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ON AIR PRESENTS: LIVE SERIES AT LUDLOW HOUSE NYC | The Almanac of Rap: Donwill & Regan Sommer McCoy

The Almanac of Rap is a Webby award winning show that examines trends in hip hop and their impact over time. Each episode host Donwill asks a question, presents a theory and features a special guest. Simply put, it’s a show about rap by a rapper who loves rap music. Joining in for this special live episode is Regan Sommer McCoy, an NYC-based curator, community archivist, and arts administrator. Sommer is the Chief Curator of the Mixtape Museum , an initiative that encourages the research, archiving, preservation, and data analysis of mixtapes.

CASSETTE: A Documentary Mixtape Screening at Maysles Documentary Center

BUY TICKETS HERE Post-screening discussion with filmmaker Zack Taylor and Mixtape Museum Founder Regan Sommer McCoy CASSETTE: A DOCUMENTARY MIXTAPE … More

Never Mind Spotify—Remember the Lost Art of the Mixtape

I made my first mixtape before I had the know-how or the gear—that’s how badly I wanted into the world of big brothers and attic bedrooms. The spirit was willing, the tech unable. I placed my Panasonic next to my brother’s stereo speaker, played my favorite songs from his collection—Skynyrd and Springsteen—and pressed record.

Harlem World Released

Harlem World is a timely and powerful record of mixtape history. Mael masterfully weaves soulful stories into a cinematic narrative, delivering a remarkable collection of mixtape memories. Arriving on hip hop’s golden anniversary, this classic is a love letter to the genre, our hip hop heroes, community collections and archives, Harlem, and the cassette.

— Regan Sommer McCoy, The Mixtape Museum

Mixtape Nostalgia

“Mixtape Nostalgia is a deeply personal book that diligently documents the evolution of the mixtape. Crafted like a perfectly curated mixtape, it traces the ebb and flow of the medium through its analog and digital eras, across genres, while thoughtfully centering the voices of ‘mixtapers.’ Jehnie I. Burns presents a masterpiece that’s essential to mixtape scholarship.”

– Regan Sommer McCoy, Founder and Chief Curator, Mixtape Museum