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Posted by: Cary O’Dell
In honor of Hispanic Heritage Month, the Library of Congress and its National Recording Registry celebrates "Gasolina" by Daddy Yankee!
Posted in: National Recording Registry, Recorded Sound
Posted by: Cary O’Dell
In honor of the late Bob Newhart, the Library of Congress shares this 2015 interview he did with the Library's National Recording Registry.
Posted in: National Recording Registry, Recorded Sound
Posted by: Cary O’Dell
The Library announces its newest inductees to the National Recording Registry! It will be music to your ears!
Posted in: National Recording Registry, Recorded Sound, Uncategorized
Posted by: Cary O’Dell
The world of the Library of Congress' National Recording Registry--and, indeed, our wide, wide world of recorded sound history is so vast, the even what seems like the most simple about the NRR's 600 titles/works are not easy to answer....
Posted in: National Recording Registry, Recorded Sound
Posted by: Cary O’Dell
See what's screening this coming Thursday night at the Packard Campus in Culpeper!
Posted in: Motion Pictures, Native American, Packard Campus Theater, Recorded Sound
Posted by: Cary O’Dell
Please join us on Wednesday, November 8th for a special screening and discussion about the endurance of Native American language.
Posted in: Native American, Recorded Sound
Posted by: Cary O’Dell
Like the rest of the world, the Library of Congress was very saddened to hear of the passing of Jimmy Buffett this past weekend. His passing was, to us, all the more poignant as Mr. Buffett’s iconic recording, “Margaritaville,” was added the the Library’s National Recording Registry just earlier this year. At the time, Mr. …
Posted in: National Recording Registry, Recorded Sound
Posted by: Cary O’Dell
On August 24th, the Library of Congress in Washington, DC, hosts a daylong series of sound and sound preservation demonstrations.
Posted in: Recorded Sound
Posted by: Cary O’Dell
In piecing together the works of ethnomusicologist Hugh Tracey, Library of Congress Recorded Sound Reference Librarian Harrison Behl examines a unlikely path for a Kenyan recording.
Posted in: Recorded Sound, Recorded Sound Research Center