Music Archive

Have your checked our Holiday CD shelves lately?  You can easily tell where the holiday music is located– because of the big empty space.  Even if you wanted to place a CD on hold you may not get it soon enough.  What else can you do?  Here are 2 free services that you can try that will provide the music you want right now.  All you need is a computer or smart phone.  Pandora and Spotify are streaming music services.  Pandora will give you more of a radio-like experience.  You type in an artist or song and you get songs that are similar to what you selected.  Spotify is more like creating a playlist from iTunes.  You can put in a specific artist and listen to the entire album.  It has just recently opened to the public in the U.S.  So don’t let a lack of holiday music turn you into a Grinch, try these two services and have a Happy Holiday!

In additon to the actress Meryl Streep, the John F. Kennedy Center for the performing arts has honored 4 musicians.  The show will be televised on December 27th.  The four musicians are: cellist Yo-Yo Ma, recording artist Neil Diamond, broadway musical performer Barbara Cook, and jazz great Sonny Rollins.  Come to the library and familiarize yourself with these wonderful musicians’ music.  Check out some of their CDs today.