May 24, 7:30 pm, East TN History Center Auditorium May 24 is Bob Dylan’s birthday and the library is celebrating with an all-Dylan concert performed by some of Knoxville’s finest musicians. Few musicians or poets have the impact that Dylan has on our nation. Almost everyone is familiar with his tunes if not his voice, … Continued

Check back often – more special programs will be “Springing Up” From making your own homemade instruments and books to working with clay, the Knox County Public Library has tons of new and different children’s special programs! “Musical Instruments Around the World”May 16, 3:30 pm, Sequoyah Branch “Pajama Story Night: Springtime is Here”May 18, 6:30 … Continued

Join us for After Hours @ The Knoxville Public Library this Friday, May 5 Jazz Pianist Wendel Werner will perform The fun continues on the first Friday evening of the month when the Arts @ The Library Room at Lawson McGhee Library becomes a community gathering place for people to wind down from the work … Continued

Do you know? There is a Sousa Archives and Center for American Music at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champagne? They will be celebrating American Music Month [November] 2006 by observing the hundredth anniversary of Chautauqua celebrations in Illinois in 1906. See http://www.library.uiuc.edu/sousa/?p=special for more information.

We are now subscribing to Naxos Music Library again. It is a comprehensive collection of classical music and offers the complete Naxos and Marco Polo catalogues, equivalent to over 8,800 CDs.

Starting Wednesday, March 8, 2006, laptop computers in the Music Library may be checked out for 4 hours at a time. Laptops may also leave the library and should be able to access the Internet anywhere on campus with a wireless Internet connection. See the list of buildings on campus that have wireless access at … Continued

Byone, Yvonne. Encyclopedia of Rap and Hip Hop Culture.      Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 2006. Ref. ML102.R27 B96 2006 Presents a cross-section of people, events, and ideas that have significantly shaped rap and hip-hop music. Each entry contains a short biography of the artist, and the appendices include a selected rap discography, statements to preserve and … Continued

The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Museum, Inc. Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.      2005. http://www.rockhall.com/ Contains information about the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame including inductees, exhibitions, programs and other general information about the Museum. Read how honorees are selected and inducted into the Hall of Fame.

As of Friday, February 24th, there is a new copy machine in the music library. You now have the option of using either your copy card or your Volcard to pay for copies; however, this new copier will not accept cash directly. We will still have a machine for you to add money onto your … Continued

Do you need help finding sources? Baffled at where to begin? Contact a music librarian or staff member to make an appointment for personalized help, or just stop by and talk to one of us. The People of the George DeVine Music Library