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LP Alert!!!!!!!!

Posted in uncategorized on February 5, 2013 by

Tired of being shut in this winter? Well how about you come in to the Music Library and get some groovy vinyls for your listening pleasure. We are stocked with anything from rockin’ ’80s tunes to polka, and everything in between.

LP Alert!!!!!

Posted in uncategorized on January 17, 2013 by

WOW!! That’s a lot of LPs! Spring cleaning came early to the ML/SRA. Come check out the fully stocked Free Bins.

LP Alert!

Posted in uncategorized on August 15, 2012 by

Attention LP lovers. No need to wait any longer. It’s that time of the year again for the free bins to be plentiful with your favorite vinyl hits. Come check them out!

LP Alert

Posted in uncategorized on May 23, 2012 by

Free CDs and LPs are in the usual bins and ready for your browsing pleasure!

Will there be a Victrola in your home this Christmas?

Posted in uncategorized on December 23, 2009 by
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Please say yes!  And We’ll wish you
Happy Holidays!
From the Music Library and Sound Recordings Archives

How Jazz Warmed Cold-War Hearts – an NPR Picture Show

Posted in uncategorized on August 14, 2009 by

NPR’s The Picture Show blog is currently featuring a story about how jazz was used in the Cold War.  Not only is this a fascinating aspect of cultural history, but the story also gives some background on the State Department’s program of “ambassadorial jazz tours,” which led, eventually, to a program that sponsored former BG students, The Student Loan, on a tour of Pacific Islands & South East Asia earlier this year.

Oklahoma chooses official rock song

Posted in uncategorized on May 1, 2009 by

Oklahoma recently joined Ohio in the ranks of states with official rock songs (ours is “Hang on Sloopy”) by selecting “Do You Realize??” by OK natives, the Flaming Lips.  Hear the story at NPR.

Requiem for a box

Posted in uncategorized on April 23, 2009 by

Yesterday, NPR ran a story on the rise and fall of the boom box and the cultural implications of it.  Check out their site for great pictures and a link to the audio.

Finding Music Recommendations

Posted in uncategorized with tags , , , , , on January 27, 2009 by

If you’re a bit confused about how and why you get recommendations for particular tunes on any given social networking site, check out this post by the folks over at ReadWriteWeb for an overview of four common approaches that these services use.

Thanks to MP3s and the Internet, we now have millions of songs readily available to us with the click of a button, but, paradoxically, this has often made it even harder to discover new music to listen to. Every online music store and every social network that focuses on online music, however, now features some kind of music recommendation system, and some services like Pandora or Slacker Radio are indeed nothing else but highly sophisticated music discovery engines.

New in Naxos: Nettwerk

Posted in Naxos, online services, uncategorized on November 13, 2008 by
Naxos Music Library has announced today the addition of the label Nettwerk to their online holdings:
On November 13, Canada’s #1 Independent Record Label, Nettwerk Music Group, Joins Naxos Music Library
469 titles from Nettwerk’s catalog, featuring artists such as Sarah McLachlan, Barenaked Ladies, and Sixpence None the Richer will be available on Naxos Music Library.
BGSU students, faculty, and staff may access these recordings and many others online via Naxos Music Library.

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