Hi everyone, here is our weekly Suggested Listening and Viewing post; featuring 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:
On this, the fourth week of the month, we turn our listening spotlight to classic folk songs – enjoy!
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The Bells of Rhymney by Pete Seeger
Found on the Album: Live in ’65 (2009)
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Coffee Blues by Mississippi John Hurt
Found on the Album: The Best of Mississippi John Hurt (2009)
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Deportee (Plane Wreck at Los Gatos) by Woody Guthrie
Found on the Album: Deportee (Woody’s Home Tape) (2025)
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Hey, Hey by Big Bill Broonzy
Found on the Album: An Introduction To Big Bill Broonzy (2007)
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I’ll Fly Away by Carolyn Hester
Found on the Album: Carolyn Hester (1994); Note: This album is out of print.
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Low Cotton by Josh White
Found on the Album: Josh White Vol. 1 1929-1933 (2005) (Document Records)
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Sometime by Bessie Jones
Found on the Album: Alan Lomax: Popular Songbook (2003) by Various Artists
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Statesboro Blues by Blind Willie McTell
Found on the Album: Blind Willie McTell -Statesboro Blues – The Early Years 1927-1935 (2005)
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Trouble So Hard by Vera Hall
Found on the Album: N/A
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Where Did You Sleep Last Night (In The Pines) by Lead Belly
Found on the Album: Where Did You Sleep Last Night: Lead Belly Legacy, Vol. 1 (1996)
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Bonus (not a folk song, but a great vintage song!)
Underneath A Harlem Moon by Ethel Waters
Found on the Album: N/A
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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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Mainstream Stream
Steal (2026) (Amazon Prime)
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Kanopy Stream
Vermiglio (2024)
Trailer
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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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