Monthly Archives: June 2020

The latest eBooks and audios from New Hampshire Downloadable Books The latest eBooks and audios from New Hampshire Downloadable Books

Curbside Circulation Begins Friday, June 26th! Send us your requests and we will check them out and put them outside for you to pick up. We will be circulating books between 10am and 2pm on Monday, Wednesday and Friday. Read on to … Continue reading →

Kris Kristofferson (6/22) and Carly Simon (6/25) grew a year older this week. The late June Carter Cash and pre-Beatle Stu Sutcliffe (6/23) also shared a birth date this week. “Freedom’s just another word for nothing left to lose…” “We … Continue reading →

Paul Robeson sings the classic spiritual in commemoration of the day that marks the final abolition of slavery in the United States (continue reading). Learn more about slavery, the Civil War and the aftermath on Kanopy.

Happy 78th, Sir Paul. Read his life story at NH/Overdrive. And by popular request, his most covered number, the one that started out as ‘scrambled eggs’.

New eBooks and audios on NH Downloadable Books.

Just out on DVD is Once Were Brothers, a bio-pic on The Band. You can also stream drummer Levon Helm’s tell-all on Hoopla. . UPDATE: we just added a copy of Once Were Brothers–place your reserves now.

Music minute: Baton Rouge by Fairpoint Convention. Ian Mathews (6/19) shares vocal chores with Judy Dyble. The gangly fellow on lead guitar is a young Richard Thompson. You can stream Fairport and Thompson on Hoopla. Tupac Shakur would have turned 49 … Continue reading →

People naturally think of Bob Dylan as a folk guy with a guitar, but he was a startlingly powerful on the piano. He had a good gospel/barroom feel and, since he couldn’t move around, had bear down and sing.

Bluegrass great Jesse McReynolds (mandolin) leads his band through a Hunter-Gracia classic, Franklin’s Tower. “May the 4 winds blow you safely home…”