Folk Music Links

Contents

• Artists
• Folk Radio
• Instruments
• Organizations
• Publications
• Resources

Artists

Here are some of our friends and musical icons:

• Campbell Road—Celtic band whose members hail from Mt. Vernon and Peshastin, WA
• Mark Geisler—Talented singer, violinist, harper, and Pacific Northwest expatriate now living in Colorado
• Tania Opland and Mike Freeman—Multi-instrumental, cross-cultural duo who split their time between Suquamish, WA and Kilkenny, Ireland
• William Pint and Felicia Dale—Traditional maritime music from the British Isles and France with guitar, whistles, hurdy-gurdy, and great voices
• John Renbourn—English fingerstyle guitar wizard
• John Roberts and Tony Barrand—English folk singers and recording artists since 1969
• Harper Tasche—Master of the folk harp, cross-strung harp, bowed psaltery, and recorder

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Folk Radio

• KBCS 91.3 FM (Bellevue, WA)
• KSER 90.7 FM (Everett, WA)

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Instruments

• The Bodhrán Pages (Josh Mittleman)
• The Renaissance Cittern Page (ancestor of the modern Celtic bouzouki)
• The Crumhorn Homepage (Nicholas Lander)
• The Folk Harp (The International Society of Folk Harpers and Craftsmen)
• Alden and Cali Hackmann’s Hurdy-gurdy reference pages
• Over The Water Hurdy-Gurdy Association
• Kelischek Workshop for Historical Instruments (strings, winds, hurdy-gurdies, and more)
• American Nyckelharpa Association
• Chiff & Fipple (formerly The Tinwhistle Table)

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Organizations

• California Traditional Music Society, Tarzana, CA
• Early Music America
• Northwest Folklife, Seattle, WA
• Seattle Folklore Society
• Portland FolkMusic Society, Portland, OR
• Three Rivers Folklife Society, Richland, WA
• Victory Music, Tacoma, WA

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Publications

• Dirty Linen Magazine
• Musical Traditions
• RootsWorld: Music On the Net

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Resources

• Digital Tradition (searchable database with words and music to many songs)
• The Ceolas Celtic Music Archives (information on Celtic music: tune notation, resources, artists, reviews and sound samples, etc.)
• The Early Music Page (Todd McComb)
• World Fusion Music Links Page

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