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Folk music societies, venues, presenters, music shops, websites, and other folk-friendly organizations.

Showing entries for folk on the Internet: useful websites of interest to regional and national audiences. 42 entries found.

• 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
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• Bucks County Folk Song Society [138]
  • Active organization with a very useful website
  • Monthly jams & performances: Usually 1st Sundays, 6:30-10pm
  • Meetings at Wrightstown Friends Meetinghouse, PA Rte 413 (Durham Rd), Wrightstown, PA
• 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 [254]
  • Website of Steve Gillette and Cindy Mangsen
  • Bennington, VT
• ContraCorners.net [264]
  • A useful portal to a variety of dance styles, from contra to swing to International. Also a Links section.
• 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!
• Contradancers.com / Washington, DC [257]
  • A listing of contradances in the Washington DC metropolitan area.
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• Delta Blues [129]
  • Comprehensive online Blues resource. Includes a good list of resources in Pennsylvania.
• Digital Tradition Folk Song Database [238]
  • 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 [255]
  • Wow! Streaming audio; MP3s shared by artists; lots of tablature; CDs, books, DVDs and instruments for sale.
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• 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
• Folk Alliance [241]
  • North American Folk Music and Dance Alliance. Over 2000 members worldwide include presenters, recording companies, and performers.
  • Memphis, TN
• Folk Dance Association [260]
  • Lists folk dance organizations and activities by locality (info may be somewhat dated).
  • Brooklyn, NY
• Folk Roots [250]
  • A monthly journal from the U.K. on folk and world music.
• FolkAlley.com [267]
  • Listener Supported Internet Radio ~ All Folk, All the Time (Folk, Traditional, Celtic, World)
• 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.
• Folklore Society of Greater Washington [192]
  • Concerts, dances, sings, and other events
  • Washington, DC
• FolkMusic.org [242]
  • A comprehensive source for folk and acoustic music resources online.
• Fortissimo Folk Music [196]
  • 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 [243]
  • Lists of house concert presenters and folksingers, and tips on starting up your own house concert series.
• Kiran Wagle's website [261]
  • Pages and pages of contra dance links (a bit dated)
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• Live365.com [268]
  • Listing of internet radio stations playing folk music (among a wide variety of genres). There are links for subcategories of folk too.
• Musi-Cal [244]
  • 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] [253]
  • Weekly contra dances and special events
  • PMB 282, 1770 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge, MA
  • 781-662-6710
• North East Regional Folk Alliance (NERFA) [266]
  • 1539 Pine St, Philadelphia, PA
  • (215) 546-7766
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• Old Time Music & Dance / Chester County, PA [251]
  • 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 [245]
  • Lists old-time music events around the country. "Old-time Musicians Hall of Fame" with bios and soundclips.
• Oxford Hall Celtic Shop [24]
  • 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
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• Philadelphia Ceili Group [202]
  • Concerts and special events
  • Learning Sessions: 4th Fridays, 7-9pm
  • Commodore Barry Club, Carpenter Lane & Emlen St, West Mount Airy, Philadelphia, PA
  • 215-843-8051
• PhillyDance.com / Seven Day Guide [258]
  • 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! [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
• Song Parlor, The [273]
  • 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 [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.
• Sugar in the Gourd: Old-Time, All the Time   [also on MySpace] [240]
  • Comprehensive old-time music resource. Streaming audio of old-time tunes from various artists. News and blog.
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• Ted Crane's National Folk Dance Database [259]
  • Searchable six ways from Sunday.
• What is...? [265]
  • Just a few pages that explain various styles of folk dance...
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• Whole Wheat Radio [269]
  • 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 [271]
  • Washington, DC-based organization supporting folk music and musicians.
  • Washington, DC

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