The library has several databases with streaming music. The best part: absolutely no ads. None. And, you can send music to your phone. You\’ve already paid for access with your library fee, so why not use them? To find them go to our Databases A-Z page and then go to M for music. If youContinue reading “Download music from the library today”
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Jazz Appreciation Month
April is Jazz Appreciation Month. Jazz is a uniquely American musical art form. It originated in the African-American community in New Orleans, Louisiana in the late 1800s. The Great Migration helped to spread Jazz to other parts of the country. The development of commercial radio programming in the 1920s made Jazz a national and international phenomenon.Continue reading “Jazz Appreciation Month”
Chinese New Year – January 28th
The biggest holiday of the year for Chinese families will soon be upon us: Chinese New Year (also known as Spring Festival) is happening this Saturday January 28th (New Year\’s Eve is the 27th). To compare the significance of this holiday for the American context, it would be like combining Christmas, Thanksgiving, and New Year\’sContinue reading “Chinese New Year – January 28th”
New Music Databases
The library added 10 new music databases this week! These databases contain streaming music files, videos, scores, discographies, and musician biographies, as well as more traditional reference materials. They cover a variety of genres from throughout time and around the world, from medieval motets and early american folk music to jazz and hip-hop. There areContinue reading “New Music Databases”
New Database: Garland Encyclopedia of World Music
Are you a Music major? Maybe you\’re a music fan? Tarleton Libraries has a new database called Garland Encyclopedia of World Music located on the A-Z Database List. Garland Encyclopedia of World Music Volume 8: Europe ed. Rice, Timothy, Porter, James & Goertzen, Chris With this database, you can explore several types of music from allContinue reading “New Database: Garland Encyclopedia of World Music”
Hip hop hurray
Did you know the library has 50 resources that cover hip hop and/or rap music? They approach the topic from political, historical and cultural perspectives and include print books, electronic books, and digital music. Here are just a few. By the way, \”General Stacks\” is upstairs.
Top Ten Tuesday: Stay Informed
The following list, in no particular order, offers links to Tarleton resources that will help you stay in the know. Tarleton homepage Check out news releases, spotlighted announcements, and upcoming events notices. Current Students page Learn about campus life, technology & support, news & events, student activities, and health & safety, as well as locateContinue reading “Top Ten Tuesday: Stay Informed”
Contemporary World Music
A while back, I wrote a post on Classical Music Library. The library now has access to another database that allows you to listen to lots of music, Contemporary World Music. It doesn\’t have as many playlists as Classical Music Library (yet?), so I tend to prefer browsing by places or instruments. My current favoriteContinue reading “Contemporary World Music”
Classical Music Library
Believe or not, there is actually some fun to be found in our databases – they don\’t have to be just for coursework! One of my favorite \”fun\” databases is Classical Music Library. In addition to the other information it provides, you can also listen to over 60,000 music tracks using this database. I don\’tContinue reading “Classical Music Library”
Top Ten Tuesday – 10 Songs for Earth Day
Earth Day was founded back in 1970 and falls on April 22nd each year. To help celebrate, I thought I would share one of my favorite places to find out about music – the Y! Music Playlist. They have created this Top 10 Earth Day songs playlist. Read their blog post to find out moreContinue reading “Top Ten Tuesday – 10 Songs for Earth Day”
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