The collection

Every session we record, free to hear, with its interview, photographs and notes.

The first sessions arrive after the studio opens in spring 2027.

Browse the collection

By genre, year, town, instrument or language. [Search and filters, once the catalog exists]

  • [2027.001]

    [Artist or group name]

    Recorded [date] at the Mill · [town], [county] County

    [Audio player]

    Songs
    [titles and songwriters]

    Cite: Peoria Sound Archive, session [2027.001].

  • [2027.002]

    [Artist or group name]

    Recorded [date] at the Mill · [town], [county] County

    [Audio player]

    Songs
    [titles and songwriters]

    Cite: Peoria Sound Archive, session [2027.002].

  • [2027.003]

    [Choir or ensemble]

    Recorded [date] at the Mill · [neighborhood], Peoria

    [Audio player]

    Songs
    [titles and songwriters]

    Cite: Peoria Sound Archive, session [2027.003].

A 1918 record card with typed fields for subject, number and photographer, a photograph of a band concert mounted at the right.
The War Department’s card for the 1918 band concert photograph. National Archives.

What each record holds

Each session gets a record with a permanent number.

The recording
As the artist approved it.
The people
Performers, songwriters and engineers, the artist first.
Their words
The artist’s own description, quoted.
The interview
With captions and a transcript.
How it was recorded
Where the players and microphones stood.
Rights
What the artist agreed to, in plain words.

How we keep it

Every session is kept in more than one place, and a copy goes to our archive partner, [archive partner, e.g. Peoria Public Library].

If we ever close, the partner takes the whole collection and keeps it open to the public.

[Our archive partner’s name and logo, once it agrees]

Using the recordings

Listening is always free. For any other use, ask us and we’ll ask the artist, who owns the recording. [request form or email address]

Corrections and concerns

Tell us what we got wrong and we’ll fix it. [email address]

If something here uses your work without permission, contact our copyright agent: [agent contact].

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