• Aaron Copland Collection 

  Library of Congress (Library of Congress Music Division, 2020)

  The Music Division of the Library of Congress has a collection devoted to Aaron Copland. It includes photographs, articles and essays he wrote, his notated musical scores, his correspondence, etc. Click on the link above ...
• Keeping Score | Aaron Copland and the American Sound (FULL DOCUMENTARY AND CONCERT) 

  San Francisco Symphony; Thomas, Michael Tilson (YouTube, 2020-03-19)

  This is a full length documentary of the work of Aaron Copland and its significance to American music. The documentary illustrates how Copland explored the widely varied musical styles and influences of which the American ...
• Aaron Copland: American Composer 

  Machlis, Joseph (Encyclopedia Britannica, 2020-11-28)

  Aaron Copland was a well-known American composer whose work explored distinctly American themes and genres. Click on the link above to read the Encyclopedia Britannica's discussion of Copland's prolific work. Click on the ...
• Sophie Tucker 

  Borden, Anne (Jewish Women's Archive, 2009-03-20)

  This article describes the career of Sophie Tucker, an international vaudeville star, who performed for over fifty years. She performed in both Yiddish and English. Her most well-known song was "My Yiddishe Momme,” which ...
• The Last Folksinger 

  Browne, David (Rolling Stone, 2019-10-10)

  In part, a biographic article about the folksinger, known as Ramblin' Jack Elliott, this article discusses Elliott's musical career, his widely-varied musical friendships with Woody Guthrie, Bob Dylan, Sonny Terry and ...
• Remembering Steve Goodman, the folk singer who gave Chicago Cubs fans two anthems 

  Friedman, Gabe (Jewish Teelgraphic Agency (JTA), 2016-10-31)

  This article remembers the singer/songwriter Steve Goodman, who died of leukemia at the age of 36 in 1984. Goodman, a lifelong Chicago Cubs, fan, did not live to see his team win the World Series in 2016 for the first time ...
• City of New Orleans’ Writer Steve Goodman to Be Celebrated on Deluxe Album Reissues: Folk-country singer died at 36 in 1984, just prior to the release of his album ‘Affordable Art’ 

  Betts, Stephen L. (Rolling Stone Magazine, 2019-05-24)

  An article about folksinger, Steve Goodman. The article discusses Goodman's work, and what the author describes as his "perspicacious songwriting, which he injected with a deft sense of humor and keen observations about ...
• The Importance of Being Neil Diamond 

  Fong-Torres, Ben (Rolling Stone, 1976-09-23)

  A biographical portrait from the 1970s of Neil Diamond, a successful and influential songwriter and performer whose career has extended into the 2020s. Click on the link above to access this article brimming with the ...
• Martha Schlamme 1925 – 1985 

  Rothstein, Robert A. (Jewish Women: A Comprehensive Historical Encyclopedia, Jewish Women's Archive, 2009-02-27)

  A brief biography and summary of Martha Schlamme's notable career. Born in Vienna, she came to the United States in 1948, She is known for helping to "popularize Yiddish and international folk songs" and for her interpretations ...
• East-West 

  The Butterfield Blues Band (starring Mike Bloomfield on lead guitar) (YouTube (originally Elektra records), 1966)

  Some of Michael Bloomfield's most inspired guitar playing. "Starting with the second section Michael played lead on a series of sections where he explored different modes, or scales, some of which were suggestive of Indian ...
• Jewish Guitar God Mike Bloomfield’s Blues 

  Lazarus, Ben (Tablet, 2016-08-30)

  The article is a biographical summary of "Michael Bloomfield: The Rise and Fall of an American Guitar Hero" by Ed Ward which "explores the influential and tragic life of the underappreciated riff master" who played on Bob ...
• Lyor Cohen, YouTube's Music Head, Faces Down A Doubtful Music Business 

  Carmichael, Rodney (The Record: Music News From NPR, 2018-05-07)

  "The former rap mogul and current head of music at YouTube on #MeToo (sort of), Migos and his mortality." Click on the link above to access this article.
• The Story of Lyor Cohen: Little Lan$ky and the Big Check 

  Cohen, Rich (Rolling Stone, 2001-06-21)

  "How the Israeli-raised president of Island Def Jam Records became one of the most important men in hip-hop, and why he may now become one of the most important men in rock & roll." Click on the link above to access the article.
• Milken Archive of Jewish Music: The American Experience 

  Milken Archive (Miken Archive, 2020)

  The "Milken Archive was founded in 1990 to document, preserve, and disseminate the vast body of music that pertains to the American Jewish experience. Over the past two-and-a-half decades, the Milken Archive has become the ...
• Herbie Mann - At The Village Gate (Full Album) 

  Mann, Herbie (2014-07-30)

  Recorded at the the Village Gate club circa 1961. The whole album as made available on YouTube. Click on the link above to listen.
• Herbie Mann, 73, Musician Who Gave Flute a Jazz Sound 

  Keepnews, Peter (The New York Times, 2003-07-03)

  A biographical obituary of the Jewish American musician who made the flute into a jazz instrument. Click on the above to access the article.
• The Strange Story Of The Man Behind 'Strange Fruit' 

  Blair, Elizabeth (National Public Radio, Inc., 2012-09-05)

  "The man behind "Strange Fruit" is New York City's Abel Meeropol, and he really has two stories." Click on the link above to find out more.
• Benny Goodman Orchestra "Sing, Sing, Sing" Gene Krupa - Drums, from "Hollywood Hotel" film (1937) 

  Goodman, Benny (YouTube, 2006-01-29)

  "Benny Goodman Orchestra "Sing, Sing, Sing" featuring Gene Krupa - Drums, Harry James-Trumpet, from "Hollywood Hotel" film (1937)." Click on the link above to access the performance.
• Benny Goodman 

  The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica (Encyclopædia Britannica, inc., 2019-07-04)

  A biography of the great Jazz musician, Benny Goodman by the editors of the Encyclopaedia Britannica. Click on the link above to access the article.
• Who By Fire 

  Cohen, Leonard (YouTube, 2006-08-29)

  Based on the prayer “U’Netaneh Tokef,” recited at Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, Leonard Cohen created the poem and song "Who By Fire." In this performance he is accompanied by the great saxophonist Sonny Rollins. Click ...

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