Listening through the history of recording technology

Air Date: Sep 30 2022

Otto Rindlisbacher, folk singer and maker of stringed instruments, and violin collection, sitting in his shop holding a Hardanger fiddle. One of Rindlisbacher’s recordings is part of UW-Madison’s Mills Music Library’s Press Play: Recorded Sound from Groove to Stream exhibit. (Photo courtesy of the Wisconsin Historical Society.)

UW-Madison’s Mills Music Library has an archive of recordings dating more than a century. We talk to the curator of a sampling of recordings from the past 160 years about what’s in the library’s collection and how recording technology influences the art.

Episode Credits

Kate Archer Kent Host
Joe Tarr Producer
Maria Lopez Technical Director
Nathan Gibson Guest

Listening through the history of recording technology

Episode Credits

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