01 Dec 12 - 06:11 PM (#3445437) Subject: Joe Smith music interview archive at LOC From: Desert Dancer A Trove Of Chats With Music Icons, Now Online - NPR The Joe Smith Collection at the Library of Congress - LOC More than 25 years ago, retired music executive Joe Smith accomplished a Herculean feat—he got more than 200 celebrated singers, musicians and industry icons to talk about their lives, music, experiences and contemporaries. In 2012 Smith donated this treasure trove of unedited sound recordings to the nation's library. ~ Becky in Tucson |
01 Dec 12 - 07:48 PM (#3445474) Subject: RE: Joe Smith music interview archive at LOC From: *#1 PEASANT* generally I find them well intentioned but not supportive of local efforts- they like to travel to conventions...but seem not to support real folk these days Conrad |