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Thursday 24 March, 2005 [19:57]
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‘Net radio; looks to be general folk music. |
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Fiddle tutor site, various styles, video is in Windows Media format. [/links/instruments] permanent link |
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As you might have guessed, this site focuses on teaching Irish traditional music on the tin whistle. The beginner tutorials are done in Macromedia Flash, RealAudio/RealVideo, and Windows Media, so you need to have those plug-ins installed in your web browser in order to use the lessons. [/links/instruments] permanent link |
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This BBC site is pretty cool. It’s a Flash-based virtual “session” you are meant to play along with. |
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Another site with a lot of stuff, but the focus seems to be Radio Tradtunes, a streaming ‘Net station. |
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NIGEL GATHERER’S TRADITIONAL MUSIC PAGES
The intention is to provide a resource for lovers of all kinds of traditional and folk music, although the site is heavily weighted towards my particular passion, Scottish music. |
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Pretty huge site. Also selling Irish music CD-ROM tutorials. Would someone who has had time to dig around on this site please write something better about it? |
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If you’re looking for “Paddy punk,” this isn’t a bad place to start. Sweary! |
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Focused on whistle-playing, this site is also a good source of tunes. [/links/instruments] permanent link |
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A nice source of information about different sessions and active discussion forums. Arbitrarily filing this under “Tunes” since it’s also a good source of those. |
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THE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF TRADITIONAL CELTIC MUSIC
Despite the cringeworthy phrase “traditional Celtic music,” there’s quite a lot of interesting information gathered here. |
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The first place I’d go to find lyrics to a folk song. |
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There are over four thousand links on this site. It’s truly mind-boggling. Bands, venues, what have you. |
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THE JOURNAL OF MUSIC IN IRELAND
The Journal of Music in Ireland (JMI) is the only magazine for lively debate and discussion on traditional, classical, jazz and contemporary music in Ireland. [/links/journals] permanent link |
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Irishtunes.net is a free collection of traditional and contemporary Irish dance tunes. Each tune is available as a printable image as well as .abc notation (see the links page for more on .abc.) With this site, I have tried to bring mostly new compositions and rare tunes to the internet, many of which have never been transcribed. |
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WIKIPEDIA ENTRY: MUSIC OF IRELAND
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. |
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SMITHSONIAN FOLKWAYS RECORDINGS
Supporting cultural diversity and increased understanding among peoples through the documentation, preservation, and dissemination of sound. |
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Canada-based journal focusing on many fiddle styles. Some articles available online. [/links/journals] permanent link |
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Welsh record label with a large selection of Welsh traditional music. |
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Roots/traditional/folk/world music mag. [/links/journals] permanent link |
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Featuring a fully interactive flash-built guitar, allowing you to strum and hear guitar chords as well as see the finger positions. Once loaded you can access a database of 1,000+ guitar chords, make your own chords and use the ‘name chord feature to identify them, save them to your personal chordbank, mute strings, put on a capo and more. [/links/instruments] permanent link |
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Lyrics arranged by artist and recording; lots of newer stuff here. |
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Ged Foley is a dynamic musical force whose career spans The Battlefield Band, Jez Lowe, The House Band, Patrick Street, and Celtic Fiddle Festival. He is a gifted singer with an eclectic repertoire of songs, and an engaging stage presence. Ged (Gerard) exhibits both driving energy and great delicacy in guitar playing . A true multi-instrumentalist, he is an acknowledged master of the guitar, and has become a deft and somewhat obsessed fiddler. [/links/artists] permanent link |
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Focus is on bringing touring traditional musicians to Champaign-Urbana. [/links/regional] permanent link |
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Forum and calendar for Irish events, based in Peoria, Illinois. [/links/regional] permanent link |
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Duo out of Peoria, Illinois. [/links/artists] permanent link |
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CO. CHAMPAIGN IRISH TUNE COLLECTIONS ON-LINE
Jerome Colburn’s excellent collection of local favourites in Adobe PDF format. Highly recommended for anyone who can read dots and wants to join in on the Champaign-Urbana sessions. [/links/regional] permanent link |
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Annual pipers’ gathering that has blossomed into a really nice music festival. [/links/regional] permanent link |
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Irish music program on WWHP 98.3 FM, Farmer City, Illinois. You can also listen to it on the Web. |
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A trio based in central Illinois. [/links/artists] permanent link |
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A band based in Bloomington-Normal, Illinois. [/links/artists] permanent link |
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