Notes

  • Lambert Yiddish Cylinders on Wisconsin Public Radio

    Posted on April 30, 2019

    Wisconsin Public Radio program Central Time airs segment on Lambert Yiddish Cylinders from our Mayrent Collection of Yiddish Recordings, after Library of Congress inducts them into National Recording Registry.

  • Sound Salon: Alicia Svigals and Uli Geissendoerfer: Beregovski Suite

    Posted on March 21, 2019

    Join composer/violinist Alicia Svigals and jazz pianist Uli Geissendoerfer for an evening of Ukrainian Jewish folk music with a contemporary spin, Thursday, April 4, 2019, 7pm, Morphy Hall, Mead Witter School of Music.

  • Vinyl at Mills in On Wisconsin

    Posted on March 21, 2019

    On Wisconsin magazine article highlights our robust record collection amid resurgent interest in vinyl records.

  • Celebrating John Harbison’s 80th Birthday

    Posted on February 15, 2019

    Mills Music Library exhibit in Memorial Library lobby celebrates Pulitzer Prize winner and MacArthur Fellow John Harbison’s amazing – and ongoing – musical career, with a focus on his Madison connection.

  • Leary lauded as Grammy Awards ceremony approaches

    Posted on February 7, 2019

    Emeritus Professor of Folklore and Scandinavian Studies Jim Leary garnering media attention for his Best Album Notes Grammy nomination.

  • Featured Database: African American Music Reference

    Posted on January 31, 2019

    Database offers full text of important reference texts, e-books, liner notes, and other print resources.

  • Kanopy available again (partially)

    Posted on December 26, 2018

    Canceled subscription to streaming video database renewed, but only for three of its collections.

  • Leary earns another Grammy nomination

    Posted on December 7, 2018

    Jim Leary earns second Grammy nomination in the category of Best Album Notes.

  • Featured Database: Music Magazine Archive

    Posted on November 30, 2018

    Database offers the full runs of 13 rock magazines and 10 folk magazines published from the late 1940s to the present.

  • Staff Picks

    Posted on November 16, 2018

    Mills Music Library now pulling favorites from the collection for you to peruse and check out.

  • Sound Salon: Alpine Dreaming CD Release Party

    Posted on October 31, 2018

    Celebrate the release of the 2-CD set Alpine Dreaming: The Helvetia Records Story, 1920-1924. Saturday, November 17, 2018. Wayside Dining Room, University Club, 803 State St. 7:00pm. Free and Open to the Public.

  • Sound Salon: Yiddish Empire

    Posted on October 23, 2018

    Debra Caplan speaks about her book Yiddish Empire: The Vilna Troupe, Jewish Theater, and the Art of Itinerancy, Monday, October 29, 2018, 5:30-7:00pm, Memorial Library, Room 126.