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 off the music!
This week we’re turning our listening spotlight on musicians born in the month of April – happy listening!
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Life’s A Little Blue by Booker Little (b. April 2, 1938)
Found on the Album: Booker Little (1960)
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I’m Ready by Muddy Waters (AKA McKinley Morganfield) (b. April 4, 1915)
Found on the Album: Best of Muddy Waters (1957)
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Summertime by Billie Holiday (b. April 7, 1915)
Found on the Album: The Essential Billie Holiday (2010)
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There’ll Be A Hot Time In The Old Town Tonight by Bessie Smith (b. April 15, 1892)
Found on the Album: The Essential Bessie Smith (2013)
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Son Of A Preacher Man by Dusty Springfield (b. April 16, 1939)
Found on the Album: The Very Best of Dusty Springfield (2016)
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Ramblin’ Blues by Johnny Shines (b. April 25, 1915)
Found on the Album: Traditional Delta Blues (1990)
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Dream A Little Dream Of Me (Single Version) by Ella Fitzgerald (b. April 25, 1917) with Louis Armstrong
20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection: Best Of Ella Fitzgerald
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Up & Down by Duane Eddy (b. April 26, 1938)
Found on the Album: Have Twangy Guitar Will Travel (1958)
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Love Shack by the B52’s, including Kate Pierson (b. April 27, 1948)
Found on the Album: Cosmic Thing (1989)
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I Can’t Quit You Baby by Otis Rush (b. April 29, 1934)
Found on the Album: An Introduction To Otis Rush (2006)
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And onto the Streaming 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.
Recommended Mainstream Stream of the Week
The Miniature Wife (2026) (Peacock)
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Recommended Kanopy Stream of the Week
Moonbound: The Artemis II Mission (2026)
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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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