Suggested Listening & Viewing: January 9, 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!).

This week we’re offering ten pop/rock & blues classics from the early to mid twentieth century. Enjoy!

First the songs: 

No Particular Place to Go by Chuck Berry 

 

Found on the Album: 20th Century Masters: The Best Of Chuck Berry – The Millennium Collection (1999) 

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Today I Sing The Blues by Aretha Franklin 

 

Found on the Album: Aretha (1961) 

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Oh, Boy! by Buddy Holly  

 

Found on the Album: The Chirping Crickets (1957) 

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Bye Bye Love by The Everly Brothers  

 

Found on the Album: The Very Best Of The Everly Brothers (1964) 

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Don’t Think Twice, It’s All Right by Bob Dylan 

 

Found on the Album: The Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan (1963) 

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Ruby Baby by Dion 

 

Found on the Album: Ruby Ruby (1963) 

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Wild Is The Wind by Nina Simone  

 

Found on the Album: Wild Is The Wind (1966) 

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St. Louis Blues by Bessie Smith 

 

Found on the Album: Smith, Bessie: St. Louis Blues (1924-25) (2003) 

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Make Someone Happy by Dinah Washington 

 

Found on the Album: The Complete Roulette Collection (2011) 

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5-10-15 Hours by Ruth Brown 

 

Found on the Album: Rockin’ In Rhythm – The Best Of Ruth Brown (2005) 

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Second The 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, via the Kanopy app or through the Kanopy website found at https://www.kanopy.com/

Mainstream Streaming Pick of the Week 

The Pitt, Season 2 (2026) (HBO Max) 

 

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Kanopy Streaming Pick of the Week 

The Friend Trailer 

 

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Have a great weekend!

Linda Reimer, SSCL

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. 

Suggested Listening & Viewing: December 26, 2025

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 the songs: 

Dynamite by Brenda Lee

Found on the Album: Anthology 1956-1980 (1991)

Now That The Buffalo’s Gone by Buffy Saint Marie

Found on the Album: The Best of Buffy Saint Marie (1987)

Keep On The Sunny Side by The Carter Family

Found on the Album: The Essential Carter Family (2013)

The Erie Canal (aka Er-ie Canal) by Cisco Houston

Cisco Houston Sings Songs of the Open Road (1960)

He Was A Friend Of Mine by Dave Van Ronk

Found on the Album: Folksinger (1962/1989)

Walking The Floor Over You by Ernest Tubb

Found on the Album: Retrospective (Volume 2) (1987)

Lovesick Blues by Hank Williams

Found on the Album: 40 Greatest Hits (1978)

We Had All The Good Things Going by Jan Howard

Found on the Album: N/A

Blowin’ In The Wind by Joan Baez

Found on the Album: Any Day Now (1968)

Cry, Cry, Cry By Johnny Cash

Found on the Album: The Total Johnny Cash Sun Collection (2018)

If I Had A Hammer by Pete Seeger

Found on the Album: The Smithsonian Folkways Collection (2019)

Optimistic by Skeeter Davis

The Essential Skeeter Davis (2015)

I Can’t Help But Wonder Where I Bound by Tom Paxton

Found on the Album: The Essential (2019)

Rock Island Line by The Weavers

Found on the Album: The Best Of The Decca Years (1996)

This Land Is Your Land by Woody Guthrie

Found on the Album: The Asch Recordings, Vol. 1 (1997)

Second The 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

Fallout, Season 2 (2025) (Prime)

Kanopy Stream of the Week

Death in Paradise, Series 14 (2025)

Trailer

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Have a great weekend!

Linda Reimer, SSCL

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. 

Suggested Listening & Viewing: December 19, 2025

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’re turning our listening spotlight on classic blues and jazz songs. Enjoy!

First the songs: 

St. Louis Blues (1925) by Bessie Smith 

 

Found on the Album: Smith, Bessie: St. Louis Blues (1924-25) (2003) 

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West End Blues (1928) by Louis Armstrong 

 

Found on the Album: Volume IV – Louis Armstrong And Earl Hines (1989) 

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Caravan (1936) by Duke Ellington 

 

Found on the Album: Money Jungle (2002) 

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Cross Road Blues (1937) by Robert Johnson 

 

Found on the Album: King of the Detla Blues Singers (1937) 

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Jumpin’ at the Woodside (1938) by Count Basie & His Orchestra  

 

Found on the Album: The Complete Decca Recordings (1992) 

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Key to the Highway (1940) by Big Bill Broonzy 

 

Found on the Album: Vol. 1: The Pre-War Years (2007) 

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A Night in Tunisia (1942) by Dizzy Gillespie 

 

Found on the Album: Night In Tunisia: The Very Best Of Dizzy Gillespie (2006) 

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I’m In The Mood (1951) by John Lee Hooker 

 

Found on the Album: 20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection: Best Of John Lee Hooker (1999) 

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I’m Ready (1954) by Muddy Waters 

 

Found on the Album: The Best of Muddy Waters (1957) 

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Smokestack Lighting (1958) by Howlin’ Wolf 

 

Found on the Album: Moanin’ In The Moonlight (1958) 

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So What (1959) by Miles Davis 

 

Found on the Album: Kind of Blue (1959) 

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Take Five (1959) by The Dave Brubeck Quarter 

 

Found on the Album: Time Out (1959) 

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Lullaby of Birdland (1955) by Sarah Vaughan  

 

Found on the Album: Lullaby of Birdland (1955) 

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All The Things You Are (1963) by Ella Fitzgerald 

 

Found on the Album: Ella Fitzgerald Sings The Jerome Kern Song Book (1963) 

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Second The videos: 

A new title available through one of the mainstream U.S. streaming services, followed by a Kanopy title that you can check out with your library card and stream on-demand.

Mainstream Streaming Pick of the Week 

Fallout, Season 2 (2025) (Amazon Prime)  

 

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Kanopy Streaming Pick of the Week 

The Travel Detective, Season 10 (2025) 

Trailer 

 

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Have a great weekend!

Linda Reimer, SSCL

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.  

– 

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.  

– 

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). 

– 

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.