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  • Three for Free: Seattle Songs

    Welcome to a new Shelf Talk series, Three For Free, in which we highlight three songs from the Freegal* collection for you to download and enjoy! I thought I’d kick this series off with a few songs about Seattle. From Perry Como to Nirvana, many artists have sung odes to our fair city. Here’s a… Continue reading

  • Many Shades of Black (and White, Jack)

    After many months of waiting, my patience was rewarded and I checked out a copy of Jack White’s new solo album Blunderbuss. To keep me busy while I waited my turn, I decided to revisit some of his earlier works and some other great albums with a relationship to “black” or “white.” In hindsight, I… Continue reading

  • Getting the biggest bang for your download on Freegal

    I love long pieces of music – music where I can be taken somewhere; music that demands to be experienced, not just to be played in the background. Opera? Yep. Symphonies? Definitely. Progressive Rock, Jazz, experimental anything – I’m ready and waiting. When I heard that the library now subscribes to Freegal (an online database… Continue reading