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Subcategories

• Folk Lyrics
• Tune Collections
• United Kingdom

Resources in This Category

• About.com: Folk Music

  http://folkmusic.about.com/
  Provides a discussion forum, articles/ reviews and categorized links.

• Backporch News, The

  http://www.backporchnews.net/
  A weblog for news and information about folk music around the world.

• California Gold

  http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/afccchtml/cowhome.html
  A searchable online archive of a field collection (with recordings, photos, and documents from a variety of ethnic communities) made by Sidney Robertson Cowell in the 1930s in Northern California.

• ezFolk

  http://www.ezfolk.com/
  MP3 hosting for folk and acoustic artists along with educational material for banjo, guitar, ukulele, and harmonica. Over 1,000 MP3s from hundreds of folk artists .

• Folk Music Images

  http://www.folkimages.com/
  A collection of original folk music photos mainly in the North West of England. Also include other resources for folkies in the area - venues, festivals, artist profiles, and links.

• FolkLib Index

  http://www.folklib.net/
  Links for folk music, bluegrass/old-time music, acoustic blues, fingerstyle guitarists, and Celtic harp players.

• International Traditional Music Society, Inc.

  http://www.worldtrad.org/
  Promoting and preserving traditional music. With a large tune database, instrument and country-related links.

• The Folk Den Archive

  http://www.ibiblio.org/jimmy/folkden-wp/
  Roger McGuinn (ex Byrds) carries on the song-collecting tradition on the internet; every month he adds another folk song in digital format with lyrics. Includes description of the project.

• The Traditional Ballad Index

  http://www.fresnostate.edu/folklore/BalladIndexTOC.html
  A database of reference information on folk ballads - offering a brief description, bibliography, and historical background. Onlne and downloadable versions. [California State University, Fresno]

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