Since 1999, Atlanta label Dust-to-Digital has created lavish boxsets, books, and collections of gospel, folk, blues, field recordings, and other sounds sourced from deep global archives. This week on Transmissions, Lance and April Ledbetter join us to discuss the label’s mission, navigating the algorithms, and of course, some of the most notable Dust-to-Digital fans, including the Brian Eno and Law & Order‘s Carey Lowell.
Category: Dust-to-Digital
Dust-to-Digital :: The Aquarium Drunkard Interview
April and Lance Ledbetter of Atlanta’s Dust-to-Digital join us for a discussion about the label’s new radio app, Dust-to-Digital Radio, and the art of sharing archival music in the digital age: “The technology is amazing. I couldn’t have imagined it 20 years ago. I mean, maybe Nikola Tesla or some science fiction writers could have, but it’s changing so fast.”
The Birth of Rock And Roll :: Jim Linderman – The AD Interview
One of my favorite things about collecting old records is the ephemera. Dried and pressed flowers, photos, newspaper clips, love letters, stems. In most cases, I’ve kept each these artifacts with the record I found […]
Sorrow Come Pass Me Around
Sometimes it’s not about the belief so much as the believing. That’s the primary takeaway regarding Sorrow Come Pass Me Around: A Survey of Rural Black Religious Music . Originally issued in 1975 on Advent Records, this fine collection is bona fide classic. Long out of […]