Dust-to-Digital
Dust-to-Digital, April Ledbetter, Lance Ledbetter, Emmy GlennPresenter of music and sound cultures.
| Platform |  | Pricing | Freemium | Publishes | Monthly |
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| Issues | 32 | Founded | 4 years ago | Last Issue | 5 months ago |
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Dust-to-Digital Radio Is Here + New Foundation Print
Earlier this year, the Dust-to-Digital Foundation partnered with the University of California, Santa Barbara to begin sharing something extraordinary: 50,000 recordings we spent the past 15 years digitizing from collectors, now available to...
Two New Releases: An Unheralded Blues Artist and Recordings That Demonstrate the Power of the Human Voice
Today, we are excited to present two new albums — each produced by a compiler with whom we have a longstanding relationship: David Evans and Jonathan Ward.
Today, we are excited to present two new albums of music from the past — each produ...
Preserving the Past & Sharing It Today: A New Partnership with the University of California
When Dust-to-Digital began in 1999, the goal was simple: to make it possible for people to hear music they couldn’t easily find anywhere else. Our early releases paired rare recordings with books, photographs, and research so listeners coul...
Sacred Harp and the Storehouse of Song
A Sound That Moves the Spirit
A hollow square. Four groups of voices facing each other. No instruments, no microphones — just raw, human sound shaking the rafters of a wooden building. Each voice carries not for an audience but for one...
The Spirit of 78s: A Record Party and Remembering Frank Mare
Dust-to-Digital began with 78rpm records. A format so obscure that the music from those records was incredibly hard to hear, largely unknown, and on the verge of being lost to time. The inaccessibility of the format was in no way a reflecti...
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Presenter and curator of music and sound cultures.
Hi -- I'm April and I'm a founding partner at Dust-to-Digital. I work to share music and stories so they may be known and enjoyed!
Listener, producer, presenter, curator, DJ, writer, researcher, and publisher. Founder and co-director of Dust-to-Digital. 11x Grammy Award nominee, 2x winner of Best Historical Album Producer.
Hi - I’m Emmy. Piano player, soccer player, and student of the music industry. Interested in how music connects people and carries stories across time. I am currently a mentee at Dust-to-Digital.
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