Hi everyone, here is our weekly Suggested Listening and Viewing post of the week, featuring music and videos for your weekend listening/watching pleasure.
Also of note, the library is closed today, Friday, June 19, in observance of the Juneteenth holiday. We we be open our usual hours on Saturday from 9:00 a.m. until 2:00 p.m. and you can access eBooks, eAudios, streaming videos and more through the library’s apps: Libby, Kanopy & Hoopla.
And in celebration of Juneteenth, our suggested listening & viewing titles this week were curated with the history of Juneteenth holiday in mind – enjoy!
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A Change Is Gonna Come by Sam Cooke
Found on the Album: A Change Is Gonna Come (1964)
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People Get Ready by The Impressions
Found on the Album: People Get Ready: The Best Of Curtis Mayfield’s Impressions (2013)
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Trouble In Mind by Big Bill Broonzy
Found on the Album: Trouble in Mind (2000)
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Rain Crow by Rhiannon Giddens & Justin Robinson
Found on the Album: What Did The Blackbird Say To The Crow (2025) by Rhiannon Giddens & Justin Robinson
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Freedom Highway by The Staple Singers
Found on the Album: Freedom Highway (1991)
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I Can’t Help Myself by The Four Tops
Found on the Album: The Definitive Collection (2008)
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Shake Rattle & Roll by Big Joe Turner
Found on the Album: Greatest Hits (1989)
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Good Rockin’ Tonight by Roy E. Brown
Found on the Album: Good Rockin’ Tonight & All His Greatest Hits + Selected Singles As & Bs 1947-1958 (2018) (CD only, no MP3)
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It Don’t Mean A Thing, If It Ain’t Got That Swing by Louis Armstrong & His Orchestra featuring Ivy Anderson on vocals (1932)
Found on the Album: The Essential Duke Ellington (2007)
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A Good Rockin’ Way (To Mess Around & Fall In Love) by Dinah Washington & Brooks Benton
Found on the Album: 20th Century Masters: The Best Of Dinah Washington – The Millennium Collection (2002)
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Can I Get A Witness by Marvin Gaye
Found on the Album: Favorites (2008)
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Saturday Night Fish Fry by Louis Jordan
Found on the Album: The Best of Louis Jordan (1975)
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What A Wonderful World by Louis Armstrong
Found on the Album: All Time Greatest Hits (1994)
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Feeling Good by Nina Simone
Found on the Album: I Put A Spell On You (1965)
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Stand By Me by Ben E. King
Found on the Album: The Very Best of Ben E. King (1998)
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Suggested Viewing
Juneteenth Faith & Freedom (2023)
Synopsis: A black man is troubled by the legacy of American slavery and the misuse of Christianity to justify it. He travels throughout Texas and discovers how the Juneteenth holiday reveals a resilient hope that empowered the formerly enslaved and their descendants to fight for freedom in an often unjust society.
Click the link to access the video:
https://www.pbs.org/video/juneteenth-faith-freedom-ap4dcr
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Juneteenth Jamboree (2022)
Synopsis: Harrison Eppright hosts a virtual discussion about Juneteenth, the newest federal holiday. Galveston County historian Sam Collins III reveals historical notes about the original event as well as ongoing and current celebration efforts. Dr. Sabrina Robins explains how a former sundown town in Northeast Wisconsin has created their Juneteenth celebration as a platform to develop community.
Click the link to access the video:
https://www.pbs.org/video/juneteenth-jamboree-how-were-celebrating-now-egblfd
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Reading by the Fire: Spring Ambience with Fireplace Sounds
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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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