Mix – Joe Bussard – King of 78s
[gdlr_row] [gdlr_column size=”1/2″] Few people have devoted as much of their life to records as Joe Bussard has. Born in 1936 in Frederick, Maryland, he started playing records on his parents’ phonograph and by the end of World War II, he had the collecting bug. During the 1950s, 60s, and 70s, he led thousands of […]
Mix – Rebecca Birmingham – In the Country
[gdlr_row] [gdlr_column size=”1/2″] Rebecca Birmingham, a record collector from Brooklyn, NY, in a country, blues and jazz mix for Dust & Grooves. Read her full interview here. Tracklist: Ferlin Husky – “I’ll Babysit With You” Buck Owens – “Above and Beyond” Roberta Lee & Hardrock Gunter – “Sixty Minute Man” The 5 Royales – “Thirty […]
Mix – Ben Blackwell – Motor City Blues
Ben Blackwell – Motor City Blues by Dust & Grooves on Mixcloud [gdlr_row] [gdlr_column size=”1/2″] Ben Blackwell, a vinyl record collector living in Nashvile, TN, photographed at his home with his collection. Ben also oversees the vinyl distribution and manufacturing at Third Man Record, does some A+R for the label and fold sleeves and removes […]
Road Trip update #2 – Soundtracks at the Steel City, cigarettes, a deteriorating city and Hoosier hospitality
Day 3: Friday 23rd We left Pennsylvania and began our drive to Pittsburgh not sure where we would be going to sleep. Luckily for us a man named Chris responded to a Twitter post that we put out asking for a place to crash. It was late when we got to his house, and we […]
Dust & Grooves book Kickstarter campaign – Help us make this book happen!
After almost 4 years in the making of Dust & Grooves, the time has arrived to transform the site into a full color book!! I have just launched a very interesting and challenging Kickstarter campaign, in order to raise funds for the publication of the book. I will keep it short and let you enjoy […]