Hi everyone, here is our weekly Suggested Listening and Viewing post; featuring a collection of songs within a genre or theme; 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 folk music.
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I Can’t Help But Wonder Where I’m Bound by Tom Paxton
Found on the Album: The Best of Tom Paxton: I Can’t Help But Wonder Where I’m Bound The Elektra Years (1991)
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Been In The Storm by Bernice Johnson Reagon
Found on the Album: Folk Songs: The South (1965)
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Across The Great Divide by Kate Wolf
Found on the Album: Close To You (1981)
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Thirsty Boots by Eric Andersen
Found on the Album: The Essential Eric Andersen (2018)
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First Day of Spring by Guy Davis
Found on the Album: Dreams About Life (1978)
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Follow That Road by Anne Hills
Found on the Album: Angles of the Light (2008)
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One Dollar Bill by Don Flemons
Found on the Album: Black Cowboys (2018)
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No Regrets by Tom Rush
Found on the Album: The Very Best of Tom Rush: No Regrets 1962-1999 (2011)
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Special Rider Blues by Corey Harris
Found on the Album: The Insurrection Blues (2021)
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Turkey in the Straw by Michael Cooney
Found on the Album: The Cheese Stands Alone (1968)
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Julie by Rhiannon Giddens
Found on the Album: Freedom Highway (2017)
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Backroads and Driveways by Crys Matthews
Found on the Album: Backroads and Driveways (2011)
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Streaming Suggestions of the Week
Mainstream Stream
In The Hand of Dante (2026) (Netflix)
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Kanopy Stream of the Week
Norman’s Rare Guitars (2024)
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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