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FOLK MUSIC GENRES

• Afro-Caribian Music - (Available In Many Languages)
  
• Andean Music And Culture - Including:
  • Making A Quena (Andean Flute), and
  • The Quena Fingering Chart
    
• Balkan Music Online
  
• Balkan Music Web Site Of Muammer Ketencoglu
  
• Balkan Tunes and links - For Dance, Music & Folklore
  
• Bluegrass Links - Barb Diederich's Handy Bluegrass Links
  
• Didge.net Australian Didjeridu Info, Music & Instruments
  
• Music Of The Didjeridu -- A virtual Exhibition From The University Of Rochester
  
• Dreamtime -- Australian Didjeridu Server
  
• Cape Breton Music & Entertainment - Artist Links & More
  
• Ceolas Celtic Music Archive
• Cultures Of The Andes - Quechua, songs, music, poems, stories, photos
  
• Encyclopedia Of Cajun Culture
• Finland's Music - At Rootsworld
  
• The FolkBook / Folkmusic.org
  • The FolkBook To Folkmusic.org Conversion Page
  • The FolkLib Index With Some Of The Folkbook Info Still Available
  • The FolkLib Discography Page
• Multicultural Media - Traditional & Roots Music & Dance From Around The World
  
• Isle Of Man - Music & More
  
• Jewish Music - Recordings, Videos, Books, Links & More
  
• The Mbira Home Page Music From The Indigenous Cultures Of Zimbabwe
• New Zeland Folk Happenings
  
• Nova Scotia Music, A Wide Selection Of Web Sites.
  
• David Lynch's Old Time Music Home Page (Complete with a Hall Of Fame & Sound Clips)
• Music Search - For Instruments, Artists, And Just About Anything Musical
  
• Old Time Music On The Web
• Sacred Harp Singing (Shape Note) Home Page
• Scottish Music And Dance
• Turkish Traditional Music
  
• WWW Of Peru - Including A Collection Of .au Files Of Traditional Peruvian Music
  

FOLK MUSIC LYRICS & TUNE ARCHIVES

• Australian Folksongs - Over 100 In A Searchable Database
  
• Balkan Tunes and links - For Dance, Music & Folklore
  
• The Ballad Index With Search Capability
• Philip Mann's Banjo Tablatures And Bluegrass Information
• Banjo Tablatures And Bluegrass Information
• Tunes At Ceolas Celtic Music Archive - Notation for several hundred tunes and more.
• Digital Tradition Folk Song Database
• Historic American Sheet Music - 1850 to 1920
• Historic Cylinder Recordings - An extensive collection!
• Irish Folk Song Database With Search Capability
• Jane Keefer's Index To Recorded Folk Music Resources
  
• Music Resources On The Internet With Artist Info, Lyrics & More At The University Of Indiana
• Pre-1600 English Ballads
• Richard Robinson's Tunebook At Ceolas Celtic Music Archive
• James Stewarts Folk Tunes Index, (Searchable Index Of over 55,000 Tunes In 250+ printed Collections)
• Searchable Tune Index At Ceolas Celtic Music Archive
• The Tune Web Archive Of Traditional Tunes From Richard Darsie
• The Virtual Tune Book
• Woody Guthrie Lyrics Collection
  

FOLK DANCE

• Chicago Barn Dance Company With Chicago Area Schedules
• A Contradance Page With Links, News, Schedules & More
• The Cajun & Creole Pages
• The Chicago Cajun Connection
• Chicago Traditional American Folk Dance Web Site
• The Clogging Page
• Contradance Stuff
• Contradance Web Page Index By State
• Country Dance & Song Society Webserver (lots of dance info)
• Folk Dance Association Home Page - Dance Listings by State Or Region like:
  • Folk Dance Association Midwest - Dance Listings
• Folk Dance Council Of Chicago Home Page (Great Area Dance Listings)
• Folk Dance Resources On The WWW
• International Folk Dance Resource Guide
• Milwaukee, WI Folkdance Pages
• Madison, WI Contra Dance Schedules
• Madison, WI Scottish Country Dancers (Schedules, Events. Pubs, Etc.)
• Morris & Sword Dance Team HomePages
• Dance Qoutes
• Scandinavian Dance -- On Roo Lester's Home Page
• Scottish Music And Dance
• Steve Allen's Dance Index Page
• World-Wide Web European Dance Server

FOLK INSTRUMENTS

• The Bagpipe Web
• The BANJO-L Home Page -- Discussion, Archives, Players, Tunings & Much More
• The Bodhran Page (Irish Hand Drum)
• Budapest Museum Of Music History (Many Historical Photos)
• Cimbolom World Association
• Concertina! - Toby Koosman's Links To Numerous Concertina & Accordion Sites.
• The Concertina Pages - Including A Tour Of A Concertina By Bob Nichols
• Cyber-Harp-World (Harmonica) Home Page
• Didge.net Australian Didjeridu Info. On Playing, Building, Music & Instruments
  
• 5-String Banjo -- Extensive Links By Steve Trussel
  
• David Grisman's Mandolin Site & Acoustic Disc Recording Catalog
  
• Hammer Dulcimer At The Smithsonian Institution Including:
  
  • Hammered Dulcimer History & Playing
    
  • Making A Hammer Dulcimer
    
  • Selected Bibliography Of Hammered and Plucked Dulcimers & Related Instruments
    
• The Hammered Dulcimer Web Page
• The Hardanger Fiddle Assn. Of America Web Page
• The Harp Page (Folk Harp Resources)
• A Hurdy-gurdy Home Page By Alden Hackmann
• The Instruments Of Celtic Music From Ceolas
• Austrian Jew's Harp Assn. Home Page
• Mandolin Cafe With Lots Of Great Mando Info.
• The Mountain Dulcimer Home Page
• Mugwumps Instrument Herald Online
  
• American Nyckelharpa Association
• Constructing Northumbrian Smallpipes -- From Mike Nelson's Diverse Page
  
• Sibelius Acadamy Musical Instrument Information On All Kinds Of Instruments
• Music Search - For Instruments, Artists, And Just About Anything Musical
  
• Shakuhachi Links - From Todd Barton
  
• Shakuhachi Flute Resource Page -- Great Info Site For Japanese Traditional Flute By Monty Levenson
  
• Japanese Shakuhachi (Bamboo Flute) Home Page
  
• Uilleann Pipe Information List
  
• Ukelin Home Page By Bob Buzas
  

STORYTELLING

• The University of Virginia Library Electronic Text Center -- With Literary & Historical Archives Including:
  
  • The Blue Fairy Book -- 37 Traditional Fairy Tales Edited By Andrew Lang (1889)
    
  • The Red Fairy Book -- 37 More Traditional Fairy Tales Edited By Andrew Lang (1890)
    
  • The Yellow Fairy Book -- 42 More Traditional Fairy Tales Edited By Andrew Lang (1894)
    
  • The Violet Fairy Book -- 35 More Traditional Fairy Tales Edited By Andrew Lang (1901)
    
• Children's Literature - Resources For Storytellers
• Dictionary Of Phrase & Fable -- Hypertext Edition of this 1870s' classic reference work
  
• Encyclopedia Mythica -- Myth & Legends In Article, Image And More
  
• Folklore, Mythology - Tale Types & Tales Cross Referenced By D. L. Ashliman
• Folklore, Myth and Legend - Story Collections And Folklore Links
• Folktale Openings And Folktale Closings - From The Storytell Listserve
• Myths & Legends - Links Organized By Country & Period
• Storytelling Resources on the Web
• Storytelling Resources - by Tim Sheppard Including
  The Storytelling FAQ
• Tales Of Wonder Richard Darsie's Collection Of Tales From Around The World
• The alt.folklore.urban & Urban Legends Archive

FOLKLIFE RESEARCH

• Archives Of Appalachia, Collection At East Tennessee University
• Centre for English Cultural Tradition & Language - Sheffield, England
  
• Folkfile - a folk music dictionary of terms
  
• Folklore, Myth and Legend - Folklore & Story Collection Links
• The Library Company Of Philadelphia -- Historic Exhibitions & Information
  
• The Library Of Congress WWW Home Page
  
  • The American Folklife Center
    
  • The Archive Of Folk Culture
    
  • American Memory -- Historical Collections
    
    • Collection Finder: Searching The American Memory Collection
      
• The Library Of Congress MARVEL Gopher
  • The American Folklife Center Gopher
  • General Arts Resources
• Music In The Public Domain - Information, Lists of PD Music & More
  
• Music Search - For Instruments, Artists, And Just About Anything Musical
  
• Mythology and Folklore
• New Hampshire Library of Traditional Music & Dance - Lists Of Collections & Some Photos
  
• Sibelius Acadamy Musical Information Of All Kinds
• Society and Culture : Mythology and Folklore (Yahoo Web Site)
• Rowanhold Bardic Circle - An Extensive Research Jump Site On The Celtic Bardic Tradition
  
• Smithsonian Institution's Home Page
  
  • Search All Smithsonian Pages
    
  • Encyclopedia Smithsonian -- Resources At SI From A to Z
    
    • Musical History & FAQs
      
  • American Social & Cultural History -- Including:
    
    • Stories From The Gold Rush
      
    • Native American History & Culture
      
    • Family Folklore -- How To Collect Your Own Family Folklore
      
    • And Much, Much More!!
• Southern Folklife Collection HomePage
• World-Wide Web Virtual Library: Music

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MAGAZINES & PUBLICATIONS

• Acoustic Guitar Magazine
• Banjo Newsletter Subscription Information Plus Contents And Tablature Index For All 23 Years.
• CelticMusic.com - On Line Celtic Music Magazine & More
  
• CYBERGRASS - The Internet Bluegrass Magazine
• Dirty Linen Magazine Home Page
• Fast Folk Musical Magazine Homepage
  
• Fiddler Magazine
• Flatpicking Guitar Magazine
• 5-String Quarterly 3 Finger Banjo Styles With Samples And Links
• Folk Music Journal - Journal of EFDSS
• Folk Roots Magazine Home Page
• Goldmine Magazine - Online
  
• Guitar Player Magazine On-Line Archives & Information
• Living Tradition Magazine
• Mugwumps Instrument Herald Online
  
• Musical Traditions Magazine On-Line Trad Music Magazine
• Old -Time Herald Magazine
• Penguin Eggs An Excellent On-Line Canadian Folk-Roots Magazine
• RootsWorld - Online Magazine Of World Music
  
• Sing Out! Magazine
  
• Stirrings Folk Magazine
  
• Vintage Guitar Magazine On The Web

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NEW & VINTAGE INSTRUMENTS, RECORDINGS, ETC.

• Acoustic Disc Recording Catalog & David Grisman's Mandolin Site
  
• Bernunzio Vintage Instruments - Vintage Guitars,Banjos & More
• The Button Box - Accordion & Concertina Sales Plus Recordings, Books & links
• Captain Fiddle - Fiddling Recordings & Books
• Celtic Cultures Home Page
• Clay's Vintage Guitar Info - Instrument Dating Information Galore!
• Claddagh Records - Irish Label p/o Rounder Records
  
• Digelius Music Nordic Gallery -- Nordic Music Source in Finland
  
• Dirty Linen Magazine's Excellent Record Label Address & Web Site List
• Don's Recycled Records - Vintage Vinyl
  
• Elderly Instruments - Vintage List And Catalog Request
• Flying Fish Records - p/o Rounder Records
  
• Folklife Family Store, - Jean Ritchie's Recordings, Videos, Books & Much More
• Folkways Recordings - Smithsonian Folkways On-Line Catalog, Searchable By Genre, artist, title, etc.
  
• GuitarBase GuitarMall - On-Line Search Of Many Dealers For A Variety Of Instruments.
  
• Guitar Notes - On-Line Search Of Guitar Links, Tablature, Reviews, Etc.
  
• Griffin Music - Hammered Dulcimers
  
• Gryphon Stringed Instruments - With Frank Ford's www.frets.com Maintenance & Repair Web Site
• Hobgoblin Music Home Page, - Instruments & Accessories Of All Kinds & More
• Gruhn Guitars Home Page - Vintage Guitars & More
• Here Inc. Home Page Instruments, Kits, Recordings, Books & More
• House Of Musical Traditions Home Page
• Lark In The Morning - Catalog, Sounds, And Pictures Of Folk Instruments Galore!
• Ladyslipper Music's Extensive On-Line Catalog Of Recordings By Women
  
• Martin Guitar Co. Home Page - Legendary Instruments
• Mandolin Brothers Home Page -- Vintage Instrument Resource
• Mid-East Mfg. Folk Instruments
• The Music Emporium
• The Music Man Home Page -- Vintage Instruments, Parts & Ephemera
• Philo Records - p/o Rounder Records
  
• Musicmakers Instrument Kits Home Page
• Norsk Ltd.Music Catalog -- Importers Of Scandinavian Music
• Pearl Inlay Way -- Pre-cut Mother Of Pearl
  
• Pinecastle Records -- Bluegrass & Acoustic Recordings
• Rounder Records Catalog - With many great labels like Claddagh Records (Irish), Flying Fish, Philo Records, Temple Records (Scottish), and Many More
  
• Eric Schoenberg Guitars -- Custom Built, New & Vintage Instruments
  
• Temple Records - Scottish Label p/o Rounder Records
  
• Teaching - Find A Music Teacher - For Many Instruments Near You!
• Thirty Below - Quebec Traditional & folk music site
• Unicorn Limited - Celtic Arts, Music And Instrument Dealers
• Rhino Records
  
• Stewart MacDonald - Instrument Kits, Luthiers Supplies & More
  
• S. S. Stewart Mostly Guitars Website -- (But Also Includes SSS Banjo Info.)
  
• Traditional Music - New And Used Guitars, Mandolins And Banjos
• Vintage Instruments - BROKEN 02/24/97
• Virtual Vintage -- Players Vintage Instruments
  
• Virtuoso Vintage Guitars
• Waterbug Records With A Great Line-Up Of Singer/Songwriters
• White Tree Productions With Lots Of Great Guitar, Banjo & Music Links Including
  • Classic Banjo Manufacturers Serial Numbers.
  • A Virtual Galley Of Old Banjo, Guitar & Mando Photos (Over 40 pages).

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Event Schedules, Playlists, Etc.

• Augusta Heritage Workshops classes, Instructors, Store & More
• Cajun & Zydeco Music & Dance Resources
• Cajun & Zydeco Resources In The Upper Midwest
• Chicago Barn Dance Company With Chicago Area Schedules
• Chicago Songwriters Collective
• Fermilab International Folk Dance - At Kuhn Barn
• Folk Dance Council Of Chicago Home Page - Great Area Dance Listings
• The Internet Folk Radio List
• Midwest Living's Illinois Events -- With Links To Other States
• MUSI-CAL Search For Concerts By Performer, Date, Location And More
• WFMT 98.7 FM Radio Home Page
  • "Midnight Special" Home Page With Their Weekly Playlist
• Northern Illinois Bluegrass Assn. With Concert & Festival Schedules.
• Old-Time Music On The Radio Promoting Old-Time Programming On The Airwaves.
• UFOJOE - A Great Collection Of Canadian Folk Festival Links
• Venues In The Chicagoland, (IL) Area - (Many types)
• Other Midwest Sites Of Interest
  • Madison, WI Contra Dance Schedules
  • Madison, WI Scottish Country Dancers - Schedules, Events. Pubs, Etc.
  • Madison Music Online - WI Club Schedules (Some Folk)
  • Folk-Lore Center In Warrenville, IL -- No Known current link.
  • Maple Street Chappel In Lombard, IL
  • Ten Pound Fiddle In East Lansing, MI - No Known current link.
  • What's Up In Champaign-Urbana IL - Music
    

The "Business End" Of Folk Music

• CD & Tape Duplication, Tour Promotion, Etc.
  • Discmakers CD And Tape Duplication
  • Oasis CD And Tape Duplication With Great Information On The Whole Process
  • Automatrix Event & Tour Submission Form Is for sale -- Buy it or watch here to see who does!
• Music Performance Rights Oranization Database Search Pages
  • ASCAP American Society Of Composer Authors and Publishers of music
  • BMI Broadcast Music Inc.
  • Harry Fox Agency For tne National Music Publishers Assn.
  • SESAC
  • SOCAN - Society Of Composers, Authors & Music Publishers Of Canada
    
  • Copyright Information From the Library Of Congress
  • Kohn On Music Licensing An informative site on music licensing (and a chance to order their book)
  • Pollstar Database - For Concert, Venue, Artist Or Tour Information
    
• Marketing, Fundraising, And Audience Development
  • American Demographics Magazine Learn more about the "D" word
• Taxes, Not-For-Profit Administration And Other Fun Topics
  • IRS Tax Forms Great place to get rare forms for those last minute filings
  • Internet Nonprofit Center A Wealth of information on not-for-profits
    • Internet Nonprofit Center Not-for-profit Locater And Tax Exempt
  • Nonprofit Cyber-Accountability A Wealth of information on not-for-profits
  • Not For Profit Tutorials From Queensland, Australia
• Web Site Development, Graphics Archives, Tools & Site Optimization
  • The Clip Art Connection - An Extensive collection of free and commercial clip art and resources by Eric Force.
    
  • ColorCenter - For background and text color selection and textures (Requires A Java Capable Browser)
    
  • Beginner's Guide to HTML - By NCSA
    
  • HTML Writers Guild Site - With Many Great Resources Including
    • articles,
    • Useful URLs (references, tutorials, ftp sites, etc.)
    • HTML Style Guides and Official Specifications
      
  • Thousands Of Images - Buttons, Bars, Textures & More
    
  • Web Page Starter Kit - With Editors, Graphics & Examples Galore
    
  • Webreference - Learn about the Web and the art of Web site creation.
    
  • World Wide Arts Resources - The image resource. Art museums, events, artists, institutions, galleries and more
    
  • Some Handy Tools & Information - From the US Postal Service
    
    • Postal Forms
    • Domestic & International Postal Rate Calculator
    • Like Zip Code + 4 Look-up
    • And City Zip Code Look-up

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Web Search Engines

• Web And Music Database Search Pages
  • MUSI-CAL Search For Concerts By Performer, Date, Location And More
    performer city venue event
    
  • Alta Vista Searchable Catalog Of The Internet
  • Excite Searchable Catalog Of The Internet
    Excite Search:

    What:
    Where:	World Wide Web Excite Web Site Reviews Usenet Newsgroups Usenet Classifieds

  • Lycos Searchable Catalog Of The Internet
  • InfoSeek Searchable Catalog Of The Internet
     Search for:

    
    in the World Wide Web Infoseek Select Sites Usenet Newsgroups Company Directory E-mail Addresses Timely News Web FAQs
    

  • LISZT - Searchable Catalog Of E-Mail Discussion Groups

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Listservers

• You can find an extensive list of musical mailing listservers, (resource & artists), at http://server.berkeley.edu/~ayukawa/lomml.html

• RESOURCE LISTS
  • Accordion / Concertina - See Squeezeboxes
  • Bagpipes - bagpipe-request@cs.dartmouth.edu
    Message To Subscribe: SUBSCRIBE BAGPIPE
  • Ballad List - majordomo@indiana.edu
    Message To Subscribe: SUBSCRIBE BALLAD-L
  • Bluegrass List - listserv@ukcc.uky.edu
    Message To Subscribe: SUBSCRIBE BGRASS-L [Your Name]
  • Blues List - listserv@brownvm.brown.edu
    Message To Subscribe: SUBSCRIBE BLUES-L [Your Name]
  • Celtic Music Calendars (1 per month) by State or province - majordomo@celtic.stanford.edu
    Message To Get Info On How To Subscribe: INFO LISTS
  • Folk D.J. List - listserv@psuvm.psu.edu
    Message To Subscribe: SUBSCRIBE FOLKDJ-L [Your Name]
  • Folk Harp - harp-request@mit.edu (List Owner Unknown)
    Message format unimportant. Send e-mail to List Owner.
  • Folk_Music List - listserv@nysernet.org
    Message To Subscribe: SUBSCRIBE FOLK_MUSIC [Your Name]
  • Folktalk List - listserv@leo.vsla.edu
    Message To Subscribe: SUBSCRIBE FOLKTALK [Your Name]
  • Folkvenu List - listserv@psuvm.psu.edu
    Message To Subscribe: SUBSCRIBE FOLKVENU [Your Name]
  • Gospel List - MAISER@rmgate.pop.indiana.edu
    Message To Subscribe: SUBSCRIBE GOSPEL-L
  • Hammered Dulcimer List - hammerd@mcs.com
    Message format unimportant. Send e-mail to List Owner Bill Paulson.
  • Harmonica List - listserv@wkuvx1.wku.edu
    Message To Subscribe: SUBSCRIBE HARP-L [Your Name]
  • Irish Trad Music List - listserv@irlearn.ucd.ie also listserv@irlearn.bitnet
    Message To Subscribe: SUBSCRIBE IRTRAD-L [Your Name]
  • Morris Dance, Longsword & Rapper, Mummers Plays & Ritual Drama - listserv@suvm.syr.edu
    Message To Subscribe: SUBSCRIBE [Your Name] (Your Team Name)
  • Northwest Passage (Canadian Folk) - cdnfolk-request@io.org
    Message To Subscribe: SUBSCRIBE CONFOLK
  • Sacred Harp / Shape Note Singing - majordomo@tahiti.umhc.umn.edu
    Message To Subscribe: SUBSCRIBE FASOLA
  • Squeezeboxes (Accordion / Concertina Playing & Repair)
    majordomo-squeezebox@cs.cmu.edu
    Message To Subscribe: SUBSCRIBE SQUEEZEBOX

Usenet Groups

• USENET Groups (Netnews / Bulletin Board Discussion Groups)
  • alt.arts.storytelling (*)
  • alt.guitar.tab (*)
  • alt.banjo (*)
  • alt.banjo.clawhammer (*)
  • alt.music.jewish (*)
  • rec.arts.wobegon (For Prairie Home Companion Fans)
  • rec.folk-dancing
  • rec.music.bluenote.blues
  • rec.music.celtic
  • rec.music.country.old-time
  • rec.music.dylan
  • rec.music.folk
  • rec.music.makers.bagpipe
  • rec.music.makers.guitar.acoustic
  • rec.music.makers.guitar.tablature
  • rec.music.makers.squeezebox (Accordion & Concertina)
  • rec.music.ragtime
  • rec.music.ragtime
  • rec.music.makers.songwriting
  • rec.music.makers.squeezebox
  • soc.culture.celtic (Celtic Culture Including Music)