Other Major Sources of Folk Music Information

Other Folk Music Online Information

folkmusic.org A comprehensive source of all sorts of good information
The North American Folk Music and Dance Alliance
abc, the ASCII notation system for traditional and folk music
Acoustic Guitar Song Collection songs with the guitar tablatures from Paul Simon, Leonard Cohen, and Serge Gainsbourg
An Atlantic Unbound article on Appalachian banjo player Dock Boggs
BBC Folk and Acoustic music
Hugh Blumenfeld's guide to folk music on about.com
CD Baby independent artists
Dick Cerri's MusicAmericana Online
Ray Chandler's Folk Music section of Suite 101
Dirty Linen magazine
DNIRA Music Web Ring features independent artists
efolkMusic a commercial site on folk, bluegrass, celtic, etc.
EZ Folk has Tabs, mp3s, forums, and more
Folk and Acoustic Music Concert Reviews
Folk and Blues: The Encyclopedia
Folk Art Center is about folk arts (including music) in Romania
FolkBlues
Folk Blues and Beyond features discographies, biographies, information and more
FolkClub Online is dedicated to folk music and related subjects. It includes user-friendly FolkChat.
FolkLib Index is a large, indexed source of links to folk music (plus other original information)
Folk File: A Folkie's Dictionary is a collection of terms related to folk music, plus some mini-biographies, musicology terms, trivia, and miscellaneous facts and figures
Folk Fringes on top folk records
Folkjam to find jam sessions
another article: Folk Plugs into the Internet
Folk Sheet Music
Folk Stuff has information for musicians and those designing and building instruments
Funny Songs compiled by Doug Landauer
Gig SwaP: for musicians to get gigs
The Global Link is a newsletter of Music of the World's latest music and happenings
Increasing Self-Esteem: Folk Songs and Our Insane World an article on folk music
International Songwriting Competition
Internet Rockhouse offers free and for charge home pages for musicians of all types including folk
Li'l Hank's Guide for Songwriters
JBotti's music world includes many links to MIDI sources
Jane Keefer's Index to Recorded Resources a large database of recordings of songs and tunes (and also some songbooks)
Kellman's Real Music Review has articles, information about concerts, etc.
Left wing music (click on "Left Music")
Jim Moss' page on bluegrass, country, and swing
Mudcat Cafe online newsletter
Musicfotos has and sells photographs of musicians
Musicmating: finding other musicians
Music Sojourn provides streaming audio music programs
National Council for the Traditional Arts
Lesley Nelson's site includes midi files, historical background, links, etc.
Old Time Online features Old Timey, Bluegrass, and Traditional Music
opzijnbest a Dutch, categorized page of links to folk music websites
PHOAKS: recommendations of useful online resources
Photographs of folk music events from North West England
Pickin' Parlor is a directory and referral source for acoustic musicians and closet pickers
Psychedelic folk
Roots promotes Celtic, British, World, R&B music
Shape Note singing from fasola.org
Snapshotmusic.com sells DVDs of performances
Todo Folk (All Folk) has announcements about folk music (in Spanish)
Writers Block to aid creativity
the WWW Music Database
Xeno Music from around the world
a magazine article on Folk on the Internet
the Folk Music Revival of the late 50's thru early 60's

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