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Tunes and Songs
Kerry Whistles
These videos are generally live performance and feature
Lunasa
Kevin Crawford
Michael McGoldrick
John McSherry
Johnjo Kelly
Flook
Dezi Donnelly
One note is that its a page/website made with macromedia flash and doesn't
appear to support standard html (never a nice thing to do). The vids
range from 2 to 6 meg in size.
The Web-Wide ABC Index
This index contains 5969 titles for 5499 tunes.
The Virtual Tune Book
Tunes are now all standardized in Gif 87a format (without transparent backgrounds) to help some people
who had been having printing problems. I am now starting to add some Midi clips to the tunes- a little hokey perhaps,
but useful for people who aren't super sight-readers.
Standard MIDI Files on the Net
This is an extensive list of sites which have standard MIDI files. Standard MIDI files can be used by almost
any MIDI music sequencer, MIDI player or MIDI plug-in.
Over 1,200 Links
Henrik's Traditional Tunes and Songs
Here are a some tunes (.GIF files and Abc format)
Folk Festival and Venues
Festival Finder
A site that offers festival searching.
Canadian Folk Festivals
Information on over 50 Canadian Folk Festivals
Dirty Linen's Events & Festivals List
Instrument Pages
Celtic Guitar
Fingerstyle guitarist Glenn Weiser has written well-received Celtic guitar books and harmonica books,
which are available through this site. He has also contributed articles to Acoustic Guitar, Sing Out!, and
Acoustic Musician magazines.
Whistle Low
The internet guide to the tenor and alto tin whistle
Reference sites dealing with Guitar and Mandolin chords
John Sherman's DADGAD Page
The Mandolin Page
A site for folk music, especially played on Mandolin and Irish Bouzouki
Celtic music instruments
Some of the instrumentation used in celtic music is common, some is quite unique. Here's a brief
description of the main instruments used, with links to other internet resources dealing with each instrument.
Artists
Aisling
Aisling (Aisling is Gaelic for "dream vision") is a Celtic band playing pan-Celtic music including
traditional and contemporary Irish and Scottish music
John Whelan
"The inventive button accordionist continues to reshape the genre. ....it's music with a distinctly Celtic edge."
Time Out New York
Francis Child Ballads
Biography, Lyrics, Tunes and Historical Information
Philip Fogarty
The Philip Fogarty Web Site
The Irish Rock Site
Welcome to the Irish Rock site! This site is here to promote REAL Irish music world-wide.
The bands you'll see here are the best new talent coming out of Ireland today. With previous exports such as U2,
Thin Lizzy, Sinead O'Connor, The Cranberries, Van Morrison, Brian Kennedy, The Corrs (... need I go on?) - you can
be sure that the artists on this site are of the best quality imaginable.
Info On Artists
Here are brief profiles and discographies of some of the more popular celtic musicians and groups of today
and the recent past.
Radio/TV Stations That Play Folk Music
Tartan TV
Tartan TV is a brand new television service featuring Scotland worldwide.
CUIT 89.5 FM
CIUT is Canada's largest campus/community radio station. With over 400 volunteers, 80+ shows, and
15,000 watts of power, we are able to offer a very strong voice to those who may not otherwise get one.
Record Companies and Magazines
SingSong Inc.
This label has more active Newfoundland titles available than any other in the province.
Check out schedules of performers on the label.
The Journal of Music in Ireland (JMI)
The Journal of Music in Ireland (JMI) publishes a range of articles and reviews on traditional, classical and contemporary music in Ireland.
Keltic Times
Keltic Times is a online magazine covering sport,dance,music,events,news and culture from the seven celtic nations.
Bizzare Records
An assortment of all kinds of different music.
Records Labels
A list of record labels and addresses from Dirty Linen
Dirty Linen Magazine
The Magazine of Folk, Electric Folk, Traditional and World Music
Green Linnet Records
The complete Green Linnet Catalog of recordings.
Lismor Recordings / Iona Records
Wonderful World of Traditional Scottish & Celtic Folk Music.
Temple Records
The Scottish Record Label
Windham Hill
Windham Hill is a Northern California-based, independent record company devoted to offering
innovative music
Music Stores on the Net
Irish Country Music
Complete collections of Daniel O'Donnell, Dominic Kirwan, Mary Duff and much more Irish Country Music.
Free delivery UK and Ireland, Worldwide Airmail.
Mountain Made Music
A music store located in Nashville, Indiana who specialize in mountain dulcimers, hammered dulcimers, lap harps, bowed
psalteries, and folk music.
Music in Scotland
Music In Scotland is dedicated to promoting music from Scotland to a world-wide audience.
Hobgoblin Music
Hobgoblin Music has provided folk musicians with otherwise hard to find folk instruments for 20 years,
and has grown to be the largest source in Europe. This Hobgoblin Music Web Catalogue lists over 2000
Traditional, Folk and Celtic Music items, with full colour illustrations of many instruments.
The Irish Music Store
Anothet Irish Music Store on the net
Lark in the Morning
Lark In The Morning is a musician's service founded in 1974 that specializes in hard to find musical instruments,
music and instructional materials.
Other Links
Celtic Wanderer Promotions
From their web page:
We are a music agency dedicated to bringing onto the stage only the best in musical pleasure. We cater for a wide variety
in musical tastes, and as our name suggests, Celtic Music is also available from bands and artists from all the Celtic countries.
Remember, Celtic doesn't just mean Irish.
Rocky Mountain Fiddle Camp
Set in the beautiful Colorado Rockies outside of Denver, Rocky Mountain Fiddle Camp is staffed with musicians who are
highly-regarded for their superb playing as well as excellent teaching.
Gavin's Pages
A page of Irish links
Irish News & Media, Politics, Arts and Literature, Places, Music in Ireland
Just Irish Music Homepage
Another page of Irish links
The ABC Music Notation Language
abc is a language designed to notate tunes in an ascii format. It was designed primarily for folk and traditional
tunes of Western European origin (such as Irish, English and Scottish) which can be written on one stave in standard
classical notation.
Celtic music on the Internet
This is the hypertext version of the list maintained at celtic.stanford.edu and posted monthly to
rec.music.celtic
Gerry Strong sent me this address for
The Irish Music Box
He also sent me this address Celtic Radio
Irish World Music Centre
I hate sites that don't let you use your Back Button.
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