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!).
This weekend we have a collection of songs featuring a mix of American folk, a bit of mellow and upbeat classic Jazz and a dash of classic rock & R&B – enjoy!
–
City of New Orleans by Arlo Guthrie
Found on the Album: The Best of Arlo Guthrie (1990)
–
Feeling Good by Nina Simone
Found on the Album: I Put A Spell On You (1965)
–
Let The Good Times Roll by Louis Jordan
Found on the Album: The Best of Louis Jordan (1989)
–
My Favorite Things by John Coltrane
Found on the Album: My Favorite Things (1960/1990)
–
Stand By Me by Ben E. King
Found on the Album: The Very Best of Ben E. King (1998)
–
Summertime by Ella Fitzgerald
Found on the Album: Ella Fitzgerald – First Lady Of Song (1993)
–
This Land Is Your Land by Pete Seeger
Found on the Album: This Land is Your Land (Live at University of Tulsa, 1976) (2019)
–
Take Five by The Dave Brubeck Quartet
Found on the Album: Greatest Hits (1966)
–
Take It Easy by The Eagles
Found on the Album: Eagles (1973)
–
Under The Boardwalk by The Drifters
Found on the Album: Under The Boardwalk (1964)
–
Watermelon Man by Mongo Santamaria
–
The Star-Spangled Banner by Frank Sinatra
Recorded live in 1977 – the song starts at about 1:10 in —
Found on the Album: N/A
–
And as a bonus, here is a classic collection of lounge music perfect for the holiday weekend; found on the album:
Ultra Lounge, Vol 11: Organs in Orbit (1996) by Various Artists
–
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 via the Kanopy website or app.
Recommended Mainstream Stream of the Week
Widow’s Bay (2026) (Apple TV+)
–
Kanopy Stream
Just for fun, here is an oldie but a goodie – the very funny film:
Clue (1985)
Trailer
–
Have a great weekend!
Linda Reimer, SSCL
–
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.
–
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.
–
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).
–
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.
Tech & Book Talk at SSCL 