Steven Weiss

Curator @SFolklife | Music Art Culture | AV Archives @rarebookschool

[Southern Folklife Collection UNC Chapel Hill @SFolklife]

We're thrilled to share our new @SFolklife research guide to musician and songwriter ELIZABETH COTTEN researched and written by @dragonfiddler. Many thanks to @shawbie for his help. @WilsonLibUNC @UNCLibrary https://t.co/k0KmMrHAPw #elizabethcotten

[Steven Weiss @StevenW68148281]

Very excited to share this news and honored to help preserve and provide access to Dawg's work.

[Southern Folklife Collection UNC Chapel Hill @SFolklife]

We're thrilled to share news of the arrival of the David Grisman Collection. @David_Grisman is an innovator, merging jazz, bluegrass and other traditional musics and as a composer, producer, and co-founder of the Acoustic Disc record label @SFolklife @WilsonLibUNC @UNCLibrary

[Southern Folklife Collection UNC Chapel Hill @SFolklife]

Excited to share @SFolklife new research guide to musician Ola Belle Reed by Tatiana Hargreaves @dragonfiddler https://t.co/bamvx5n3de Photo: Hazel Waltman and Ola Belle Reed. From the Mike Seeger Collection (#20009) @WilsonLibUNC @UNCLibrary

[Steven Weiss @StevenW68148281]

@eliz_ott Very sorry to hear Liz. (Those photos are lovely) Take care.

[Southern Folklife Collection UNC Chapel Hill @SFolklife]

Remembering Nathaniel Adams Coles (March 17, 1919 – February 15, 1965) the Unforgettable Nat King Cole. Photo: King Cole and Oscar Moore, New York, N.Y., ca. July 1946 (Photo: William P. Gottlieb). Library resources: https://t.co/Syehag3t9H @SFolklife @WilsonLibUNC @UNCLibrary

[Southern Folklife Collection UNC Chapel Hill @SFolklife]

Remembering Sam John Hopkins (March 15, 1912 – January 30, 1982) the legendary Lightnin’ Hopkins. For related recordings, video, books and scores see: https://t.co/FZcXkL35oj @SFolklife @WilsonLibUNC @UNCLibrary @Folkways #BluesMusic #research

[Southern Folklife Collection UNC Chapel Hill @SFolklife]

Happy birthday to gospel, country & pop singer Betty Johnson of the Johnson Family Singers. For research see: Betty Johnson Collection https://t.co/V0hNgh5g2n and the Johnson Family Singers Collection https://t.co/XtXGG18U7L #GospelMusic #countrymusic @WilsonLibUNC @UNCLibrary

[Southern Folklife Collection UNC Chapel Hill @SFolklife]

3/16/1951 Hank Williams records Hey, Good Lookin', I Can't Help It (If I'm Still In Love With You), Howlin' At The Moon & My Heart Would Know #Nashville's Castle Recording Studio. John Edwards Memorial Collection (#20001) @SFolklife @WilsonLibUNC @UNCLibrary #countrymusic

[Steven Weiss @StevenW68148281]

@joshshepperd https://t.co/dTb3oW7N0V

[Southern Folklife Collection UNC Chapel Hill @SFolklife]

Happy birthday Leonardo "Flaco" Jiménez! Born March 11, 1939 in San Antonio, Texas. @SFolklife @WilsonLibUNC @UNCLibrary Research? See also: https://t.co/ervsKJPdzk

[Southern Folklife Collection UNC Chapel Hill @SFolklife]

On this day in 2003: The backlash against The Dixie Chicks (now known as @thechicks) begins when the British newspaper The Guardian publishes its review of a Dixie Chicks concert at the Shepherd’s Bush Empire in London. Photo: Getty Images @SFolklife @WilsonLibUNC @UNCLibrary

[Southern Folklife Collection UNC Chapel Hill @SFolklife]

Happy birthday James Taylor! Born in Boston, raised in Chapel Hill, NC. @WilsonLibUNC @UNCLibrary has materials across its collections relating to James & his amazing family, including the Taylor Family Papers https://t.co/XfQYFtnOJ0 @JamesTaylor_com #carolinaonmymind

[Southern Folklife Collection UNC Chapel Hill @SFolklife]

March 11, 1969: Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs split up. @SFolklife @WilsonLibUNC @UNCLibrary holdings are a rich resource for the study of bluegrass with over 230 recordings, videos, and archival collections relating to Lester and Earl together (and alone) #gotbluegrass

[Steven Weiss @StevenW68148281]

@BeatlesEarth @PaulMcCartney YES!

[Southern Folklife Collection UNC Chapel Hill @SFolklife]

Doc Watson, Gaither Carlton, Merle Watson and Blackie. September 1960. Deep Gap. NC. Photograph by Eugene Earle. John Edwards Memorial Collection. @SFolklife @WilsonLibUNC @UNCLibrary

[Steven Weiss @StevenW68148281]

Triangle-based musicians! We are looking for the next group of artists to join the @CHCommunityArts Tracks Music Library collection! It is a great way to be heard! Apply: https://t.co/tVDS1ipiJ0

[Chapel Hill Community Arts & Culture @CHCommunityArts]

Tracks Music Library is 100% curated by the local community including artists of the collection! Meet the curators of #ChapelHillTracks @Chulegre @dasanahanu @iwearaviators @treeecitybeats @StevenW68148281 @dragonfiddler https://t.co/WoeTqCGeRO

[Chapel Hill Community Arts & Culture @CHCommunityArts]

Tracks Music Library is 100% curated by the local community including artists of the collection! Meet the curators of #ChapelHillTracks @Chulegre @dasanahanu @iwearaviators @treeecitybeats @StevenW68148281 @dragonfiddler https://t.co/WoeTqCGeRO

[Southern Folklife Collection UNC Chapel Hill @SFolklife]

Today is Elizabeth Cotten Day! in #carrboro Help us celebrate her music by sharing your versions of Freight Train or her other classics or share a fav EC video from youtube @SFolklife @WilsonLibUNC @musicmakerblues @CarrboroTownGov @PineConeNC #libbacottenday

[Steven Weiss @StevenW68148281]

Online! in '99 :)

[Southern Folklife Collection UNC Chapel Hill @SFolklife]

Too late for #ThrowbackThursday so #FlashbackFriday! Rearview mirror @SFolklife @WilsonLibUNC @UNCLibrary circa 1999.

[Steven Weiss @StevenW68148281]

I've been looking forward to this event for a while. Hope you can join us!

[UNC Library @UNCLibrary]

Coming up on 10/14! Join us for a virtual exploration of the musical legacy of bluegrass pioneers Hazel Dickens and Alice Gerrard. The event will feature live performances and a panel discussion. Learn more about the event and register now: https://t.co/9w8PsrK5GU @SFolklife