This week’s post comes from Steve Cleary, Lead Curator, Literary and Creative Recordings. Above: Image from the 1928 edition of The Sceptred Flute: Songs of India (Dodd, Mead & Company, New York), first published in 1917. Photographer unknown. For this… read more
This week’s post comes from Cheryl Tipp, Wildlife and Environmental Sounds Curator. Wind is usually the bane of a sound recordist’s life. It can ruin an otherwise perfect recording. Thankfully, this recording of Scotland’s Largs Harbour on an overcast … read more
This week’s selection comes from Andrew Ormsby, Audio Project Cataloguer at the British Library. Above: Smoke coming from a small chimney at H-Fönster factory in Gåseberg, Lysekil Municipality, Sweden, on a foggy day. Photo by W.carter. Used under CC B… read more
This week’s post comes from Myriam Fellous-Sigrist, Data protection and Rights Clearance Officer. Above: Wartime Activities, women picking fruit, Bedfordshire, 1941. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Source: LSE Library. One of the many joys of ora… read more
This week’s post comes from Steve Cleary, Lead Curator, Literary and Creative Recordings. Above: Paul Cheese in Merthyr Tydfil. Photo copyright © Paul Cheese. This week we are pleased to feature a video from musician Paul Cheese which showcases a singu… read more