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Posted by: Mary Dell Jenkins
Read how the NLS Music Section adds braille music scores from other collections via the Marrakesh Treaty.
Posted in: Blind Musicians, Braille, Braille and Audio Reading Download BARD, Braille Music, Braille Music Digitization, Braille Technology, Country Music, Guitar instruction, Marrakesh Treaty, Music Instruction
Posted by: Mary Dell Jenkins
According to the song “Nashville Cats” by the Lovin’ Spoonful, there are “thirteen-hundred and fifty-two guitar pickers in Nashville.” I wouldn’t question that number, but in fact I suspect it has increased dramatically since that song debuted in 1966. As my colleague Lindsay Conway wrote about in her blog post Music City 101: NLS Heads …
Posted in: American Composers, Bluegrass, Country Music, Guitar instruction, Music Instruction, Popular Music
Posted by: Mary Dell Jenkins
Audio version of NLS Music Appreciation catalog now available.
Posted in: Catalogs, Classical Music, Country Music, Jazz, Music History and Appreciation, Opera
Posted by: Mary Dell Jenkins
My colleague, Amanda Smith recently blogged about one of our magazines Musical Mainstream. While I have written of my classical music background and attend concerts in the area, I still like to be connected with what is trending in popular music. Contemporary Soundtrack is a compilation of magazine articles and reviews of popular music, featuring …
Posted in: Bluegrass, Blues, Country Music, Folk Music, Jazz, Music History and Appreciation, NLS Music Section, Popular Music, Rhythm & Blues (R&B), Soul Music, Uncategorized