The Library of Congress and the National Jukebox

I just read the article: National Jukebox website logs 1 million page views, 250,000 streams in under 48 hours by Randy Lewis of the LA Times.

Here's the link for the article:

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/music_blog/2011/05/national-jukebox-library-congress-sony-music-1.html

Apparently the Library of Congress has made over 10,000 recordings in their recordings archive collection available on-line. This is the coolest thing I think I've ever heard. The collection that is currently available includes selections for multiple genres including jazz, blues, ethnic folk, gospel, pop, spoken word, comedy, and other genres dating to the early 20th century. The National Jukebox is a coordinated effort between the Library of Congress and Sony Music.

Here's the link to check out the actual jukebox:

http://www.loc.gov/jukebox/

Bravo!