Tag: folk-blues

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 week we’ve got a baker’s ten songs with a listening spotlight turned to early county and folk music, with a dash of folk-blues.

First off the music!

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Around The World by The Weavers

Found on the Album: The Weavers at Carnegie Hall (1957)

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Freight Train Blues by Roy Acuff  

Found on the Album: The Essential Roy Acuff (2014)

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The Galway Rambler by Tom Byrne

Found on the Album: Classic Celtic Music from Smithsonian Folkways (2013)

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I Love You Baby by Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee

Found on the Album: Folk Songs Of Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee (1959/2012)

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The Northern Trappers’ Rendezvous by Loewen Family Orchestra

Found on the Album: Classic Canadian Songs From Smithsonian Folkways (2006)

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Pearline by Son House

Found on the Album: The Essential Son House (2014)

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Ragged Hungry Blues by Aunt Molly Jackson

Found on the Album: The Songs and Stories of Aunt Molly Jackson (1961)

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Rollin’ In My Sweet Baby’s Arms by Rose Maddox

Found on the Album: Rose Maddox Sings Bluegrass (1962)

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Talking Dust Bowl Blues by Woody Guthrie

Found on the Album: Library Of Congress Recordings (1988)

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The Tramp On The Street by Molly O’Dell

Found on the Album: Columbia Country Classics Volume 1: The Golden Age (1991) by Various Artists

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Turkey In The Straw by Bill Newcomer & Elmo Newcomer

Found on the Album: Lost Train Blues: John & Alan Lomax and the Early Folk Music Collections at the Library of Congress (2016) by Various Artists

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WPA Song by Clyde “Kingfish” Smith

Found on the Album: Lost Train Blues: John & Alan Lomax and the Early Folk Music Collections at the Library of Congress (2016) by Various Artists

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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

Stranger Things: Tales From ‘85’ (2026) (Netflix)

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Kanopy Stream

Sergio Dondoli’s Happy Life (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.