Good Music - December 2007

Holiday Music

There is a section of our Music collection that sits, dusty and forlorn, for eleven months out of the year. Then, for one month…it vanishes!

Of course, I am talking about our Holiday music collection, located behind our non-fiction DVDs and videos.

With so many artists putting out holiday collections - including the omnipresent, Colbert-defeating Barry Manilow, who knows where to begin? For me, it’s not really the holiday season without the right tunes playing - and that means one thing: A Charlie Brown Christmas by the Vince Guaraldi Trio.

Want the same musical feel without the holiday vibe? Check out Linus and Lucy, in our Jazz section. (In case you were wondering, that’s the name of the song we all associate with Peanuts!)

Good Music - November 2007

New Music

Come to the Teen Room for some new tunes, including, but not limited to…

*None Shall Pass by Aesop Rock

* The Con by Tegan and Sara

* One Cell in the Sea by A Fine Frenzy

* Finding Forever by Common

* Canon by Ani DiFranco

* Once Original Soundtrack

* Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga by Spoon

 

 

Good Music - October 2007

Wizard Rock is Back!

Due to popular demand, we are throwing another Wizard Rock party at the library. This time, we will play host to three bands: The Whomping Willows, Draco and the Malfoys, and Justin Finch-Fletchley and the Sugar Quills!

 Still don’t know what Wizard Rock is? Well, it’s just original rock music based on the magical works of some author named J.K. Rowling (not be confused with her detective novel…)

Come to the concert on Friday, October 19 at 7 PM. It is free and open to all.

Learn a little more than you might want to know about some of you favorite Harry Potter characters…a sample lyric from a Whomping Willows tune:

Hermione, this is killing me
You’re seriously a tease just for existing close to me
My curiosity keeps me in captivity
You’re gonna make this tree
a slave to pure insanity
Five years it’s been since we first met
Now you’re kicking it with house elves
And you’re every teacher’s pet
But to you a tree is just a tree
What would it take for you to wake up and get next to me

You’ll never think of the Harry Potter books in the same way again!

Good Music - September 2007

She’s Gone to Rehab…Yes, Yes, Yes

Amy Winehouse has taken the U.S. music scene by storm, and now she’s…err…exhausted. So while the Rehab singer is resting, why don’t you check out some albums by the girl groups and jazz singers who influenced her throwback style:

Greatest Hits by Billie Holiday

Brazilian Romance by Sarah Vaughan

Ella and Louis Again by Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong

The Ronettes (featured on Phil Spector: Back to Mono)

Martha and the Vandellas (featured on Motown #1s)

Good Music - May 2007

Good Grace

A new old album in our Teen department for you to enjoy: Grace by Jeff Buckley. Never heard of him? He was a rising star in the New York music scene who tragically drowned before beginning the recording of his second album. His work has inspired many current bands, and although the album is over 10 years old, the songs still feel relevant and fresh. Learn more about him in the book Dream Brother by David Browne.