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American Composers and Musicians from A to Z: P (Part 2—Puckett, Riley)

Posted by: Lindsay Conway

He was nicknamed the Ball Mountain Caruso. He introduced yodeling to country music recording well before Jimmie Rodgers' blue yodel. Meet Riley Puckett, one of the brightest stars of early country music, in today's blog post.

Posted in: Banjo, Blind Musicians, Braille and Audio Reading Download BARD, Country Music, Guitar, Music History and Appreciation, Music Instruction, Popular Music, Vocal music, Yodeling

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Braille Music Formats: Advice from Bettye Krolick

Posted by: Katie Rodda

This blog post is an excerpt of an article written by Bettye Krolick for the Music Section’s quarterly magazine, Musical Mainstream. The magazine is still produced by the NLS Music Section and is available to NLS patrons in braille, large print, and audio formats. Bettye Krolick was a musician, author, educator, and braille music transcriber. …

Posted in: Bettye Krolick, Blind Musicians, Braille, Braille History, Braille Music, Braille Music Transcribers, Louis Braille, Magazines, Music Education, NLS Music Section, Piano, Piano Music

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American Composers and Musicians from A to Z: M (Part 2 – McKinnie, Eric “Ricky,” and Montaño, José André)

Posted by: Juliette Appold

Today's American Composers and Musicians blog features two musicians: Eric 'Ricky' McKinnie, a blind gospel singer, songwriter and radio show host; and José André Montaño, an up-and-coming 14-year-old jazz musician, keyboardist and composer.

Posted in: Blind Musicians, Gospel music, Hispanic American History, Jazz, Latin American Music, Latin Jazz, Latinx Music, NLS Music Section, Piano