Hi everyone, this new weekly post will combine and replace our Suggested Listening and Suggested Viewing posts, into one entertainment post, published on Fridays, just in time for the weekend.
The new posts, which were briefly called “Enjoy The Weekend,” will feature ten songs and two streaming video recommendations, one from a mainstream service and the other from Kanopy, the library’s free to access streaming service (all you need is a library card!).
First the songs:
In Celebration of the 200th anniversary of the opening of the Erie Canal, the interstate highway of its day, on October 26, 1825, here is a collection of historical folk songs celebrating life on the Erie Canal and the New York State in general, with a focus on areas west of Albany, in keeping with cities on both ends of the canal – Albany and Buffalo.
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First a bit of extra history, all five original versions of The Erie Canal song, written by Thomas S. Allen. You’ll notice the chorus evolved over time.
15 Years on The Erie Canal by Edward Meeker verses 1 – 4 (1913) & Vernon Delhar verse 5 (1929) compiled by Dave Ruch
And onto more contemporary folks songs that chronicle life in New York State in the days of yore.
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The Aged Pilot Man by The Golden Eagle String Band
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The Ballad of Big Moose Lodge
Found on the Album: Rooted In The Mountains (2001)
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Blue Mountain Lake by Pete Seeger
Found on the Album: Frontier Ballads (1954)
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The Brooklyn Strike by June Lazare
Found on the Album: Folk Songs of New York City (1966)
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Er-ie Canal by The Weavers
Found on the Album: Weaver Classics (1990)
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The Farmer Is the Man by Mike & Peggy Seeger
Found on the Album: Fly Down Little Bird (2011)
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The Jam on Gerry’s Rock by The Wakami Wailers
Found on the Album: The Last of the White Pine Loggers (1985)
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My Good Looking Man by Barbara Moncure
Found on the Album: Folk Songs of the Catskills (1963)
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The Raging Canal by The Golden Eagle String Band
Found on the Album: Grand Canal Ballads: History of the Erie Canal (1981)
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Once More A-Lumbering Go by Pete Seeger
Found on the Album: Champlain Valley Songs (1960)
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Red Iron Ore by Bob Gibson
Found on the Album: The Riverside Folklore Series, Volume 1 (1996)
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Seneca Canoe Song by Pete Seeger
Found on the Album: Champlain Valley Songs (1960)
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Bonus:
Saga of the Erie Canal Mini-Documentary
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Songs of New York State – a live concert with Dave Ruch
And on to our Suggested Viewing titles for this week
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Second The videos:
A new title available through one of the usual U.S. streaming services, followed by a Kanopy title that you can check out with your library card and stream on-demand.
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The Diplomat, Season 3 (2025) (Netflix)
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Kanopy Streaming Pick of the Week (A title available to library card holders)
The Women of World War II: The Untold Story (2025)
Trailer
No trailer available.
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Have a great weekend!
Linda Reimer, SSCL
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Information on the four library catalogs
The Digital Catalog aka Libby: https://stls.overdrive.com/
The Digital Catalog, is an online catalog containing eBooks, eAudiobooks, and digital magazines. You can use your library card and checkout content on a PC; you can also use the companion app, Libby, to access titles on your mobile devices; so you can enjoy eBooks and eAudiobooks on the go!
All card holders of all Southern Tier Library System member libraries can check out items from the Digital Catalog.
And The Digital Catalog/Libby features titles that may be checked out via the one-copy-one-user lending model, just like print books.
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Hoopla Catalog: https://www.hoopladigital.com/
The Hoopla Catalog features on demand checkouts of eBooks, eAudiobooks, comic books, albums, movies and TV shows. Patron checkout limit is 10 items per month.
Hoopla is a Southeast Steuben County Library service available to all Southeast Steuben County Library card holders.
The Hoopla companion app, also called Hoopla is available for mobile devices, smart TVs & media streaming players.
Titles in the Hoopla Catalog are available to be checked out on-demand by all library card holders, with the caveat of being able to check out a maximum of ten titles per month, per card.
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Kanopy Catalog: https://www.kanopy.com/en
The Kanopy Catalog features thousands of streaming videos available on demand.
The Kanopy Catalog is available for all Southern Tier Library System member library card holders, including all Southeast Steuben County Library card holders!
You can access the Kanopy Catalog through a web browser, or download the app to your phone, tablet or media streaming player (i.e. Roku, Google or Fire TV).
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StarCat: The catalog of physical/traditional library materials: https://starcat.stls.org
Card holders of all Southern Tier Library System member libraries can access StarCat to search for and request materials available at libraries through out the Southern Tier Library System.
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