Dust-to-Digital

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Music research, production and exploration.

Joined August 2008

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  1. 2 hours ago

    Remembering Elizabeth Cotten, born on this day 1893 in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Here she is speaking to a college audience in 1980 followed by a performance from 1965 of "Freight Train," a song she wrote at the age of twelve.

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  2. Jan 4

    Remembering Slim Gaillard, born on this day in 1916 in Santa Clara, Cuba. Here he is in 1948 performing “Dunkin’ Bagels” with bassist Bam Brown and Scatman Crouthers on drums.

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  3. Jan 3

    Argentinian guitarists Luis Amaya and Chito Zeballos performing “Pajaro Campana” in 1967.

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    Jan 1

    My 2019 project: a remembrance of jazz in New York in 1959, with something that happened 60 years ago every day of the year. The first post is about New Year's Eve 1958, when Sonny Rollins and Charles Mingus played the Five Spot:

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  5. Jan 1

    “New Years Rulin’s” by Woody Guthrie from 1943.

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  6. Jan 1

    Remembering Hank Williams, gone 66 years today.

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  7. 31 Dec 2018

    Excited to see “Voices of Mississippi” and “Listen All Around” on several Year-End Lists. Thanks to and Also, our Annual Sale ends tonight, so take advantage while you still can:

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  8. 31 Dec 2018

    Othar Turner demonstrates how he makes a cane fife. From the 1975 film “Made in Mississippi: Black Folk Art and Crafts” directed by William Ferris.

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  9. 30 Dec 2018

    Remembering Bo Diddley, born on this day in 1928 in McComb, Mississippi.

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  10. 29 Dec 2018

    A group known as Hutsun playing the txalaparta, a Basque musical instrument made of wooden boards, on a street in Avignon, France.

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  11. 29 Dec 2018

    Remembering Matt "Guitar" Murphy, born on this day in 1929 in Sunflower, Mississippi. Here he is in 1963 playing “Murphy’s Boogie.”

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  12. 28 Dec 2018

    Remembering Freddie King, gone 42 years today. Here he is playing the Sugarbowl in South Carolina in 1972.

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  13. 28 Dec 2018

    Remembering Pops Staples, born on this day in 1914 in Winona, Mississippi. Here he is with the Staples Singers performing “Why Am I Treated So Bad?” in 1981.

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  14. 27 Dec 2018

    As 2018 draws to a close, we want to give an update on the work of our nonprofit Music Memory. So far, almost 50,000 recordings from 78 RPM records have been digitized and preserved for posterity. To learn more, and to make a tax-deductible donation visit

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  15. 26 Dec 2018

    Batzorig Vaanchig singing while playing the Morin Khuur, a traditional Mongolian instrument also known as the horsehead fiddle.

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  16. 25 Dec 2018

    The Morehouse College Glee Club performing “Betelehemu,” a Nigerian Christmas carol arranged by Babatunde Olatunji and Dr. Wendell P. Whalum.

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  17. 24 Dec 2018

    “I know I did you wrong I'm just as sorry as I can be Just the day before Christmas Mama, please come back to me.” Blind Lemon Jefferson’s “Christmas Eve Blues” Recorded in Chicago in 1928.

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  18. 24 Dec 2018

    Remembering Lee Dorsey, born on this day in 1924 in New Orleans. Here he is singing “Get Out Of My Life, Woman” in 1967.

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  19. 23 Dec 2018

    Sunday Soul. “Love and Happiness” - Al Green

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  20. 22 Dec 2018

    Joe “Poppa Rock” Louis was a DJ at WOKJ in Jackson, MS. Here he is on the air in 1975 introducing “Everybody Wants To Know Why I Sing The Blues” by BB King. From Williams Ferris’s film “Give My Poor Heart Ease.” Ferris will making an appearance in Jackson today.

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