This
page links to other traditional music sites and organizations thought
to be of interest to our members. If you have suggestions of additional
links send them to links@fiddlerspicnic.org.
Eastern
Iowa Acoustic Music Venues
The
Mill Restaurant
120 E. Burlington, Iowa City 319-351-9529
http://www.icmill.com
CSPS/Legion
Arts
1103 Third St SE,Cedar Rapids (319) 364-1580
http://www.legionarts.org
The
Sanctuary
405 S Gilbert St Iowa City 319-351-5692
http://www.sanctuarypub.com
Uptown
Bill's Coffee Shop
401 S Gilbert St Iowa City 319-339-0401
http://www.uptownbills.org
KUIN
Radio 90.9 FM
Check out the folk programming with Karen Impola.
http://www.kuniradio.org
Old-Time
Music Links
The
Old-Time Herald
Online version of the magazine
http://www.oldtimeherald.org
The
Old-Time Music Home Page
They won the race for the domain name, they must know what's going
on in old-time music.
http://www.oldtimemusic.com
Google
Old-Time Music Discussion Group:
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.music.country.old-time?gvc=2&hl=en
The Fiddle-L
Listserve
A
searchable archive of fiddle related discussion topics.
http://listserv.brown.edu/archives/cgi-bin/wa?S1=fiddle-l
The Fiddler's Companion
Great resource for history of fiddle tunes.
http://www.ceolas.org/cgi-bin/ht2/ht2-fc/case=yes
The Folk Music Index
Great for locating recordings of specific songs/tunes/performers.
http://www.ibiblio.org/folkindex/
Digital Library of Appalachia
Tons of field recordings, photos, and articles relating to Appalachian
folk life.
http://www.aca-dla.org/
Sugar in the Gourd
On-line old-time music radio station.
http://www.sugarinthegourd.com/
The Appalachian String Band Music Festival
Better
know as Clifftop.
http://www.wvculture.org/stringband/
Minnesota
Bluegrass and Old-Time Music Association (MBOTMA)
Our neighbors to the north.
http://www.minnesotabluegrass.org
Tri-State
Bluegrass Association (TSBA)
Our neighbors to the south.
http://k0bkl.org/music/tristate.htm
Learning
Tunes
The Roots Music Listening Room
Also known as The Junberry collection.
A massive collection of mp3s made from old 78 rmp records.
Includes southern black fidders, blues, gospel, old-time, early
jazz, cajun, Irish, Cape Breton, Mexican, Calypso, and more.
http://www.juneberry78s.com/sounds/index.htm
The
ABC Home Page
ABC is a musical notation system that lends itself well to traditional
dance music. Thousands of tunes are available for download.
http://staffweb.cms.gre.ac.uk/~c.walshaw/abc
http://www.gre.ac.uk/~c.walshaw/abc/index/split.html
Missouri
Fiddling Learn-A-Tune Center
Tune Pages consist of transcriptions of various Missouri-style fiddle
tunes.
http://www.missourifiddling.com/LearnATune_Pages.htm
The
Session
Traditional Irish tunes posted online.
http://www.thesession.org
Hertzler's
Fakebook
A resource for beginning through intermediate fiddle, banjo, guitar,
mandolin and dulcimer players who want to learn traditional music.
http://hetzler.homestead.com
Shape
Note Singing
Early American choral singing style known as The Scared Harp.
http://www.amaranthpublishing.com/ShapeNoteSinging.htm
Max
Hunter Folksong Collection
An archive of almost 1600 Ozark Mountain folk songs, recorded between
1956 and 1976.
http://www.missouristate.edu/folksong/maxhunter/
BluegrassLyrics.com
Fantatic collection of bluegrass and early country music lyrics.
http://bluegrasslyrics.com/
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