalists in...
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Rock 'n' Read: Chastity Belt
Photo: Angel Ceballos“...As my collection grows, I’m realizing it’s impractical to have so many books when you’re moving around all the time. Luckily I can usually count on the library to have whatever...
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What’s Making Us Happy, Part 1
The fine folks at NPR’s Pop Culture Happy Hour—a podcast that makes us smile on a regular basis—end each show by asking its guests and hosts to go around the table and name something that’s making them...
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John Lennon's New York City
A historic image of the Dakota in New York City, circa 1890. Lennon lived at the Dakota almost a century later. You can view images of the Dakota in our Digital Collections or via OldNYC. Image ID:...
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Podcast #82: Patti Smith on Authors She Loves
Subscribe on iTunes.Patti Smith, musical icon and National Book Award winner, hero to aesthetes and rebels, is an NYPL favorite. The last time Smith visited, she told us about her lifelong love affair...
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Cubicle Vacations: New Music, Vol 1
One thing I've learned while keeping my eye on new music is, sometimes a snappy title can encourage people to check you out. And so, I've changed the title of my periodic blog posts on new music to...
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Kids Music That Won’t Make Parents Want To Die
Kids have an amazing capacity for repetition. Here are a few collections of kids’ music to listen to around the house or in the car that you will be less likely to throw out the window upon the...
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Rock 'n' Read: Caspar Babypants
“I have great memories of going to the library as a super little kid for story times on weekday mornings...Every time I walked into that library I felt this sensation of the world opening up to...
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Podcast #87: Elvis Costello on the Internet, Records, and Imitation
Subscribe on iTunes.Elvis Costello's voice is unmistakably his own, and for nearly four decades his music has earned him fans around the world. The singer-songwriter is also now the author of a memoir,...
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Cubicle Vacations: New Music, Vol. 2
This batch of new music will not only take you around the globe; but in places, back in time as well. Oh, and it will make you dance. Don't forget to put in your requests for any and all of these great...
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Podcast #91: Timbaland on Mantronix, Reinvention, and Kids
Subscribe on iTunes.Timbaland is a producer, rapper, songwriter, and now, an author. A four-time Grammy winner, Timbaland has worked with artists including Rihanna, Nas, Aaliyah, Jay-Z, Nelly Furtado,...
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The Wu-Tang Clan and the #Wuseum… the Saga Continues
Influential, iconic, legendary. Just some of the words that could be used describe The Wu-Tang Clan. The St. George Library Center on Staten Island pays homage to the hip-hop greats with a compilation...
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