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Cyberfolk: Folk Online
Useful websites for finding folk music, events, kindred spirits, and opportunities to sing and play music.
Most of these entries are national or worldwide in scope. Regional organizations with useful websites are included.
42 entries found.
- American Folklife Center
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- The Library of Congress's archive of folk culture: music, stories, folk art, and the details of everyday lives of people in the U.S. and around the world.
- Library of Congress, Washington, DC
- » Folklife Center News: the quarterly magazine of the American Folklife Center
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- Bucks County Folk Song Society
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- Active organization with a very useful website
- Meetings at Wrightstown Friends Meetinghouse, PA Rte 413 (Durham Rd), Wrightstown, PA
- » Folk Venues: around the Philly area
- » Performing Artists: mostly local, with some regional favorites as well.
- » Folk Organizations: in Pennsylvania and beyond
- » An extensive Links List: this page branches into several categories.
- CD Baby
[272]
- Outstanding online mail-order source for CDs direct from artists and independent record labels. Listen to cuts before you buy.
- Portland, OR
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- Compass Rose Music
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- Website of Steve Gillette and Cindy Mangsen
- Bennington, VT
- » Steve Gillette's Link List: many-page, comprehensive list of folk websites (in large print)
- ContraCorners.net
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- A useful portal to a variety of dance styles, from contra to swing to International. Also a Links section.
- » Contra Dance Finder map: pretty nifty!
- Contradancelinks.com
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- Maintained by Charlie Seelig. Worldwide and VERY comprehensive, with listings for bands and callers, dances and festivals, and other dance genres too. Don't miss the Contra Dance Cookies page!
- » Mid-Atlantic Listing: regularly scheduled dances from New York to Virginia
- » Bands & Musicians: a jaw-dropping compilation
- » Resources: links to sheet music and tab, choreographies, and lots of articles.
- Contradancers.com / Washington, DC
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- A listing of contradances in the Washington DC metropolitan area.
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- Delta Blues
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- Comprehensive online Blues resource. Includes a good list of resources in Pennsylvania.
- Digital Tradition Folk Song Database
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- A searchable index of over 6000 folk songs.
- Dirty Linen
[248]
- The magazine of folk, electric folk, traditional and world music.
- Dulcimer Players News
[249]
- Magazine for hammered and fretted dulcimer enthusiasts.
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- Elderly Instruments
[239]
- Amazing mail-order music store
- Lansing, MI
- EZ Folk
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- Wow! Streaming audio; MP3s shared by artists; lots of tablature; CDs, books, DVDs and instruments for sale.
- » Public Domain Music Library: songbooks available online for free
- » Tabs & Tutorials: extensive tablature library for banjo, guitar, dulcimer and more. Most tabs have corresponding MP3s you can purchase.
- » ezFolk Link Directory: over 3000 links, neatly categorized, in tiny print.
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- Field Recorders' Collective
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- A group of collectors dedicating to creating a public archive of field recordings of old-time music. Listen to soundclips and buy CDs.
- Croton, NY
- Folk Alliance
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- North American Folk Music and Dance Alliance. Over 2000 members worldwide include presenters, recording companies, and performers.
- Memphis, TN
- » Folk Connections: Folk Alliance's astounding links-list (on their older website)
- » Dance Links: has a category all to itself
- Folk Dance Association
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- Lists folk dance organizations and activities by locality (info may be somewhat dated).
- Brooklyn, NY
- » Library: hundreds of articles, essays and websites about folk dance
- Folk Roots
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- A monthly journal from the U.K. on folk and world music.
- FolkAlley.com
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- Listener Supported Internet Radio ~ All Folk, All the Time (Folk, Traditional, Celtic, World)
- » The SingOut! Radio Magazine: an on-demand weekly program host by Folk DJ veteran, Matt Watroba. This hour-long "magazine format" program features interviews in addition to "live" and recorded music.
- » Folk Community Links: Artists, Festivals, Organizations, Publications, Venues, Record Labels and more.
- FolkLib Index
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- Encyclopedic list of links for folk music, Bluegrass and Old-Time music, acoustic Blues, fingerstyle acoustic guitarists, harp (the stringed kind) players, and especially Wisconsin music and musicians.
- Folklore Society of Greater Washington
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- Concerts, dances, sings, and other events
- Washington, DC
- » FSGW's comprehensive links-list: that can be searched by category or name.
- FolkMusic.org
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- A comprehensive source for folk and acoustic music resources online.
- Fortissimo Folk Music
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- House concerts, volunteer internet services. Their website has lists of artists and clubs.
- Delaware County, PA
- John 610-544-2335 or Bill 610-353-6716, reservations (at) fortissimo (dot) org
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- HouseConcerts.com
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- Lists of house concert presenters and folksingers, and tips on starting up your own house concert series.
- Kiran Wagle's website
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- Pages and pages of contra dance links (a bit dated)
- » Dance Gypsy Calendar: a nation-spanning to-do list for the person who frequently spends more time travelling to and from a regularly scheduled contradance than dancing at that dance.
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- Live365.com
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- Listing of internet radio stations playing folk music (among a wide variety of genres). There are links for subcategories of folk too.
- Musi-Cal
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- A searchable and up-to-date database of concerts, folk dance events, festivals, and other musical events
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- New England Folk Festival Association (NEFFA) [also on MySpace]
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- Weekly contra dances and special events
- PMB 282, 1770 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge, MA
- 781-662-6710
- » NEFFA LinkFest: New England Folk Festival Association's astounding list of folk links worldwide. Many folk dance links!
- » Dance Links: in any genre you can think of, and some that you've never heard of.
- North East Regional Folk Alliance (NERFA)
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- 1539 Pine St, Philadelphia, PA
- (215) 546-7766
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- Old Time Music & Dance / Chester County, PA
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- List of folk music & dance in southeastern PA. Its owner, Bill Frysinger, lives in Maine now and the page is not being updated.
- OldTimeMusic.com
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- Lists old-time music events around the country. "Old-time Musicians Hall of Fame" with bios and soundclips.
- Oxford Hall Celtic Shop
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- Great local calendar of Celtic events and other resources
- 315 Bridge St, New Cumberland, PA
- 717-774-8789 or toll-free 1-877-719-9988
- » Celtic Events: and resources in south-central PA.
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- Philadelphia Ceili Group
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- Commodore Barry Club, Carpenter Lane & Emlen St, West Mount Airy, Philadelphia, PA
- 215-843-8051
- » List of Celtic music & dance resources: in the Philly area and beyond
- PhillyDance.com / Seven Day Guide
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- Seven Day Guide to folkdancing around Philadelphia (and the whole PA / NJ area), from www.PhillyDance.com -- this incredible calendar, PLUS places that offer dance lessons, performing groups, and links to other websites and organizations.
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- Sing Out!
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- The premiere folk magazine with songs, articles, calendars, and regular features. Sing Out! also offers many other folk resources.
- Bethlehem, PA
- Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage
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- Promotes understanding and continuity of diverse, contemporary grassroots cultures in the US and around the world. They also present the Smithsonian Folklife Festival.
- Washington, DC
- » Smithsonian Folkways Recordings: Historical recordings from around the world. Includes children's music.
- » The Folkways Collection (Podcast): A 24-part podcast series from Smithsonian Folkways and CKUA Radio explores Smithsonian Folkways Recordings.
- Song Parlor, The
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- The Acoustic & Eclectic Song Parlor: JohnPatterson's biweekly folk music program webcast from www.TheVoiceofPA.net and on Harrisburg’s WHP (580AM), every other Saturday night.
- Steam Powered Preservation Society
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- A non-profit (501c3) electronic library that archives, saves, researches and shares historic Americana recordings. The goal is to promote music through the appreciation of its history and sounds.
- Sugar in the Gourd: Old-Time, All the Time [also on MySpace]
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- Comprehensive old-time music resource. Streaming audio of old-time tunes from various artists. News and blog.
- » Old-Time Musicians Directory: Multi-page directory of old-time musicians.
- » Old-time resources: Great list of old-time resources, including record labels, instrument makers and more.
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- Ted Crane's National Folk Dance Database
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- Searchable six ways from Sunday.
- What is...?
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- Just a few pages that explain various styles of folk dance...
- » What is Contra Dance?: Gary Shapiro's page
- » English Country Dance & Its American Cousin (Contra Dancing): History & Comparison: ... a learned treatise
- » What is Morris Dancing?: another learned treatise
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- Whole Wheat Radio
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- A funky, non-traditional folk internet radio and wiki site. Audio magazines by subscription. (Also house concerts, but they're based in Alaska.)
- World Folk Music Association
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- Washington, DC-based organization supporting folk music and musicians.
- Washington, DC
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