We periodically give presentations on acoustic era sound and set up merchandise at select conferences and music events. Please reach out if you’d like us to present at your event or to verify that we’ll be at a specific show.
Upcoming Events
Mechanical Music Extravaganza
October 13, 2024
Wayne, NJ
Past Events
58th Annual ARSC Conference
May 15-18, 2024
St. Paul Minnesota
The Redoubtable Disc Record – And Why the Format Refuses to Die
Thursday, November 2, 2023
5:30 pm PDT
UC Santa Barbara Library, Special Research Collections
Santa Barbara, California
Swede Home Chicago: The Wallin’s Svenska Records Story, 1923-1927
Tuesday, October 3, 2023
4 pm CDT
Memorial Library 126
Madison, Wisconsin
Mechanical Music Extravaganza
Sunday, April 24, 2022
Wayne, NJ
Johnson City Sessions, 90th Anniversary
Saturday, October 19, 2019
Johnson City, TN
Mechanical Music Extravaganza
Sunday, October 13, 2019
Wayne, NJ
Joe Weber and Lew Fields: A Celebration of Vaudeville’s Greatest Comic Duo
An illustrated talk, live performances, and CD launch
Friday, October 11, 2019
Grace Church School, 46 Cooper Square, New York NY
Sound Salon with Richard Martin and Meagan Hennessey (Archeophone Records), Deb Krauss Smith, and James P. Leary
Saturday, November 17, 2018 – 7:00pm
Wayside Dining Room, University Club, 803 State St.
Madison, WI
Green County Cheese Days: Monroe Swiss Singers’ “Heart of Cheese Days” exhibit
Turner Hall Grand Hall
1217 17th Avenue Monroe, WI
September 15, 2018
10:00 am to 4:00 pm
2018 AES International Conference on Audio Archiving, Preservation & Restoration
Culpeper VA
June 28-30
Cinevent
Columbus, Ohio
May 24-27, 2018
Merchandise table: Yes
Society for American Music 44th Annual Conference
Kansas City, Missouri
February 28-March 4, 2018
Merchandise table: Yes
Ocean Grove History Day
Presentation: “Audio Detectives at Ocean Grove” and cylinder recording session
Bishop Janes Tabernacle
Ocean Grove, New Jersey
July 8, 2017
The presentation is 10:30 am – 12:00 pm, and we’ll be selling and signing Waxing the Gospel and other releases afterwards.
Book Signing
The 42nd Annual Vintage Music & Phonograph Show
Union, IL
June 10, 2017
10:00 am – 4:00 pm
ARSC 50th Annual Conference
San Antonio, Texas
May 10-13, 2017
Merchandise table: Yes
Mechanical Music Extravaganza
October 9, 2016
Wayne, NJ
Merchandise table: Yes
ARSC 50th Annual Conference
May 11-14, 2016
Bloomington, IN
Presentation: “Audio Detectives at Ocean Grove: Identifying Field Recordings from the 1897 Camp Meeting”
Merchandise table: Yes
Knoxville Stomp Festival of Lost Music
May 5-8, 2016
Knoxville, TN
Presentation (with Dom Flemons): “The Roots of the Roots”
Merchandise table: Yes
World Records Conference
April 14-15, 2016
Mayrent Institute, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Presentation: “More Liner Notes, Please”
Merchandise table: No