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Jonas Bernholm Rhythm and Blues Collection

CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. Jonas Bernholm (1946-) is a music executive, and African-American music aficionado from Sweden. He is best known for reissuing works of jazz, ...
BroadwayWorld

Library Of Congress Acquires House Of Blues Radio Collection

The Library of Congress has acquired the House of Blues Radio Hour spanning 20 years' worth of programs that promoted the blues, introduced new audiences to the popular music genre and showcased ...
NPR

A legendary private collection of early blues music is out for everyone to hear

NPR's Scott Detrow talks with Smithsonian curator John Troutman and blues musician Dom Flemons about the new folk music album, Playing for the Man at the Door. DOM FLEMONS: This is a collection that ...
WBUR

Robert McCormick's blues collection becomes public

A massive and closely held collection of blues music and research from the 1950s and 60s is seeing the light of day. The collection is from Robert "Mack" McCormick, who died in 2015 at age 85 and ...
The Washington Post

He spent a lifetime collecting the blues. The Smithsonian listened.

Robert “Mack” McCormick’s life was all about the blues. His Houston home was stuffed with reel-to-reel tapes, research files and vinyl records. But by the time he had died at age 85 in 2015, few ...
Rolling Stone

Smithsonian Readying a New Robert Johnson Biography and a Trove of Unheard Field Recordings

A new Robert Johnson biography and a box set of previously unheard field recordings are among the first releases the Smithsonian and Folkways are planning from the collection of storied folklorist ...