Suggested Listening & Viewing: July 24, 2026

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 classic country and folk songs – enjoy!

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The Eighth of January by Sid Hemphill 

 

Found on the Album: The Devil’s Dream: Alan Lomax’s 1942 Library of Congress Recordings (2013) 

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I Love You A Lot A Whole Bunch by Bess Lomax Hawes 

 

Found on the Album: N/A – Recorded live in Ash Grove, Los Angles in 1963 

For more on Bessie Jones check out the following PBS article:

https://www.wkyufm.org/2022-02-18/the-african-american-folklorist-bessie-jones

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I Would If I Could by Frazier & Patterson 

 

Found on the Album: My Journey Home (2015) 

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Milwaukee Blues by The New Lost City Ramblers 

 

Found on the Album: The New Lost City Ramblers (1958) 

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Pan American Blues by DeFord Bailey  

 

Found on the Album: Matchbox Bluesmaster Series, Set 3 (2021) by Various Artists 

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Sitting On Top of the World by Mississippi Sheiks 

 

Found on the Album: Mississippi Sheiks – Complete Recorded Works 1930 – 1936 Vol 3 (1931-1934) (2000)

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Sometimes by Bessie Jones 

 

Found on the Album: Sounds of the South (2011) by Various Artists  

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Tishamingo Blues by Peg Leg Howell 

 

Found on the Album: Matchbox Bluesmaster Set 4 (2021) by Various Artists 

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Trouble In Mind by Big Bill Broonzy 

 

Found on the Album: Trouble In Mind (2000) 

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Walk Right In by Cannon’s Jug Stompers 

 

Found on the Album: Cannon’s Jug Stompers: The Complete Works 1927 – 1930 (1989) 

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Mainstream Stream of the Week 

Human Vapor (2026) (Netflix) 

 

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Kanopy Stream of the Week 

I Am Big Bird (2015) 

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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.