Music Resources on the Internet
Folk Music and Festivals Resources
Folk Music and Festivals Resources provides annotated links to folk music commercial listings, folk music scores and lyrics, folk music festivals, performers and groups, and general information about folk music.
I welcome and encourage comments, suggestions, graphics, or Web site ideas, so please let me know.
On this page:
Folk Music Commercial Listings
- American Recordings
- CD Now
- Song of the Sea
A full-service Celtic folk music store and resource, with a FAQ page about folk instruments and a folk group, teachers, and players directory. Well worth the visit to this site.
Folk Music Scores, Lyrics
- Digital Traditions Folksong Database Search Page
Presented by MudCat Cafe. This is a searchable index containing over 6000 folksongs. - Roger McGuinn Folk Den
New folk songs recorded and added here monthly. All songs include a tablature, picture, and descriptive text. Archives of all songs available. Has Real Audio available, too.
Folk Music Festivals
- Australia - National Folk Festival
Held in Canberra, Australia each year. - Australian Folk Festivals
A great listing of Australian folk festivals and contacts for their organizers. - Canadian Folk Festivals
Information on over 50 Canadian Folk Festivals, Canadian Folk Clubs and Venues on the Web, Other Interesting Folkie Places on the Web. - High Sierra Music Festival
Located at Bear Valley, CA (Hwy 4) every 4th of July weekend. - Kerrville Folk Festival
- Musi-Cal
Claims to be the most up-to-date worldwide live music information: concerts, festivals and other musical events. - Strawberry Music Festivals
Located near Sonora, California and Yosemite. Good information about the festival. - KiwiFolk: New Zealand Folk Music
Festivals in New Zealand and much more information.
Folk Music Artists, Performers, and Groups
- Karla Bonoff
Official site. Biography, discography, photos, lyric archives and more here. - The Unofficial Jackson Browne Homepage
This is another fantastic site. Very thorough information here, including albums and lyrics, concert tour and ticket information, and much more. - Bow Triplets
Visit this website to learn about this talented group, read lyrics to some of their ballads, and hear clips of some of their Celtic, Irish folk music. They perform regularly, providing traditional and contemporary intrumentals and ballades, jigs, reels, waltzes and polkas from Ireland, Scotland, New Zealand, England and Sweden. - The Eagles
Official site for The Eagles. Lots of great information here, including shows, lyrics, photos, much more. - Dan Fogelberg
Official site for Dan Fogelberg. Good info here about Dan Fogelberg, his music, concerts and other appearances, song lyrics, albums, more. - The Fabulous Limeliters
Official site. News, photos, concerts, CDs, photos, more. - Tribute to The Limeliters
Harold Wood maintains this wonderful resource about this folk group. - Joni Mitchell
(Official Site) Lots of great info. - Peter, Paul and Mary
(The Official Site) Here is a great site for information about another of my favorite folk groups. There is extensive information here, including lyrics, sound files, chord files, video, much more. - James Taylor
(unofficial site) Lots of great information here about James Taylor. Definitely the best unofficial site for any artist around. See also James Taylor's official Web site.
General Information about Folk Music
- Australian Dance Music
Fascinating site and history of Australian Dance Music. 2/4 Set tunes, 6/8 Set Tunes, Mazurkas, Polkas, Schottiches, Varsovianas, Waltzes, Shows, music scores ,and tells about them. Great site!! - Folk Music Web Ring
This site provides a series of sites pertaining to folk music. If you have a folk music related site, you're welcome to add your site to the listing there and join the ring. - McDonald Strings (formerly Graham's folk things)
Folk music information, sites, instruments, largely of Australia. - Musi-Cal
Claims to be the most up-to-date worldwide live music information: concerts, festivals and other musical events. - KiwiFolk: New Zealand Folk Music
Folk Scene Overview, information about New Zealand, upcoming events, NZ folk clubs and societies, contacts, postal addresses, etc., Kiwi artist information, festivals, instruments, other "folkie" links, folkie humour, and much more.
