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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.

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• American Folklife Center [237]
  • 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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• Contradancelinks.com [262]
  • 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!
  • » Resources: links to sheet music and tab, choreographies, and lots of articles.
• Digital Tradition Folk Song Database [238]
  • A searchable index of over 6000 folk songs.
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• EZ Folk [255]
  • 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.
• Field Recorders' Collective [276]
  • 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
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• Folk Dance Association [260]
  • 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
• FolkLib Index [270]
  • 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.
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• HouseConcerts.com [243]
  • Lists of house concert presenters and folksingers, and tips on starting up your own house concert series.
• OldTimeMusic.com [245]
  • Lists old-time music events around the country. "Old-time Musicians Hall of Fame" with bios and soundclips.
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• Sing Out! [247]
  • 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 [246]
  • 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.
• Steam Powered Preservation Society [279]
  • 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.
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• What is...? [265]
  • 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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