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International Resources For Fiddlers and All Acoustic Musicians

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• The 78rpm Record Home Page - A wealth of information and resources for the collector and musician

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• A-1 Record Finders - Find that obscure LP recording.

• ABC Fiddle Player - "Plays ABC tune notation files and displays notes on a fiddle fingerboard"

• ABC Home Page - Learn how to use the effective ABC fiddle music notation system.

• ABC Player - Turns ABC song notation files into playable midi! 

• Accordiona - Accordion resources:  lots-a-links! 

• Accordions for sale NOW on eBay - Up-to-the-minute listings

• AccuTab Publications, Inc. - Bluegrass Tablatures for all the popular Numbers.

• The Acoustic Guitar Store - Guitars, Mandolins, etc., Calgary, Alberta Canada.  Great links and resources, too.

• Acoustic Music Web Tools - Three useful programs from Mark Klan.

• Acoustic Musicians Guild - A non-profit organization for the preservation and advancement of acoustic music. 

• Acoustic Roots - A small music store with a big selection of quality new and used guitars, mandolins and banjos.

• Adirondack Explorer - "A regional newspaper devoted to... the Adirondack Park."

• Adirondacks Today Community Network - A Guide to the Many Resources in and about the Adirondacks.

• Adrian's Music - CBC Radio obscure music show, with archives.  Worth a visit.

• Alabama Bluegrass Music Association - "...promoting bluegrass music in the state of Alabama." Good Links.

• Alkahest Agency - Booking Agents of Atlanta, GA - "Since 1886"

• Nolan Bruce Allen - & The LONE STAR WESTERN SWING BAND - NY's King of Western Swing!

• All About Violin Strings - "Strings directly influence the performance of your instrument."  Great Article!

• Alleghany Echoes - Music Workshops at Snowshoe Ski Resort in Marlinton, WV

• Amazing Grace Bluegrass Festival - North Raleigh, in April 

• American Federation of Violin & Bow Makers - Since 1980

• American Folklife Center - Extensive resources and collections from The U.S. Library of Congress.

• American String Teachers Association - Promoting  Excellence  in String  and  Orchestra  Teaching  and Playing.

• America's Shrine To Music Museum - "A National Treasure on the University of South Dakota Campus"

• Anvil Case Co. - "The Pioneer in Protective Transit Cases" 

• Amplify Your Fiddle - A great four pages of USEFUL advice from Joel Glassman

• Appalachian String Band Festival, Camp Washington-Carver, Clifftop, West Virginia, Annually in August 

• Arto's String Calculator - Find the EXACT strings for YOU!

• ASCAP - The American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers

• Chet Atkins, Mr. Guitar - A nice fan website with good information and links.

• Austin Custom Cases - " Worry free protection for your valuable equipment!"

• Autoharp Radio - Good autoharp site by Marc Gunn, autoharpist and bard of the Brobdingnagian Bards. 

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• Band In A Box - A sophisticated program using your computer as back-up.  "Absolutely Amazing...I Love It!"

• Banjos for sale NOW on eBay - Up-to-the-minute listings.

• Banjo Jokes - Canonical List of Banjo Jokes from Phillip Mann's Banjo Website.

• Banjo-L - The premier banjo discussion group on the net.  Great banjo links, too.

• Banjo Newsletter - "America's premier 5-string banjo magazine."

• String Bass.Com - "Thanks for making this the site for bassists!"

• (Talk) Bass - The premier acoustic and electric bass forum on the net.

• Basses for sale NOW on eBay - Up-to-the-minute listings

• Bean Blossom - America's longest-running Annual Bluegrass Festival, June.

• Bear on the Square Mountain Festival - Dalonegah, Georgia - 3rd Weekend in April

• Big Apple Bluegrass - Annual roots music festival, held the second weekend every November, in NYC. 

• Birch Creek Bluegrass Festival - Fountain Green, Utah - In July, Annually 

• Bluegrass.Com - Bluegrass Magazine Online

• Bluegrass and Country Music Association of Italy - In Italian and English.  Good Links

• Bluegrass Australia - Bluegrass & Traditional Country Music Society of Australia.

• Bluegrass Club of Long Island - Jam Sessions Monthly in Lindenhurst, NY

• Bluegrass Country.Org - WAMU (American University) 88.5 FM - Commercial-Free Bluegrass On-Line 24/7

• Bluegrass Europe - Good International Bluegrass and Acoustic Music Links

• Bluegrass Guitar Homepage - If You're "BLUE", This Will Cheer You.

• Bluegrass Unlimited - Magazine dedicated to the furtherance of bluegrass and old-time country music. 

• Bluegrass West - Check out the links, and the complete set of CARTER FAMILY lyrics!

• Harry Bolick's Music Page - Music Clips in Real audio & "The Banjo From Hell."  Fun!

• The Boondockers - "...a High Energy 'Skiffle' band with a heavy emphasis on jazz and comedy."

• Jim Bottorff's Banjo Page - Terrific Play-Along Midi's for ANY Instrument

• Bread and Roses - "...brings free, live performances to people isolated in (San Francisco) Bay Area institutions."

• Brooks Guitars - Terriffic Custom Acoustic Guitar Makers in Devon, UK  Check it out.

• Junior Brown's Homepage - One of the most versatile C/W musicians in the business...does it all!

• Patrick Brown's Fiddle MP3s - Patrick, a.k.a. Paddy O'Possum has some GREAT fiddling mp3s.

• Rolly Brown's Guitar Page - Guitar Lessons by CD and other good stuff

• Jay Buckey Music-"...one of the finest web sites for the highest quality free bluegrass sheet music and tablature..."

• Robin Bullock - Homepage dedicated to the music of multi-instrumental Celtic/folk string wizard Robin Bullock.

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• CKON - 97.3 FM Native Mohawk Radio Station at Akwesasne Serving the Seaway Valley.

• CKUT - Montreal Canada's Only Folk FM Station.  Broadcasting live on the Web!

• The Cahoots - Pioneer Cajun band from the West Coast of Australia.  Great MP3's.

• Cajun & Zydeco Radio Guide - Lists all  Cajun and Zydeco Radio in the USA that can be heard on the internet.

• The Cajun Connection - of New York.  Events & Resources.  Lessez les Bon temps roullez!

• Cajun French Music Association - "Dedicated to promote and preserve French Cajun music and culture"

• Calton Cases - Put your axe in one of these well-made Canadian fiberglass cases.

• The Canadian Brass - "The enthralling sound of a brass choir ...the men who put brass music on the map..."

• The Canadian Grand Masters Fiddling Championship - Information and Schedules

• Canadian Music History - From the The 1998 Canadian & World Encyclopedia by McClelland & Stewart

• Cape Cod Fiddlers - "PLAYING FIDDLE TOGETHER SINCE 1989" - Check out their CD's.

• Capital Area Violin Society (USA)

• Captain Fiddle - "Musical Activities with Performer, Author and Teacher, Ryan Thomson"

• Carrousel Music - "Real Merry-Go-Round & Circus Calliope Music"  CD's and Cassettes for sale.

• CASH FOR CD'S. COM - Sell your unwanted discs for cash.  Free instant quotes.  Listed w/ BBB.

• Catgut Acoustical Society - Merrrrrrrow! ... (silence) 

• CD Baby - "a little CD store with the best new independent music."  They will market YOUR CD!

• Cello and Cellist - a resource of the Internet Cello Society

• Cello City - "The NDCA is a network for the growing field of alternative or non-classical cello."

• Cello, Internet  Society - An international cyber-community of cellists.

• Celtic Festival and Scottish Highland Games - Tucson, Arizona, November 3, 2001 - Includes Fiddle Contest

• Celtic Grooves Imports - "...the very best in Irish traditional music..."

• Central NY Bluegrass Association - Syracuse, NY Area Group.  Nice informative website. Local Events, Too.

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• CEOLAS - The largest repository of Celtic music information & links

• Champlain Valley Folk Festival - Burlington, VT - August 

• Charles Dancla String School (Uk)

• Les Chauffeurs à pieds -"Reels, jigs, waltzes, hornpipes, brandys and songs from the French-Canadian repertoire."

• CIARM - Interuniversitary Center of Acoustics and Musical Research (Bologna - Italy)

• CIMCIM - International Committee of Musical Instrument Museums & Collections

• Circus Music - The South Shore Circus Concert Band.  Good Circus Links.

• Classical MIDI Archives - Like it says...

• The Classical MIDI Connection - Like it says...

• Classical and Operatic MIDI Files -  Like it says...

• Classified Musical Items For Sale - Listings on this Website A FREE SERVICE

• Vasser Clements - A great American fiddler

• Colorado Case Co. - Custom case covers and gig bags.  "If you can trace it, we can case it!"  

• Columbia Basin Dutch Oven Society - "...sponsors and participates in several events throughout the year..."

• Composite Violin Bow Reviews - A thorough review by Andrew Victor.  Very Informative.

• Concord Musical Supplies - "Serving the professional musician since 1979"

• Contra Dances In The Portland, OR Region - Many listings

• Cotton Music Center - Nashville, Tenn.  New, Used, Buy, Sell - Quality Acoustic Instruments

• Country Connections - An on-line magazine "Keeping You In Touch"

• Country Legends Association - "LEADING CLASSIC COUNTRY MUSIC TO THE FUTURE"

• Country Standard Time - The online magazine of Country Music.  Amazing C.M. links! Worth a very long look.

• Country Strings Music - The mandolin, guitar, banjo, dobro, and fiddle store, Grand Saline, Texas  

• Cowboy.Com - Everything Cowboy...  Poetry, Music, Etc. "The Western Connection"

• Cowboy Joe's Radio Ranch - Absolute Center of the Western Swing Universe.  So many links, so little time... Ah-Ha! 

• Cowpie Song Corral - 1000's of Country Tune Lyrics; #1 on the web.  Sign up for their nice newsletter.

• Crockett Area C of C in Houston County TEXAS Annual JUNE Fiddle Festival

• Custom Pearl Inlay - Fantastic craftsmanship by Dave Nichols, He does Martin Guitar's custom inlay! 

• Cybergrass - "The Internet's Best Bluegrass Music Source." Great midi files, super B-G links!

• The Cyber Hymnal - Words to over 24,000 Christian hymns & Gospel songs, many with midi.

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• Dave's J.S. Bach Page

• Dawson City Music Festival - Dawson City, Yukon, Canada - 2nd from Last Weekend in July, Annually. 

• Deep Grass - Bluegrass Discussion Forum in the Deep South, USA

• Deleware Frends of Folk - "Nonprofit org. dedicated to furthering the cause of folk music and folk musicians..."

• Diatonic Harmonica Reference Website - "...almost everything about the diatonic harmonica..."

• Dick's Country Store and Music Oasis - "Guitars, Guns, and Groceries - The Crossroads of the World"

• Dictionary of Musical Terms - From Fortissimo - Just in case you were absent from class that day.

• The Digital Tradition - 1000's of  Song lyrics, Many with musical scores.

• Dillon Music - Woodbridge, NJ "...one of the largest selections of new and used brass instruments in the world." 

• The Dixieland Jazz Mailing List - Dealing exclusively with the discussion of America's original art form.

• Django-Style Chords - This site is in French, but the 75 tune jazz-style chord charts aren't.

• Dr. Guitar - Full service music store and guitar service facility located in Watertown, NY.

• Double Stop Fiddle Shop and Music Hall - "The most happenin' place West of the Mississippi"

• The Dukes of Dixieland - One of America's Foremost Dixieland Jazz Bands, Since 1947

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• Early Music MIDI Files from Curtis Clark

• Early Music on MIDI - You've got to set your alarm to get ahead of this website!

• The Early Music Shop - London, UK. The largest single source of early musical instruments worldwide.

• The Edinburgh Highland Reel and Strathspey Society (Scottish Fiddle Music)

• Elderly Instruments - Buy, sell, trade new and used instruments.

• Em-Bee Ideas - Home of the Poly Music Stand...Inexpensive and in 3 sizes.

• Entourloupe - French-Canadian Traditional Ensemble

• Erie Canal Cloggers - Traditional Dance Group Based in Jordan, NY

• Ez Folk.Com - Richard Hefner’s instructional site for banjo, folk guitar, and ukulele.

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• Fiddle Farmers - "Everything you always wanted to know about fiddling but were afraid to ask."

• Fiddle Festival Crockett, TEXAS C of C - Every JUNE 

• Fiddle Fire -  Fiddle Repair, Custom Staining and Refinishing by Lee H. Turner.

• Fiddle Fork - A New and  Useful Online Fiddle Community.  CHECK IT OUT!

• Fiddle (Violin) History - A scholarly overview by Karen Eastburn.

• Fiddle Net Links - Nearly 500 Fiddle-Related Links! The only fiddle links resource on the web as big as this one.

• Fiddle-L - The Premiere Fiddle Mailing List & Archives

• Fiddle-L Anthology - A collection of 88 MP3's from Contemporary Fiddle Masters - Free Downloads!

• Fiddletunes.net - MP3's to Listen to, Files to download, And some basic charts for instruction.

• Fiddle Tunes of the Old Frontier - The Henry Reed Collection, US Library of Congress

• Fiddler Magazine  - Good magazine, good links.

• The Fiddlers Database - 100's of listings from the Fiddle Web

• Fiddlers 3 - This is a Hamilton, Ontario family group performing traditional Canadian Celtic-folk music.

• The Fiddlers Three - Featuring J. C. Owens, South Carolina's Heritage Award winner for the year 2000.
  The Fiddler's Companion - 55,000 songs!  I kid you not.  If you don't believe me, count 'em! 

• Fiddle Contest Directory - From the folks in Weiser, Idaho

• Fiddlers' Hall of Fame of TEXAS - Includes Texas State Fiddle Championship

• Fiddlers of the Genesee - "...a non-profit music club...of the Genesee Valley (Rochester) in Upstate New York."

• The Fiddlers Tour - A year-round, weekly, Traditional Music acoustic jam session in the Albany, NY area.

• Fiddle Stick - A US-Made Fiddle for $50?  Well... SORT of.  Check it out!  Also- The SlapStick Bass.

• Fiddles for sale NOW on eBay - Up-to-the-minute listings

• Finnish Folk Music - Finnish folk music is taking the world by storm.  Excellent resources here.

• First Generation Radio Archives - "Preserving Radio's Past for the Future"

• First Quality Musical Supplies - Good source for instruments and accessories.

• Fishman Acoustic Power - "Pickups & Electronics for Acoustic Amplification"

• Flatpicking Guitar Magazine - Flatpicking & Acoustic Guitar

• Flatpicking Tablature Database - From Jim Brown: "The largest Collection on the Web" Extensive!

• Flatpick-L -The #1 online discussion list for guitar flatpickers.

• Florida Old Time Music Championship - Annual Festival in Early April - Dade City, Florida

• Folk of the Wood - A new online music store.  New and used instruments.  Trades accepted.

• The Folk Project - A Northern N.J. Non-Profit Promoting Folk Music and Dance.  Great Links!

• Franklin County Fair at Malone, NY - One of the nicest -and oldest- county fairs in the Northeast.

• Herschel Freeman Agency -Setting up North American tours for Ethnic, Folk and World Musicians since 1980.

• Frog Bridge - Including Gretchen Koehler and Beth Robinson.

• Front Line Music - "NO FRILLS - NO GIMMICKS - LOW PRICES" Kingston, Ontario, Canada

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• The Galpin Society - For the Study of Musical Instruments

• Gary's Collection of Bluegrass Song Lyrics and Links - Includes Bluegrass Gospel Lyrics, too.

• GEMM - Find any type of recorded music, new of used, anywhere in the world!

• Genius Loci Music - MIDI

• The Gibson Brothers - "This is good music: intense, soulful, technically exciting -- it's damn near perfect." From NNY!

• Gibson Musical Instruments - Did you know that company founder Orville Gibson was born in Northern NY?

• Johnny Gimble's Swing Week - A camp for musicians.  July ,Taos, NM

• Johnny Gimble's World of Texas Swing - The undisputed fiddler-king of the western swing genre.

• Joel Glassman - "Amplify your fiddle" -   four great pages of USEFUL advice 

• Steve Goldfield's Page - Good discography of old-time recordings.

• Debra Goodchild - Songwriter ~ Performer in Ellenburg, NY

• The Good Deale Bluegrass Shoppe - "Dealing in all things Bluegrass" Deale, MD

• Skip Gorman's Page - Old time cowboy fiddler

• Gotta Dance - Website "about ongoing local dance gatherings..." in the Albany, NY area.

• Govan Old Tyme Fiddle Festival and Contest - Govan, Saskatchewan, Canada, in July.

• Neil Graham Custom Harmonicas - "Custom Harps For The Serious Player" in Australia.

• Grand Lakes Festivals - Grove, Oklahoma - Featuring Several Summer Festivals

• The Grand North American Old Time Fiddle Championships -  July, in Redwater, Alberta Canada

• Great Bluegrass Songbook - Well over 1500 bluegrass lyrics in an easy-to use format.

• Grand Old Opry - WSM Radio, 650 AM, Home of the Nashville's Classic Country Music Show

• Mitchell Grobb - A young Manitoba fiddler with the likelihood of a fine musical career ahead of him.

• Gryphon Stringed Instruments - Palo Alto, CA Dealer and Repair Shop.  Excellent Inventory.

• Guitar, Classical - Eduardo Barrientos' page for those people who like and play classical guitar. Terrific midi's!

• Guitar Foundation of America - I Didn't Know Guitars Needed to Wear foundations...

• Guitar Gallery - "We specialize in the sale of fine acoustic stringed instruments...mainly, high end, hand made..." 

• Guitar History - Read how the guitar descended from the ancient lyre, by Eduardo Barrientos.

• Guitarmaker - Association of Stringed Instrument Artisans.  Publishers of Guitarmaker Magazine.

• Guitar Notes - The premier source for guitar information on the net.

• Guitar Parts USA - Sells high quality low cost repair and replacement guitar parts for Fender & Gibson copies.

• Guitars for sale NOW on eBay - Up-to-the-minute listings

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• Han's Irish Bouzouki Homepage - Devoted to the traditional Irish oversized cousin to the mandolin.

• Hardanger Fiddle Assn. of America - Traditional Norwegian fiddle, folk music and dance resources.

• Bill Hardy - Performing on Cape Cod and over the bridge for nearly thirty years

• Harmonica Central - "Jon Gindick is America's foremost teacher of the blues harmonica." - B.B. King

• Harmonica Links - By Harmonica Pro Glenn Weiser.  Check out Glenn's Main Page, too.

• Harmonica Links from JT30 - AMAZING!  Check out their HOME PAGE, too.

• Harmonica.Org - Clearinghouse for all things harmonica

• Harmony Central - Incredible Midi links and Resources

• The Harp Haven - Resources for all things Harp (Stringed Harp)

• Harp On - Harmonica Resources

• The Music of Jeff Harrington with PostScript scores

• Hawkesbury,  AUS. National Fiddle Festival - Down-Under, Mate! in March.

• Donna Hebert - Franco-American Music & Contra Dance Fiddling

• Heptune Classical Jazz and Blues Lyric Page - An Impressive Collection of Lyrics and History from pre-1948

• Ivonne Hernandez - One of Canada's hottest young fiddlers

• Home Remedy - "Your Prescription for Bluegrass, Western & Gospel Music" 

• Hot Frets - "A new and innovative approach to online guitar instruction."

• Houston County TEXAS Crockett Area C of C in Annual JUNE Fiddle Festival

• Hummingbird Centre For The Performing Arts - Toronto Canada.  Check Schedule for Current Performances.

• Hurdy-Gurdy - Matthew Szostak's Hurdy-Gurdy Page

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• Indiana Fiddlers' Gathering - Festival at Tippecanoe Battlefield Park, Battle Ground, Indiana.

• Intermountain Acoustic Music Assn. (IAMA) - "... dedicated to... preservation,... and spread of acoustic music...", 

• Intermusica - Tulip Art Connection (Netherlands)

• The International Academy of Arts (Belgium)

• International Bluegrass Music Association - Bluegrass Resources Aplenty

• International Society of Bassists - Everything Bass

• International Violin, Ltd. - Supplying quality stringed instruments, luthier supplies, & etc. for over 66 years.

• Internet Music Notation System - A new plain-text based method.  EXCELLENT!!

• Items For Sale - Listings on this Website A FREE SERVICE OF THIS WEBSITE.

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• J & S Music Center - Emmaus, PA music store with great deals.  Check out their "junkyard".

• Mr. Jack Daniel's Original Silver Cornet Band - A premier traditional brass band.  Wonderful!

• Jam Sessions in Southern New England - A comprehensive list from Matt McConeghy.

• Jazz Gazette - "Information and contact magazine for New Orleans jazz and other traditional jazz styles buffs"

• Jazzstrings - Marc Chung's jazz for string players resource page.

• J.C.'s ABC Tune Finder - 50,000 Songs! In Fiddle ABC Notation & MIDI

• Joe's Virtual Music Shop-"#1 Harmonica Retailer in the world." Good deals on a full line of other instruments, too.

• Walt Johnson's Custom Cases - Mostly horn, but also Guitar and Custom One-Offs.  Superior Craftsmanship!

• Tommy Jordan - "Life is complicated, but interesting!" Well-done website.  Solid links and great lyric downloads.

• Judicael Strings - Hand-made stringed instruments and expert repairs, located in Yorkshire's West Riding, UK 

• Jug Band Music Society - "Taking Jug Band Music to the New Millennium."

• JULIAN the Hospitaller - Patron Saint of Fiddlers and Wandering Musicians, also of Murderers...really!

• JUNE  Fiddle Festival - Crockett, TEXAS C of C

• The Just Intonation Network - Information about Alternative Tunings

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• Kaman Musical Instruments - Makers of Ovation Guitars, and many other brands.

• Kantele & Jouhikko - Beautiful traditional Finnish harps and fiddles by Gerry Luoma Henkel of Minnesota.

• Steve Kaufman's Flatpickers Page - Sign up for Steve's free newsletter/catalog

• KC And Newgrass Review - "Traditional and Contemporary Bluegrass and Bluegrass Gospel."

• Fred Kelly's Thumbpicks - Custom made picks at a reasonable price

• The Klezmer Shack - Klezmer bands, links, info.  So, what is klezmer? Oy!  Why ask?  Find out quick with a little click!  

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• Lark In The Morning - World Musical Instruments, Books, Recordings and Videos

• Mark LaVoie's Super Harmonica Site - Home of the "Harmonica Holy Grail"

• Tom Leadbeater's Site - "One of Nova Scotia's finest traditional vocalists."  Home of the "Don Messer Tribute".

• Library Of Congress Tribute To Henry Reed - Plenty to see and listen to here. Your tax dollars in action.

• Library of Congress Sound Recording Archives - An Amazing Collection of Musical Resources

• Lime Hollow Boys - A Party-Band Trio Featuring a Rich Mix of Old-time, Swing, Fun & Nostalgia. Based In Northern NY

• Living Traditions - Home of "Klezcamp" and a great source of Klezmer (Yiddish) Music and Culture Information.

• THE LONE STAR WESTERN SWING BAND featuring Nolan Bruce Allen - NY's King of Western Swing!

• Lute Society of America - devoted to the lute and its music.

• The Luthier's Collection - "Our Goal is to provide you with the best guitars being built by today's masters."

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• Madrid, NY Annual Bluegrass Festival - Every June on the Beautiful Grasse River!  GREAT!

• Maine Fiddle Camp - Every June 

• Mandolin Brothers - One of the largest dealers in the world of vintage, new and used American fretted instruments.

• Mandolin Cafe - All mandolin, all the time!

• Mandolins for sale NOW on eBay - Up-to-the-minute listings

• Mariachi Festival - Great links to Mariachi music festivals and other Mexican music and cultural  resources.  Bueno!

• Maritime Fiddle Festival - Dartmouth, Nova Scotia Canada, July.

• C. F. Martin Guitars - "Home of the Martin Guitar Company and Martin strings."

• Massena, NY Chamber of Commerce - Home of the renowned Folklife Festival of the North Country each August.

• Matt Mcconeghy's Page - A SUPER Collection of Links!

• The Mercantillers - A Folk and Bluegrass group based on the sunny, tropical, isle of Manhattan.  Har!

• Michigan Fiddlers Association - Website with schedule of group's events and message board.

• Mid-Continent Music - Bluegrass, Roots and Acoustic Music on tape and CD's

• Musical Instruments Makers' Forum - a forum for musical instrument construction, design and repair

• Minidisco.com - Record your music on minidiscs.  Buy what you need here.

• A Tribute To Bill Monroe - By Evan N. Reilly

• Dwight Moody, Fiddler - Listen to "Fire On The Mountain" by North Carolina Fiddler Dwight Moody.  

• Mountain Music - Store & Repairs in Beautiful Old Forge, NY -"Serving the Acoustic Music Community for over 30 Years"

• Mountain Music in the Ocean State - November - Pawtucket, Rhode Island

• Mountain Stage - West Virginia Public Broadcasting's live performance show of acoustic music from all genres.

• Dan Mozell's Music Page - Celtic Guitar and some good links.

• MP3 Resources - A listing of freebies from Jumbo.com

• The Mudcat Cafe - Folksong Database

• Murray's - "The agency of the champions."  Canadian website with great artists, events lists, and solid links.

• Muse - Music Editing Software Program (Shareware from the U.K.)

• The Music Barn - "Bringing Back Musical Memories" Source for hard-to-find recordings. 

• Music Folk - A St. Louis, MO music shop. "Our focus is acoustic and folk instruments and accessories." 

• Musical Items For Sale - Listings on this Website A FREE SERVICE.

• Musical Instrument Jokes - A fine collection from the music department of Didcot Girls School in the U.K.

• Music Machine.Com - "The World's Biggest Music Software Site."

• Music Shareware - A listing of music resources from Downloads.com

• Music Shareware - A listing of music resources from Jumbo.com

• Music Shareware - A listing of music resources from Twocows.com

• The Music Teachers' List - Find a teacher for your instrument in your area using this sophisticated data base.

• Musica Cubana - Cuban music resources.  Plenty of links.

• Musicians And Injuries - Instrumental musicians are a special risk group for repetitive motion injuries.

• Musician's Friend - Thousands of musical products from more than 500 different manufacturers.

• Myriad Software - Multilingual musical software from France.  Much UNIQUE shareware and trial freebies.  Tres Bon!

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• Nashcamp - 2 week-long fiddle camps in June in Nashville, Tenn.

• National Endowment For The Arts - Funding available for arts through national, state and local funding programs.

• National Traditional Country Music Association - "...dedicated (to) old-time and traditional country and bluegrass"

• Nationaal Muziekinstrumentenfonds (Netherlands)

• National Old Time Fiddle Contest & Festival - in Weiser, Idaho

• Native American Music Site - Many links to Native music resources.

• Nebraska Humanities Council - "Cultivating an understanding of our history and culture"

• Willie Nelson's Website - Everything "Willie".  Shameless self-promotion.  Help Willie pay his taxes.

• Net Instruments - Online classified ads for buying and selling musical instruments.

• New England Fiddle Festival - Hartford, Connecticut 

• New World Festival - Randolph, Vermont.  French-Canadian & Celtic.  Wow!

• New York State Fair - Syracuse, NY Late August to Labor Day Every Year

• New York State Old Tyme Fiddlers Association  - Includes North American Hall Of Fame & Museum

• New York State Old Tyme Fiddlers Association, Central Chapter - Central NY Musical Events

• Dave Nichols Custom Pearl Inlay - Fantastic Craftsmanship from the Man who does Martin's Custom Inlay Work.

• Norfolk, NY - Hometown of the Association of North Country Fiddlers (That's Us!) 

• North American Fiddlers Association - "The Fiddle Bum Fraternity"

• North American Fiddlers Hall Of Fame & Museum - Osceola, NY 

• North Cascades Fiddle Contest - "The funniest fiddle contest in the Northwest." Aug. 26 In Winthrop, Washington.

• North Country Community Contra Dance Series - Promoting regular Contra Dances in Northern NY 

• North Country Now - 100's of links to the resources of beautiful Northern NY.

• Northeastern Indiana Suzuki Guild (USA)

• Northern Music and Video - "If it's hot, we've got it!"  Northern NY's premier music store.  

• Northern Virginia 4-H Educational Center - "A Conference, Educational and Retreat Center" - Music Camps

• The Norwood Brass Firemen - Your webmaster's other band; 1984 Official Band at Sarajevo Winter Olympics.

• Martin Norgaard's Jazz Fiddle Page - Like The Name Says...

• North Country Access - A website devoted to the resources of Northern NY.

• North Country Public Radio - WSLU / NCPR serving NNY from St. Lawrence University, Canton, NY

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• Mark O'Connor's Website - Biography, Discography, Fan Club, Merchandise, Fiddle Camp

• Oklahoma International Bluegrass Festival at Guthrie, OK  October 

• Old Fiddler's Convention -  60+ Years Annual at Galax, VA, August

• The Old Time Fiddlers - Equinunk, PA Group with the mission: "Performance & Education"

• Old-Time Fiddlers Forum - "...a place where fiddlers and fiddle fans can post messages to each other..."

• The Old-Time Herald - The Magazine of Old-Time Music

• Old-Time Music Home Page - Devoted to Old-Time Music.  Includes O-T Fiddler Hall of Fame

• Old-Time Music Midi Archive -  A Very Impressive Collection of Fiddle Midi's By Ed Hetzle                   

• The One Stop Fiddle Shop - Your single source for fiddle supplies... Halifax, NS, Canada

• Online Guitar Archive (O.L.G.A.) - "...a library of files that show you how to play songs on guitar." EXCELLENT!

• Opstapel - (Belgium)

• Oregon Old Time Fiddlers Association - Lots of good information & events for fiddlers in and around Oregon.

• ORPHEON - Museum of Historical Musical Instruments (Austria)

• Ottawa Valley Bluegrass Association - Canada's Premier Bluegrass Club.  Includes SUPER info. and links!

• Otter's ABC Page - Lots of ABC Fiddle Notation Links

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• Park City International Music Festival -Park City, Utah

• Ralph Patt's Jazz Web Page - Chord Changes to 400 Jazz Standards in Ralph's Free Online "Vanilla Book".

• Performance Anxiety - Advice from David Leisner on overcoming this common concern.

• Performance Anxiety - Advice from Bryan Edgett as applied to Trumpet, but good for anyone so concerned.

• Petimar Press - "The finest in instructional materials for fiddle and mandolin."

• Stacy Phillips' Fiddle & Dobro Page - Nice page and some useful links

• Polka Radio - WTKM AM/FM/WEB Radio from Hartford Wisconsin.  Great Polka Music STORE, too.

• Popular Songs in American History - 17th, 18th, 19th & early 20th Century historical songs in midi, with lyrics.

• Brendan Power: Harmonica Pro. - Find info., photos, music clips, custom harmonicas, etc. not available elsewhere.

• A Prairie Home Companion - Garrison Keillor's Public Radio Weekly Variety Show. 

• Printable Staff Paper Page - Staff and tab sheets for most needs.  Useful and free!

• Pro Tools - Free Downloadable Multitrack Digital Recording Software from Digidesign

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• Quality Used Musical Items For Sale - Listings on this Website A FREE SERVICE.

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• Radio Waves International (R.W.I) - A Shortwave Country Music Station from France.  Good Free Radio Links.

• The Ragtime Page - Jeff Powell's masterfully-done Midi's of 61 Scott Joplin Compositions

• RainSong Guitars - An Hawaiian company producing amazing graphite fiber guitars to rival Martins.

• Raw Brass - "The Trumpet Player's Gateway"

• The Jerry Reed Official Website - "This e-mail stuff is new to me but I will try to answer...as best I can."

• The Red Hot Jazz Archive - "A history of jazz before 1930".  Super audio and video file archives of the jazz giants.

• Chris Ricker's Page - Canadian Fiddle with tunes & mp3's

• Riverwalk, Live From The Landing - Popular P.R.I. radio program featuring the Jim Cullum Jazz Band.

• Gamble Rogers Tribute Page - "...keeping alive both the memory of Gamble Rogers and his music and stories..."

• Derek Roberts Violins - Great Step-By-Step Series on Making a Violin By Hand

• Rocky Mountain Fiddle Camp - August 

• Roughstock.Com - The number 1 Country & Western Music presence on the internet.

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• The Santa Clara Valley (CA) Fiddlers Association - Dedicated to the preservation of traditional music, as played on the fiddle and other acoustic stringed instruments.

• Santa Fe Trails Bluegrass Festival - May, in Kansas City, MO.

• St. Lawrence County NY Chamber of Commerce - Where we live!

• Seattle Folk Dancing - A comprehensive listing of ALL dance genres in the Seattle, Washington area.

• Scheral & Roth Violins - Quality Violins from the Manufacturer, Also links to other UMI Instruments.

• Robert Shafer's Telecasters & Flatpickers Page - A picker's delight, and interesting links.

• Shar Products Company - "Serving String Musicians Since 1962"

• Shertler Audio Products - High quality pickups for acoustic instruments.

• Short Mountain Music Works - Player Pianos, Orchestrions, & Fairground Organs, Rebuilt and Manufactured.

• Shubb Capos - And other musical accessories.

• Silver Bush Music - Instruments From Around The World.

• Sing Out - Organization dedicated to the preservation of the folk tradition.  Also publishes Sing Out Magazine.

• Sliding Scale Music - (Formerly Slippery Slope Productions) Compositions of Michael Mendelson & friends.  

• Sound Professionals - Supplying equipment for professional and amateur recording.

• Southwest Strings - Instruments and supplies for serious amateurs and professional players.  Good links, too.

• Orrin Star - "Brooklyn Bluegrass Maestro...Hot Licks. Cool Tunes. Big Grins."

• Stewart-MacDonald's - "Tools and supplies for fretted instrument building and repair." Excellent!

• STOLEN INSTRUMENT LIST - From Mugwumps. 

• Stradivarius Violin - Could the one YOU have be worth REAL MONEY?  Ya, RIGHT!  A great article by Michael Vann.

• Strings and Beyond - "You Pick 'em, We Ship 'em! " Located in Matthews, North Carolina.

• Sturgeon Falls Fiddle and Step Dance Festival - Sturgeon Falls, Ontario, Canada, August.

• Summersongs Songwriters Camp - August at Ashokan Field Campus, Olivebridge, NY

• S.V.I.T. - Swedish Violinmakers Italian Tradition  

• S.V.L.G. - Sacramento Valley Luthiers Guild

• Swedish Fiddle Site - Lennart Sohlman´s Swedish Fiddle Site, in English.  ABC and midi formats.

• Swedish Folk Fiddle Tunes - The website is all Swedish, but the midi tunes are wonderful.

• Swedish Folk Fiddle Tunes - Another site, also in Swedish, with standard notation and midi for each tune.

• Syracuse Country Dancers - Contradancing in Syracuse NY

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• TAUNY - Traditional Arts in Upstate NY

• Tenor Banjo Website - An excellent collection of international links from Sweden.

• SonnyBoy Terry - "Authentic Texas Blues 'n' Roots Music" Great Blues Links.

•  Crockett, TEXAS C of C Annual JUNE  Fiddle Festival

• Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys - A Great resource page by Robert Bishop -  Ah'-Ha!

• Theremin Links - Explore this hauntingly beautiful "Pioneer Synth"

• The 13th Fret - "The world's most popular acoustic guitar discussion forum."

• Thirty Below - Quebec, Canada fiddlers & resources.

• Benny Thomasson Homepage - Facts and stories about the Texas Style Fiddle Innovator.

• Thousand Islands Bluegrass Assn. - Bluegrass among the 1000 Islands of Northern NY

• Ticketmaster - Buy tickets for concerts, etc. online.  Check the website for listings of the many events and dates.

• Ticket Web - Buy tickets for concerts, etc. online.  Check the website for listings of the many events and dates.

• Timber Ridge Bluegrass Band - "...the band members have a firm grounding... their vocal work is first­rate".

• Topanga Banjo Fiddle Contest - May- Agoura Hills, California

• Traditional Jazz . Com - Great links from John Petters

• Ernest Tubb Record Shops - "...filling country music fans' needs for over 54 years."  Amazing Recording Source!

• Tucker Station BLUEGRASS BAND - Traditional bluegrass music in Atlanta Georgia. Play your favorites and original Georgia Mountains music.