Recent Donations to the Madison Public Library

2024 Donation to the Madison Public Library

Total donation:  $500.00. 

Vinyl record albums

Lightnin’ Hopkins—The Great Electric show and dance
Joe Bonamassa—Live at the Hollywood Bowl
Skip James—Devil got my woman
Joanne Shaw Taylor—The blues album
T-Bone Walker—Stormy Monday blues
John Lee Hooker—Burnin
Howlin Wolf—Best of the Sun Records sessions
Albert King—I’ll play the blues for you
B.B. King—King of the blues

CDs

Robert Finley—Black Bayou
Selwyn Birchwood—Exorcist
Ruthie Foster—Healing time
Cedric Burnside—Hill country love
Bettye Lavette—Lavette
Son Little—Like Neptune
Eric Bibb—Live at the Scala Theatre
Eric Bibb—Ridin’
John Primer & Magic Slim—Slow blues
Mr. Sipp—Soul side of Sipp
Walter Trout—BrokenBooks

Books

Arhoolie Records Down Home Music: The Stories and Photographs of Chris Strachwitz by Joel SelvinHound Dog by Eric Weisbard
The Inconvenient Lonnie Johnson: Blues, Race, Identity by Julia Simon
Out of the Blue Life on the Road with Muddy Waters by Brian Bisesi
The Ultimate Book of Blues Guitar Legends: The Players and Guitars That Shaped the Music by Pete
Prown, Pete

2023 Donation to the Madison Public Library

Total donation:  $500.00. Titles are split between Central and Monroe Street Libraries.

Vinyl record albums

      • Joe Louis Walker–Weight of the World
      • Shemekia Copeland–Done Come Too Far
      • Eric Bibb–Ridin’
      • Sue Foley–Pinky’s Blues
      • B. King–Live at the Regal
      • Stevie Ray Vaughan–Texas Flood
      • Howlin’ Wolf–Moanin’ in the Moonlight
      • Various artists–Alligator Records 50 Years of Genuine Houserockin’ Music
      • LaVern Baker–LaVern Baker Sings Bessie Smith
      • Robert Cray–Strong Persuader
      • Cedric Burnside—I Be Trying
      • Hound Dog Taylor & the House RockerS
      • Cash Box Kings—Oscar’s Motel
      • Gary Davis–Rough Guide to Reverend Gary Davis
      • Muddy Waters—At Newport

Books

      • The Rise and Fall of Paramount Records: A Great Migration Story, 1917-1932
      • Why Willie Mae Thornton Matters
      • King of the Delta Blues: The Life and Music of Charlie Patton