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 and this week we’re turning our listening spotlight on music made by musicians born in the month of June – enjoy!
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Pretty Bird by Alice Gerrard and Hazel (Hazel Dickens (June 1, 1925))
Found on the Album: Alice & Hazel (1973) by Hazel Dickens & Alice Gerrard
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Going, Going, Going, Gone by the Charlie Watts Quintet; (Charlie Watts b. June 2, 1942)
Found on the Album: From One Charlie (Accompanied by The Charlie Watts Quintet) (1991) by Charlie Watts
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Caravan by Les Paul (June 9, 1915)
Found on the Album: The New Sound (1950)
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Spoonful by Howlin’ Wolf (born Chester Arthur Burnett, June 10, 1910)
Found on the Album: Howlin Wolf (1960) (AKA “The Rocking Chair” album)
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I’m Going To Be An Engineer by Peggy Seeger (June 17, 1935)
Found on the Album: Folkways Years, 1955-1992: Songs of Love and Politics (1992)
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Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey by Paul & Linda McCartney; (Paul b. June 18, 1942)
Found on the Album: Ram (1971)
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Easy by The Commodores, with Lionel Richie (June 20, 1949) on vocals
Found on the Album: The Commodores (1977)
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Long-Legged Guitar Pickin’ Man by Johnny Cash & June Carter Cash (June 23, 1929)
Found on the Album: Carryin’ On With Johnny Cash And June Carter (1967)
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If I Could Be The Rain by Rosalie Sorrels (June 24, 1933)
Found on the Album: If I Could Be The Rain (1967)
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Don’t Stop by Fleetwood Mac with Mick Fleetwood (June 24, 1947) on drums
Found on the Album: Rumors (1977)
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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
Mainstream Stream of the Week
Not Suitable For Work (2026) (Hulu+)
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Kanopy Stream of the Week
Starman (2025)
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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