January 26, 2023
Posted by: Katie Rodda
Today’s blog post rounds up all the new digital acquisitions and digitized items added to BARD in January 2023 by the NLS Music Section.
Posted in: American Composers , Art Songs , Braille , Braille and Audio Reading Download BARD , Braille Music , Braille Music Digitization , Choral , Classical Music , Gospel music , Guitar , Guitar instruction , Latinx Music , Music Composition , Music Education , Music History and Appreciation , Music Instruction , New Acquisitions , NLS Music Section , Organ , Piano , Piano Instruction , Piano Music , Pop Music , Popular Music , Recordings , Soundtrack , Talking Books , Violin music , Vocal music , World Music
July 22, 2021
Posted by: Katie Rodda
This blog posts celebrates the 1969 Harlem Cultural Festival and provides a list of materials available from the NLS Music Section and greater NLS Collection relating to the music and artists featured in the festival.
Posted in: Audio , Blind Musicians , Blues , Braille , Braille and Audio Reading Download BARD , Braille Music , Electric guitar , Gospel music , Guitar , Guitar instruction , Large Print Music , Motown , Music History and Appreciation , NLS Music Section , NLS Online Catalog , Performing music , Piano , Piano Music , Popular Music , Rhythm & Blues (R&B) , Smithsonian Folkways , Soul Music , Stevie Wonder , Talking Books , Women in Music , World Music
October 29, 2020
Posted by: Brian McCurdy
The NLS Music Section is proud to announce our newest additions to BARD (Braille and Audio Reading Download) for the month of October!
Posted in: American Braille , American Composers , Art Songs , Audio , Bach , Band , Blues , Braille , Braille and Audio Reading Download BARD , Braille Music , Braille Music Digitization , Braille Technology , Choral , Classical Music , Folk Music , Gospel music , Harpsichord , Instrumental Music , Jazz , Juvenile Music , Lieder , Louis Braille , Music History and Appreciation , Music Instruction , Musical instruments , New Acquisitions , NLS Music Section , Organ , Performing music , Piano , Song settings , Talking Books , Uncategorized , Violin music , Virtuosic Piano Music , Vocal music , Voyager Catalog
July 9, 2020
Posted by: Lindsay Conway
Learn about Undine Smith Moore (1904-89), a remarkable American composer and educator who was known as the Dean of Black Women Composers.
Posted in: African American History month , American Composers , Choral , Gospel music , Music Education , Music History and Appreciation , Uncategorized , Women in Music
February 13, 2020
Posted by: Lindsay Conway
Learn about the life and music of acclaimed bluesman Jay Owens in the latest installment of our American composers and musicians series.
Posted in: African American History month , American Composers , Audio , Blind Musicians , Blues , Electric guitar , Gospel music , Guitar , Guitar instruction , Rhythm & Blues (R&B) , Soul Music
October 10, 2019
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
August 22, 2019
Posted by: Katie Rodda
This blog post looks at the life of whistler Fred Lowery.
Posted in: Audio , Blind Musicians , Braille and Audio Reading Download BARD , Braille Music , Country Music , Gospel music , Large Print , Large Print Music , Music History and Appreciation , Popular Music , Recordings , Teaching Students with Visual Impairments
April 18, 2019
Posted by: Gilbert Busch
Learn about Blind Willie Johnson, a Texas blues and gospel singer and guitar player who has had a profound influence on decades of musicians in diverse genres.
Posted in: American Composers , Audio , Blind Musicians , Blues , Gospel music , Guitar instruction , Music History and Appreciation , Music Instruction , Uncategorized
