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Here are some links to what I think are the best places to find folk and acoustic music information on the Internet.

 

HOBER is the finest internet radio station around. Not only do they play great music, they have a beautifully executed web site. I was turned on to it by my accountant, of all people. You can listen to HOBER by clicking the button on the left. Musicians can submit their CDs for airplay (netplay?).

SyndicateUs was created by a group of people frustrated over the time, expense and effort required to enter - and distribute event listings. They are venue owners, web masters and performers - and they've tried to create the best tool we could to simplify our lives. It was born in Michigan - a child of the Ten Pound Fiddle Coffeehouse, it's supporters and talented performers.

The Fiddle Hangout is an active new website developed by Eric Schlange, creator of the popular Banjo Hangout. The site features free discussion forums, blogs, photo albums, MP3 archives, instrument reviews, online lessons, an event calendar, and much more.

MichiganFolkLive.com is a resource for finding live folk and acoustic music in Michigan.

Reviewdigger is a search engine for music reviews, that contains thousands of reviews from manually selected review sites.

Real Lyrics has lyrics for many genres of music, including a lot of popular songs.

Mandozine has a great set of files tablature in Tabledit format. You will need Tabledit's free viewer to view them.

The Acoustic Music Archive is a resource for lyrics and chords songs from the UK.

Trying to find the words to a song? They might be at BestLyrics.net, Sublime Lyrics or maybe at Real Lyrics.

The following list of lyrics servers was submitted to the FolkBiz listserver. I haven't checked out all of them, but I post them here for your convenience:
http://www.mudcat.org/threads.cfm (folk music)
http://www.roughstock.com/cowpie (country western)
http://ingeb.org/folksond.html (international folk)
http://www.execpc.com/~suden (oldies)
http://www.harmony-central.com (info & links of various musical items)
http://lyriccrawler.com (search engine for lyrics- general)
http://sniff.numachi.com/~rickheit/dtrad (digital tradition folk music database)

Affinity Music Nashville had been around since 1957. They can help with promotion.

Mark's Online Music Source is a very nice resource for all things musical.

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Music-Z is an Online Community of Independent Recording Artists Where independent and un-signed recording artists can sell their cd's, offer tracks for download (soon...), and pitch merch.

Folk of the Wood in Alto, NM, is a music store with all kinds of stringed acoustic instruments at what seems to be very good prices.

Oldsongs' Resource Directory for Acoustic Music and Dance focuses on the Capital District area of New York State and a little beyond, and is full of useful information.

Friends of Florida Folk maintains a web site with excellent information for performers who want to tour that state, including booking contacts, radio promotion information and lists of performers playing in the state.

Music Forum for home studio users It might be you need to know about hardware, software, recording and mixing technics.

Brigde Guitar Reviews is an independent organization that reviews new acoustic albums by acoustic guitarists. They write honest reviews for the artists,and hope they benefit from them by selling more albums.

Iowa Acoustic Music has resources and listings for Iowa musicians.

Acoustic Music Across the Pond has some nice resources for touring un the UK, including agent and gig listings.

Jaimé Morton runs the Stick 'em Up Professional Postering and Promotion Service in the Pioneer Valley of Massachusetts. If you need to get gig posters up in the Northampton, MA area, Jaimé can do it. She can also get great hotel deals for travelling musicians.

InterSchminter is a music / environment / pro-peace web site in Wolverhampton, England. Sounds a lot like this one, but it isn't.

Community Arts Advocates, Inc. has a web site that includes info on street performing across the usa and beyond, individual performers including latino, brazilian and african-american artists. I make no claim as to the services offered on the site.

Singer Song: original independent music artists resources is a site with many hundreds of links to musician resources.

Intimate Audio: Web site devoted to intimate musical recordings and self-produced artists. Hosted by Dale Turner (West Coast Editor of Guitar One magazine, GIT instructor, and author). Free guitar lessons (w/TAB & MP3), message board, and loads of DIY music-related info.

Anton's Studio has a wealth of information for sound people trying to get an "acoustic" sound from their equipment.

A friend and I came up with an idea for FARM recently, but someone beat us to it. When I stumbled on this site, I had to add the link.

http://GuitarGalleryMusic.com/ has lots of music instruction books.

Acoustic Musicians Guild is a resource for musicians in the New Jersey Shore area.

AcoustiCafe is a resource for musicians near Pittsburgh, PA

Wildplum provides fan reviews of live acoustic music performances at http://www.wildplum.org/reviews/.

The Indie Acoustic Music Project has reviews of what the site owner considers to be 50 Best Indie Acoustic CDs 1990-2000.

I coordinate the Folk & Acoustic Music Exchange, section of this web site that reviews folk and acoustic music CD's. Another great site for CD reviews is Minor 7th. Minor 7th specializes in reviews of acoustic guitar CDs from many genres: jazz, folk, fingerstyle, new age, rock and blues.

BandShack.com is building up a Musician's Resource for New England. You can find venues, musicians, radio/tv stations, what have you. The site is very well designed and growing.

Another site, one that actually knows that there is a difference between "folk" and "acoustic" music, is Larry Acoustic and Folk Music Page. The site is mainly devoted to the Indiana music scene, but it has much more than that.

D3 Music Learning Network is a community of websites specializing in online music education and 'how to play' music resource files. Streaming video sound, notation and tab files teach ,Guitar, Piano, Flute, Violin and more.

Since 1950 Sing Out! has been publishing information about folk & acoustic performers
The Ultimate Band List has more bands and solo performers listed than you can imagine.
Musi-Cal: Comprehensive listings of concert schedules.
The Folk Project, a folk music and arts organization in Northern New Jersey.
Intermountain Acoustic Music Association is a non-profit, tax-exempt organization dedicated to the preservation, furtherance and spread of acoustic music, including bluegrass, British isles, folk, old-time and related musical forms.
Amazon Radio! WKPN, Bridgeport, CT, has a continually updated list of women's music in western New England. If you're a female performer, check out the site and make sure they get your listings.

Switchboard Home Page is a great way to find people on the 'Net.

Here are some hammered dulcimer resources which were stolen from the The Hammered Dulcimer Page, Hammered Dulcimers, etc., The Kitchen Musician's Hammered Dulcimer Site, Hammered Dulcimer Twisted History, and even Hammered Dulcimer Tee Shirts.

I think that the best festival site is FestivalFinder: Music Festivals of North America.
NEFFA LinkFest: Festivals