Other Cool Sites

Tom Rozum, “Dog Boy, etc.”
mandolinist and source of our wonderful logo!

Links for Things Contra and Folkish
(Updated July 2010)

Gaelic Roots Music Song and Dance Summer School:
http://www.bc.edu/centers/irish/gaelicroots/
Old Songs Festival of Traditional Music and Dance:
http://www.oldsongs.org/festival/index.html
Fall Equinox Folk Music, Dance, & Storytelling Festival:
http://www.ctmsfolkmusic.org/

SOUTHERN ARIZONA:

What’s on in Tucson:

Rhythm & Roots:
www.rhythmandroots.org
Desert Bluegrass Association:
www.Desertbluegrass.org
In Concert! Music Association:
http://www.inconcerttucson.com/
Tucson Kitchen Musicians’ Association:
http://www.tkma.org
Tucson Blues Society:
http://www.tucsonblues.org/
KXCI Community Radio 91.3 FM:
http://www.kxci.org/
Accordion Club of Tucson:
http://www.arts.arizona.edu/accordion/
The Irish Community of Tucson:
http://www.tucsonirishcommunity.com
St. Patrick’s Day Parade of Tucson:
http://www.tucsonstpatrick.com/
Southern Arizona Mountain Dulcimer Club:
Info Page

Performers:

Dave Firestine:
http://www.dave.firestine.com
Camerata Tucson (early music of the New World):
http://www.fortunecity.com/tinpan/guitar/283
Seven Pipers Society (Pipes, Drums, Highland Dancers):
http://www.sevenpipers.org/

Resources:

The Folk Shop, 2525 N. Campbell:
http://www.thefolkshop.com
The Musicianmaker (instruction),
http://www.themusicianmaker.com

ARIZONA:

Phoenix Traditional Music and Dance:
http://www.phxtmd.org/PTMD/Home.html
Arizona Old Time Fiddlers Association:
http://arizonaoldtimefiddlers.org
Folk Happens in Prescott
http://www.folkhappens.org
The Flagstaff Friends of Traditional Music:
http://www.ffotm.net
Arizona Irish Music Society:
http://www.azirishmusic.com/
Welsh League of Arizona:
http://www.welshleagueofarizona.org
Fiddler’s Dream Coffee House (Phoenix):
http://www.fiddlersdream.org

NEIGHBORING STATES:

Dance:

Santa Barbara Country Dance Society:
http://www.sbcds.org
New Mexico Folk Music and Dance Society:
http://www.folkmads.org
Southern New Mexico Music and Dance Society:
http://www.snmmds.org/

Folk music:

San Diego Folk Heritage:
http://sdfolkheritage.org/
California Traditional Music Society:
http://www.ctmsfolkmusic.org/
Southwest Traditional and Bluegrass Music Association:
http://www.southwestpickers.org

OF GENERAL USE:

A Contradance Adventure in Costa Rica :
http://www.puravidadancecamp.com/
Country Dance and Song Society:
http://www.cdss.org
North American Folk Music and Dance Alliance:
http://www.folk.org
English Folk Dance and Song Society:
http://www.efdss.org

New England Folk Festival Association (NEFFA) Linkfest:

http://www.neffa.org/Top/

What Is Contra Dance?:
http://www.sbcds.org/contradance/whatis/ Good article about Contra Dance.:

 Use It or Lose It:  Dancing Makes You Smarter

http://socialdance.stanford.edu/syllabi/smarter.htm

English Country Dance Terms with sound and animation:

The Mudcat Discussion Forum and Digital Tradition song database:
http://www.mudcat.org/threads.cfm
The Ballad Index:
http://www.csufresno.edu/folklore/BalladIndexTOC.html
Folk Music of England, Scotland, Ireland, Wales and America:
http://www.contemplator.com/folk.html
What is Old-Time Music? by Mike Seeger:
http://mikeseeger.info/music.html
Old-Time Music links:
http://www.korrnet.org/jca/oldtime.htm
Ceolas Irish music resource:
http://www.ceolas.org/ceolas.html
[a guide to] English folk and traditional music on the net:
http://web.ukonline.co.uk/martin.nail/Folkmus.htm

A Basic Folk Library (a Mudcat discussion thread):
http://www.mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=16399

Sing Out! magazine:
http://www.singout.org/
Library of Congress, American Memory:
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/
RootsWorld (online magazine):
http://www.rootsworld.com
Musical Traditions (online magazine):
http://www.mustrad.org.uk/
Living Tradition magazine site:
http://www.folkmusic.net/htmfiles/navset3.htm

RECORDINGS, BOOKS, INSTRUMENTS, ETC.:

Andy’s Front Hall – Specialists in Folk, Celtic, World and Acoustic Music:
http://www.andysfronthall.com/
Elderly Instruments:
http://www.elderly.com/
Smithsonian Folkways and Folkways Records:
http://www.si.edu/folkways/
Camsco Music (any folk recording in print):
http://www.camscomusic.com/

USENET DISCUSSION GROUPS: