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Posted by: Stacie Seifrit-Griffin
Over the weekend, award-winning author and screenwriter Larry McMurtry passed away at the age of 84. Mr. McMurtry holds an esteemed place at the Library of Congress with three of his works inducted into the National Film Registry for being “culturally, historically or aesthetically significant.” His first novel, Horseman, Pass By, was published …
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Posted by: Cary O’Dell
The 25 newest titles for the Library of Congress’ National Recording Registry were announced today! The new titles range in date from 1878 to 2008 and cover such genres as opera, rock, folk, blues, disco, classical and even sports, radio drama and a podcast! Some of the talents behind the titles this year include: Kool …
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Posted by: Cary O’Dell
Today is super-producer Rick Rubin’s birthday and, not surprisingly, Rubin has long been a member on the Library of Congress’ National Recording Registry. His 1986 work with Run-DMC on their legendary album “Raisin’ Hell,” was added to the NRR in 2017. In the essay below, writer Bill Adler looks at the album’s innovation and influence. Released …
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Posted by: Cary O’Dell
Sadly, yesterday, the great Bunny Wailer passed away at the age of 73. Wailer of The Wailers, had his 1973 album “Burnin'” added to the Library of Congress’ National Recording Registry in 2006. In tribute, we post here, an original essay written for the LC by Roger Steffins about this masterwork. “Burnin’”: The Wailers’ Final …
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Posted by: Cary O’Dell
Regular readers of this blog and the Library of Congress main blog know about our long quest to identify some aggressively obscure film and TV and other images that we found in a collection of show-biz photographs that the NAVCC acquired about seven years ago. For a recap, see this link. We started with 800 …
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