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Folk music

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All Music Guide: Guide to music artists, including information on albums, songs, publishing, and biographical information. Searchable by name, album, song, style and label, it encompasses a wide range of musical styles, including rock, country, reggae and folk. Also includes recent music related news.
Author: Matrix Software
Subjects: folk music, music news, musicians, popular music
DeweyClass: 780
Resource type: biography, reference documents
Contemplations from the Marianas Trench: Folk Music of Britain, Ireland and America: Material covers a variety of genres, some of which date back to the 17th century, and represents the cultures of America, Australia, Canada, England, Ireland, Scotland, and Wales. Information on the history of both the songs and artists is included, with a special section dedicated to the work of Francis J. Child. Relevant links and a bibliography are also provided.
Author: Nelson, Lesley
Subjects: folk music
DeweyClass: 781.62
Resource type: documents, sound collection
Digital Tradition Folk Song Database: Searchable database of folk songs containing the words and music to over 7000 songs. Songs can also be browsed by title or keyword.
Author: Greenhaus, Dick
Subjects: folk music
DeweyClass: 781.62
Resource type: index
English Folk and Traditional Music on the Internet: Index of resources including discographies, bibliographies, journals, songbooks, tunebooks and dance collections.
Author: Nail, Martin
Subjects: folk music
DeweyClass: 781.62
Resource type: discography, index
English Folk Dance and Song Society: Information on the society, its publications, educational resources and the library based at Cecil Sharp House, London. News on forthcoming events is also provided.
Author: English Folk Dance and Song Society
Subjects: dance, folk music
DeweyClass: 781.62
Resource type: documents
Finnish Folk Music: Outlines the development of folk music in Finland from its revival in the 1960s to the present day. Covers the music and instruments of the Kalevala culture, the study of folk music, and the role of education in preserving the tradition among the younger generation.
Author: Saha, Hannu
Subjects: finland, folk music
DeweyClass: 781.62
Resource type: documents
Folk Root Netrooting: Folk Roots is a paper-based folk music magazine, which also provides online news and reviews, and a classified index to related Internet resources. This includes artists, newsgroups, and festivals.
Author: Folk Roots
Subjects: folk music, music news
DeweyClass: 781.62
Resource type: magazine, news
FolkLib Index: A collection of folk music resources including bluegrass and old-time music, acoustic blues and fingerstyle acoustic guitar.
Author: Henkle, Douglas H.
Subjects: folk music, jazz music
DeweyClass: 781.62
Resource type: index
Folklore: Electronic version of the journal of the same name, with full text articles available relating to many areas of ethnological research. Topics of interest include comparative religions, cosmology, traditional customs, ethnomusicology, and belief concepts from many countries around the world.
Author: Institute of the Estonian Language
Subjects: customs, folk music, folklore
DeweyClass: 398
Resource type: journal
Insurgent Country: Delivers news, reviews, articles, relevant links, and audio clips pertaining to Americana and country music. Also contains an Americana songbook detailing hundreds of lyrics and chords for songs written by Americana and country music artists.
Author: Settler, Hans
Subjects: country music, folk music, united states culture
DeweyClass: 781.642
Resource type: articles, index
Legends: A learning resource providing links to material dealing with legend and lore. Arthurian and Celtic legends, such as The Ulster Cycle, together with Beowulf, Ballad, and Shakespearean links, comprise some of the information on offer. Full text transcriptions and many images are available.
Author: Kellner, Donald G. & Marmor, Paula Katherine
Subjects: folk music, folklore, literary studies
DeweyClass: 398
Resource type: index
MP3: Collection of free high-quality music in MP3 format, as well as spoken word, and audiobooks. Genres covered include blues, classical, country, folk, dance, electronic, experimental, hip hop, rap, jazz, swing, pop, reggae, ska, punk, rock, and heavy metal. MP3 is a file format which stores audio files on computer so that the file size is relatively small but the sound quality is near perfect. Typically 1 Mb is equal to one minute of music.
Author: MP3
Subjects: blues music, classical music links, folk music, music collections, popular music, rock music
DeweyClass: 780
Resource type: sound collection
Musical Traditions: Online magazine for traditional music enthusiasts around the world.
Author: Stradling, Rod; McCormick, Fred & Summers, Keith
Subjects: folk music, music news
DeweyClass: 780
Resource type: magazine
School of Scottish Studies: Selection of articles from the magazine 'Tocher', available as English and Gaelic texts, or in audio format. Material dates from 1949 onwards and depicts all aspects of 20th century Scottish Ethnology including customs, culture, songs, and tales. Images are also available.
Author: University of Edinburgh School of Scottish Studies
Subjects: customs, folk music, folklore, musicology, scottish culture
DeweyClass: 941.1
Resource type: articles, images
SkreemR Mp3 search: Search engine indexing over 5 million digital music resources in Mp3 format, searchable by title, artist, genre, bitrate and duration. Also includes an FAQ section and allows users to make suggestions for Mp3s to be added to the site.
Author: SkreemR Search Inc.
Subjects: folk music, music, popular music, rock music
DeweyClass: 781.6
Resource type: sound collection index
Woody Guthrie Foundation and Archives: Offers biographical information about the influential communist singer-songwriter and a searchable archive database containing, among other things, hundreds of rare and previously unpublished Guthrie lyrics, writings, and manuscripts. Also provides information on the work of the institution and future initiatives.
Author: Woody Guthrie Foundation and Archives
Subjects: country music, folk music, united states culture
DeweyClass: 781.642
Resource type: biography, documents