From the album Researching the Blues, out August 7, 2012 on Merge Records. Released by: Merge Records Release/catalogue number: MRG454 Release date: Aug 7, 2012 ISRC: US-MRG-12-45401 Continue reading →

Six days after her death, Donna Summer’s futuristic techno hit “I Feel Love” has been selected for induction into the National Recording Registry of the Library of Congress, it was announced today. Marking the 10th anniversary of the registry, Librarian of Congress James H. Billington selected Summer’s 1977 hit song and 24 other sound recordings to be preserved as cultural, artistic and/or historical treasures for generations. PHOTOS: 10 Musicians Who Crossed Over to Movies Also among this year’s class of inductees are Dolly Parton’s autobiographical “Coat of Many Colors” from 1971; Prince and the Revolution’s soundtrack to Purple Rain; Leonard Bernstein’s debut performance with the New York Philharmonic in 1943; the 1912 “Come Down Ma Evenin’ Star,” the only surviving recording of Lillian Russell, one ... Continue reading →