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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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