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John Beevers - fiddler and madolin player for many years mainly with folk bands but has worked on numerous CD’s for country music artists as well. Now fronting the folk rock band Danza, John also performs solo as a wandering gypsy violinist and is soon to bring out a solo album, "Back To Basics" featuring many of his musician friends and including tunes composed by him. Tel/Fax 01484 319512; Mobile: 07976 249465 http://communities.msn.co.uk/jmbeevers
Blazin' Fiddles www.blazin-fiddles.co.uk
Paul Bradley - based in Galway, Ireland. Paul has a new solo fiddle album with guitarist Alan McCartney. Paul's traditional Irish group Dórsais currently recording its second album and is almost near completion. Recorded and produced by Steve Cooney, this album will feature music from the North of Ireland and from some of the rarer collections of Irish Music http://www.paulbradley.org/
Caerketton - a Scottish Ceilidh band with an eclectic touch (and featuring some fine fiddle playing by Stewart Musk and Iain Fraser) have released "The Album". As the promo sheet says "From wild reels to contemplative airs, the music is sensitive to tradition and yet essentially creative". For more info contact: bryan@bryanmac.demon.co.uk
Elan Chalford, fiddle coach:
Learn How to Play Fiddle without Reading Music"
Low cost and no cost fiddle lessons and instruction
"http://www.fiddleguru.com
Pete Cooper - performer, teacher
(children and adults), workshop organizer, author of Mel Bay's
Complete Irish Fiddle Player, Director of the London Fiddle School .
3 Astra House, Mount Pleasant Villas,
London N4 4HB
phone: 020-8340 7760
e-mail: pete@petecooper.com
www.petecooper.com
Robin Garside - solo performer, (for
many years) singer of traditional songs, songwriter, guitarist and
fiddler, website
www.robingarside.co.uk Also the musical arranger and
leader of the Sheffield Traditional Fiddlers Society,
www.sheffieldfiddlers.org.uk, Performs in the Rhythm Chaps
Ceilidh band, http://www.rhythmchaps.co.uk,
Plays and sings with Monkey's Orphan, sea song and shanty band, www.monkeysorphan.co.uk and
teaches folk fiddle at Barnsley College music dept. email: robin@garside.f9.co.uk
Chris Haigh - master of many fiddle styles, compiler of the tune book "Fiddling Around the World" a compilation of 14 different fiddle styles described and compared in detail, with a total of 48 original and traditional tunes for just £12 p&p in the UK. http://www/fiddlingaround.co.uk
e-mail chris@fiddlingaround.co.uk
Heeliegoleerie - Four peice, young folk band. Play mainly Scottish music, with some Irish, Swedish and own compositions. We play pub gigs, ceilidhs, festivals, tutor workshops etc. contact: Eilidh Steel - esteel@rsamd.ac.uk tel: 0141-3320218 mob:07792983517
Carmen Higgins - Fiddle player from
North of Scotland http://www.mesmerist.com/
Alan Jabbour - Learning Old-Time Fiddle Appalachian Style with Alan Jabbour VIDEO: 10 Easy Pieces, an Interview, and Tune Transcriptions. It is published by In the Groove Workshops and is available in both DVD and VHS form (They can do dvd in PAL on request). In the only review thus far, Stacy Phillips praised it in Fiddler Magazine, Vol. 10, No. 2, p. 58. If you have questions, feel free to e-mail or write. Alan Jabbour, 3107 Cathedral Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20008-3420 USA jabbour@myexcel.com
The KilBride Bros from Wales - http://members.aol.com/BJKilBride
Mark 'madfiddler' Knight - Mark 'madfiddler' Knight - performer and composer. Uses mainly 5 string and octave electric fiddles. Currently working on a new solo electric violin album. Has played with Tricks Upon Travellers, K-Passa, Divine Comedy, Blue Horses, Pepe Delux and Massive Attack. Also runs http://www.fiddleforum.com . Website: http://www.madfiddler.co.uk . Email: mark@madfiddler.co.uk
Tom Leary - Fiddle tuition in Warwickshire/Oxfordshire/Northamtonshire. Groups and individuals tought in Irish and British Isles styles. Contact 01295 712707
Judith Linton - Scottish fiddle player with own ceilidh band and agency for Traditional music. www.scottishmusicpromotions.co.uk
Catriona Macdonald - http://www.peerieangel.demon.co.uk/
Alistair McCulloch - Scottish folk musician, recorded his first solo album 'Highly Strung' currently recording a second and working on a tunebook. www.alistairmcculloch.com
The Mellstock Band - music of Hardy's Wessex and beyond. info@mellstockband.com www.mellstockband.com
Kathryn Nicoll - Scottish fiddler - http://www.mesmerist.com/kathryn/index.htm
Nick Pynn - performer, teacher and
multi-instrumentalist in Brighton. Teaches individuals and groups, and
runs the Folk Fiddle adult education class in Hove (now in its 11th
year). http://www.nickpynn.co.uk
Dave Shepherd - performer
(Blowzabella), workshops at festivals etc, individual tuition, teacher
of English and European fiddle styles and repertoire, author of Breton
Dance and Tunebook, co author of Encyclopaedia
Blowzabellica (both Dragonfly). 12 East Street,
Colchester, Essex CO1 2TR phone: 01206 510205
e-mail: david@shepherdfidtradbzb.freeserve.co.uk
Springer Sisters - Carole and Pamela
are multi-talented women from near Tunbridge Wells
http://www.springers.supanet.com e-mail: springers@supanet.com
Eilidh Steel- Vibrant Scottish fiddler - esteel@rsamd.ac.uk tel: 0141-3320218 mob:07792983517.
Swåp - Karen Teed, Ian Carr,
Carina Normansson and Ola Backstom - Swedish, Irish and British fusion. http://www.cutting-tweed.demon.co.uk/swap.htm
Kathryn Tickell - http://www.kathryntickell.com/
Glen Titmus - fiddler and dance caller. 16 Addison Grove, Taunton TA2 6JG, tel. 01823 289 174. http://www.glentitmus.co.uk e-mail: glen.titmus@virgin.net
Jay and Molly Ungar - American
music http://www.jayandmolly.com
Chris Wood & Andy Cutting - http://www.cutting-tweed.demon.co.uk/wac.htm
The Wrigley Sisters - http://www.wrigleysisters.com
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Neil Bagshaw - 52 Cobden Road, Newbold, Chesterfield, Derbyshire S40 4TD. Tel.: 01246 200 570
Barlycorn Concertinas (also violins) - Stoke On Trent Tel.: 01782 851449
Guy Booth - handmade fiddles. 1048
Bolton Road, Bradford BD2 4LH. Tel.: 01274-638308
Paul Bradley - trained
as a violin maker in Newark,England. He is based at 20a a Mill St.
Galway, Ireland.
Ted Brewer - Bowed electric instruments. (0114) 269 1518, http://www.TedBrewerViolins.com e-mail: violin@lineone.net
Bridge Music Instruments - custom made electric violins, cellos and basses. Units 11 and 12 The Hoplands Business Centre, Boston Road, Sleaford NG34 7HZ. Tel./Fax: 01529 415372. e-mail: bridgeinst@aol.com or check out their web page: http://members.aol.com/bridgeinst/
Bridgewood & Neitzert - makers, restorers, dealers of violins, violas, cellos, basses & bows; mail order service for strings, accessories, cases, bow rehairing. 146 Stoke Newington Church Street, London N16 0UH, Tel. 020 7249 9398, Fax: 020 7275 9930
Geoffrey Briggs - String Instrument Repairs - violins, violas, cellos & double bass. Bow rehairs, strings and accessories.Bristol Violin Shop - Neil Hansford and Nicholas Woodward makers and repairers, violins, violas, cellos, bows, specialists in string music. 12 Upper Maudlin St. (Colston St.) Bristol BS2 8DJ. Tel./fax: 0117 925 9990 http://www.bristol-violin-shop.co.uk
Cheltenham Violins - Makes: Violins, Violas, Cellos Sells: Violins, Violas, Cellos, Double basses, Bows, Fittings, Instrument accessories, Insurance. Services: Appraisal, Restoration, Bow rehairing, Repairs. 7 Henrietta Street, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, GL50 4AA England, tel.01242 226969, email: info@cheltenhamviolins.com website: www.cheltenhamviolins.com Proprietor: Christopher Monk
Peter Croll - violin maker. 72 Fellows Road, London NW3 3LJ. Tel. 020 7722 2814 (eve.)
Christopher W. Curtis - maker and repairer. Ilfracombe. Tel.: 01271 867 207
Greenwich Music Shop - 102 Greenwich
South Street, London SE10 8UN
Tel 020 8692 9066. Opening hours: Tuesday to Saturday 10am to
6pm, Instruments, repair and renovation service, and some printed music.
Steve Evans - string instrument
service and repairs. 8 Knowle Road, Leeds LS4 2PJ. Tel.: 0113 275 3454
Andy Holliman - electric violins,
conversions, pickups, classical violins and repairs. 22 Nicholson
St., Newark, Notts. NG24 1RD. Tel.: 01636 77416
JHM Instruments - Scottish luthier specialising in violins and
mandolins. http://www.jhm-instruments.co.uk
Gina LeFaux - 31 Hollins Lane, Sowerby Bridge, West Yorkshire, HX6 2RX, tel. 01422 316961 ; Mobile 07899 773537 gina@lefauxmusic.fsnet.co.uk. Mobile 07899 773537 violins, violas, maker and restorer of instruments for traditional players, also makes and restores Baroque instruments. Bow rehairing and valuations, fiddle lessons (see also under performers).
David Mann - violin maker, strings and accessories by mail order.John Marlow Stringed instruments -
Hand made acoustic & electric violins, etc. Professional
repair service. 1 Syke Grove, Earlsheaton, Dewsbury, West
Yorkshire (01924) 456 058
Stuart Moore - electric violins. 18 Hainault Ave., Giffard Park, Milton Keynes ML14 5PA. Tel.: 01908 217768.
Tim Phillips - violin maker,
strings, cases and bows. Unique instruments. The Mill, Mochdre,
Newtown, Powys SY16 4JL. Tel.: 01686 624 536, e-mail: timsviolins@supanet.com
http://www.timsviolins.supanet.com
Ralph Plumb Violin, viola,
cello maker. WHiteshield House, Dipton Mill Road, Hexham NE46 1RT
e-mail: ralphplumbviolins@hotmail.com
Helmut Rheingans - violin maker
and restorer. 7 Windses Estate, Upper Padley, Grindleford, Sheffield
S30
1HY. Tel.: 01433 631 907
Jim Shiels - instrument dealer. 44 Blenheim Crescent, London W11 1NY. Tel.: 020 7792 1993
Glen Titmus violins - repairs and sells fiddles and bows, plus cases, tune books and accessories. 16 Addison Grove, Taunton TA2 6JG, tel. 01823 289 174. http://www.glentitmus.co.uk e-mail: glen.titmus@virgin.net
Pamela Wilson - Educational and
historical musical instrument consultant, sells musical instruments,
antique, vintage, modern. tel.: 01892 835191
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Allathea Traditional Music Centre - 52 Kirkgate, Wakefield, West Yorkshire, WF1 1TV. Tel.: 01924 385 000
Beautiful Jo Records - musical home of Magpie Lane and Chris Leslie http://www.bejo.co.uk
Carlton Cases - 6 Grove Road, Ash, Aldershot, Hants. GV12 5BD. Tel.: 01252 314 300
Coda Music - "Scotland's specialists in Folk & Scottish Music on CD and tape" (also sheet music) Mail order available. On the Mound, Edinburgh Tel.: 0131 622 7246, Fax: 0131 622 7245
Cogglers Music - 90 Lugsmore Lane, St. Helens, Lancs. WA10 3DL. Tel.: 0744 32628
Culburnie Records - (Alasdair Fraser's record label.) - http://www.culburnie.com
Fellside Recordings - for full catalogue send a SAE to Fellside Recordings, Po Box 40 Workington, Cumbria CA14 3GJ. http://www.fellside.com
Folk Sales (formerly Folk Shop) -
Books on music, song and dance. Derek and Ann Appleing, 55 Arle
Road, Cheltenham, Glos. GL51 8LA. Tel./fax: 01242 692 243
Gog's Music - 6A Vaughan Street, Llandudno, North Wales. (01492) 8766 649
Greentrax Recordings - Cockenzie Business Centre, Edinburgh Road, Cockenzie, East Lothian EH32 0HL Scotland Tel.: 01875 814 155 http://members.aol.com/greentrax/greentrax/htm
Greenwich Music Shop - 102 Greenwich
South Street, London SE10 8UN
Tel 020 8692 9066. Opening hours: Tuesday to Saturday 10am to
6pm, Instruments, repair and renovation service, and some printed music.
Headway Electronics - "The Band"
violin body strap around pickup. http://www.headwayelectronics.com
Hidden Gems - "Scotland's Music Store" 3 Latheron Lane, Ullapool, Scotland IV26 2XR. Tel./Fax: 01854 612 554 e-mail: folk@sms.clara.net http://www.sms.clara.net
Hobgoblin - 4 locations.
24 Rathbone Place, London W1. Tel.: 020 7323 9040
17 the Parade, Northgate, Crawley, Sussex RH10. Tel.: 01293 515 858
30 College Green, Bristol BS1. Tel.: 0117 929 0902
38 Manningham Lane. Bradford BD1. Tel.: 01274 730 750
Mail order: P.O. Box 12, Horsham RH12 4YE 07000 462 462
e-mail: post@hopbgoblin.co.uk
http://www.hobgoblin.com
Little Pot Stove Records - sae for mail order catalogue. John Dalton 213 Nursery Road, Dinnington, Sheffield S31 7QU. Tel.: 01909 569 481 e-mail: jdalton@easynet.co.uk
Dave Mann Music / Nottingham Violin Shop
- 123-5 Mansfield Road, Nottingham NG1 3FQ. Tel.: 0115 947
6911, e-mail: dave@musicmann.freeserve.co.uk
http://www.davemann.co.uk
Mannings Musicals - second hand instruments bought and sold. 75 Westgate, Bradford BD1 2RD. Tel.: 01274 723 539
Minstrels - 38 Sunbridge Road, Bradford BD1 2AA. Tel.: 01274 390847 E-mail: info@minstrels-music.co.uk
Merlin Tune Books - Merlin Music, P.O. Box 115, Preston PR1 8GD
The Music Room - 2 locations:
Main Branch: 35 Bradford Road, Cleckheaton,
West Yorkshire BD19 3JN. Tel.: 01274 879 768
Oxford Branch: 27 Park End Street, Hollybush
Row Entrance, Oxford OX1 1HU. tel.: 01865 249 292
http://www.the-music-room.com
e-mail: post@the-music-room.com
For Mail Order: tel.: 01274 852
020 fax: 01274 852 280
Musical Tradititions - now have the
new CD from the West Virginia University Press sound archives - John
Johnson: Strange Creek Fiddling, 1947. Exclusive UK
availability of this new CD from the good people who brought you the
two volumes of Edden Hammons. Recorded on aluminium disk in 1947 - by
Louis Chappell, three days after he recorded Hammons! - these tunes
are a stunning display of power and grace from one of the most
celebrated Appalachian fiddlers, aged 31 at the time of
recording.
24 tracks of blisteringly hot music and wonderful tunes. Order
your copy now, directly from MT - only £12.00 inc UK p&p.
http://www.mustrad.org.uk/records.htm
Nordisk - imports CDs of
Scandinavian music. nordisk@ivirg.demon.co.uk,
tel. 01524 37381
Orb Music - Eyam Hall Craft Centre, Eyam S30 1QW. Tel.: 01433 630556 (days)
Peak Records - mail order cds, send for catalogue. P.O. Box 200 Belper, Derbyshire, DE56 2ZL
Roots Music - folk and related
recordings, 2 locations.
Unit 2 Black Swan Court, 69 Westgate Road, Newcastle Upon Tyne NE1
1SG. Tel.: 0191 230 2500
9 Derwent Street, Sunderland SR1 3NT. Tel.: 0191 567 0196. Fax: 0191
567 2711. e-mail: rootsmusic@dial.pipex.com
Harry Styles Publications - Tune
books and violin maintenance & repair manuals. Write for
book list. 51 Beddington Gardens, Carshalton, Surrey SM5 3HL,
Tel. 020 8647 4125
Strings By Post - a fast mail order
service for violin, viola, cello & bass strings at discounted
prices. For a copy of the free pricelilst contact: Mrs
Delwen Timms, Strings By Post, 10 Runnymede, Giffard Park, Milton
Keynes
MK14 5QL, Tel. 01908 617892, E-mail enquiries@stringsbypost.com
www.stringsbypost.com
Swedish Tunebooks - Arnberg &
Flodin Musik Dala-Floda. Swedish Folk Music from the villages of
Dalarna - a new collection of tunes from some of Dalarna's villages
with
strong music traditions. Each volume contains up to 125 tunes
with
bowings and ornamentation in an easy to read spiral bound format.
To order: In the UK, tel.: 020 8341 1454. In Sweden
tel./fax: 0046-241-221 13, or 0046-8-618 57 14.
Tartan Tapes - Coming soon, a
web page, and a special label for fiddle recordings called "Foot
Stompin' Records".
http://www.tartantapes.com
Veteran - mail order recordings of traditional music. Write for catalogue; 44 Old Street, Haughley, Stowmarket, Suffolk IP14 3NX. Tel./fax: 01449 673 695. web page: http://www.veteran.co.uk
WildGoose Records - English music. WildGoose at May Cottage, Wherwell, Hampshire SP11 7JS. http://www.wildgoose.co.uk
Wildwood Acoustic - traditional and contemporary acoustic music recordings: PO Box 12, Carnforth, Lancashire LA5 9PD 01524-735-873.
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Anniesland College (Glasgow) -
Course
in stringed instrument repair and restoration. Tel:
0141-357
3969, e-mail
reception@anniesland.ac.uk
http://www.anniesland.ac.uk
Ayr College - offers National Certificate in Traditional Music - Dam Park, Ayr Scotland KA8 OEU, tel. 0800 199 798
JS Arts - intensive fiddle weeks, residential courses, rural South Wales coast - Info: 31 Sidney Road, Staines, Middlesex TW18 4LP. Tel.: 01784 880 937 http://www.angelfire.com/me2/JSARTS/stew.html
Blazin Fiddles Music School - http://www.blazin-fiddles.co.uk
Blyth Valley Music Workshops - Meets Sundays Ridley Park Hotel, Wenslydale Terrace Blyth, 6:30 - 8:30 PM. Contact: A. Lawrence 01670 360 319
Boghill Centre (Ireland) - courses and workshops Kilfenora, Co. Clare, Eire Tel.: (Country Code 353) 065 74644
www.boghill.com
Birmingham Conservatoire - Contact: Prof. Andrew Downes, head Creative Studies Dept. Tel.: 0121 331 5926
Capers Holidays - Not a summer
school
for experts, it's a holiday for people who like to help in organising
their own entertainment. Self catering to Country House
Hotels. http://www.capersholidays.co.uk
Colaisde Ghaidlig na h-Alba
(Scotland's Gaelic College) on the Isle of Skye
Short courses in Scottish traditional music dance and song. Contact
Gavin Parsons Short course organiser, Sabhal Mor Ostaig, Sleat, Isle of
Skye IV44 8RQ, Tel. 01471 844 373, Fax: 01471 844 383, e-mail gavin@smo.uhi.ac.uk
Web page http://www.smo.uhi.ac.uk
Cosgrove Fiddles - Workshops / sessions / gigs - 4 evening classes a week, private tuition, Sunday workshops, kids workshops. Contact Jenny Newman 01908) 262098 e-mail: newglass@virgin.net www.jennynewman.com
Davy Lamp Folk Club Monthly Workshop - Contact: Terri Freeman 0191 4166 999
East Anglian Traditional Music Trust
- workshops in traditional dance and music, evening classes, instrument
loan scheme, and community projects. 44 Old Street, Haughley,
Stowmarket, Suffolk IP 14 3NX; e-mail- info@eatmt.fsnet.co.uk
Edinburgh Highland Reel and Strathspey Society - http://www.ed.ac.uk/~gar/fiddle/
Edinburgh Shetland Fiddlers - a small but dedicated crowd, who meet in Edinburgh Scotland on the first and third Sunday evenings of every month, to play Celtic music, with a very heavy emphasis on the music of the Shetland Islands. Visitors are very welcome to join in, to add their own contribution or simply to listen. http://www.e-s-f.fsnet.co.uk
English Folk Dance and Song Society - Concerts, workshops, dances, the Vaughan Williams Memorial Library, publications, etc. http://www.efdss.org
FARNE - Folk Archive Resource North East
archive material about Northumbrian folk muisc - http://www.folknortheast.com
Fiddle and Accordion Club - in St Albans, every 2nd & 4th wed. of the month. Townsend School, High Oaks, St Albans, AL3 6DR. Contact: Graham Thomson 01727 763238
Folk Arts Network - an umbrella body
for Folk arts organisations - excellent web site http://www.folkartsnetwork.org.uk/index.htm
Folkworks - sponsors and organizers of concerts and workshops http://www.gateshead-quays.com/sage/index.html
Glasgow Fiddle Workshops - http://www.geocities.com/BourbonStreet/1755
Hands On Muisc - weekend workshops
in
traditional music homweekend@aol.com - www.handsonmusic.org.uk
Kerry Fiddles - Landscape and Music
fiddle holidays in Ireland http://www.kerryfiddles.com/
Lancashire Folk Band Workshops - Hatherlow Hall, Leyland Road, Southport. Contact: Chris Rowland 01257 428 928
London Fiddle School - Pete Cooper
Director - courses and workshops for all levels and interests - see
their ever expanding schedule at www.petecooper.com
MADE - Music and Dance Education. Organises workshops. http://www.made.fsnet.co.uk/
Mary Ward Centre - music workshops and courses : 42 Queen Square, London WC1 tel.: 0207 831 7711 http://www.marywardcentre.ac.uk/
Carole Noakes - a musician based in the Tunbridge Wells area who offers music presentations for schools, using a large collection of wind instruments including many traditional and unusual examples. Lots of audience participation and enjoyment. Curriculum history and science topics covered from a music point of view. E mail: springers@supanet.com .
Oxford Fiddle Group - Meet each Tuesday at 8pm in the Methodist Church Hall, Quarry High Street, Headington Oxford. New members are always welcome. For more details phone Jed on 01865 374624 or e-mail: jed@fiddleon.co.uk
Salford Folk Music Workshop - Salford University. Contact: Errol Formilli 0161 439 1819
Sheffield Traditional Fiddle Society - Contact: Robin Garside, 70 Marlciffe Road, Wadlsey, Sheffield S6 4AG. Tel.: 0114 234 7143 , website www.sheffieldfiddlers.org.uk,
Sore Fingers Summer Schools - http://www.sorefingers.co.uk Organizers of week long workshops during the school holidays.
South Riding Folk Network - a great place to find out what's going on in the North East http://www.folk-network.com/
Southville Fiddle Club - Lead by Helen Moody. Meets every last Tuesday of the month 7:00 - 8:00pm at The Rose of Denmark, Dowry Place, Hotwells, Bristol. Session afterwards. Details: 0117 949 3222
Traditinal Music Classes in Inverness -The TMC programme is run by Cultural & Leisure Services and is funded by The Scottish Arts Council, Inverness & Nairn Enterprise and received a start-up grant from Inverness Common Good Fund. The programme works in close partnership with other local traditional music organisations. Instruments included fiddle, keyboard, guitar, chanter, whistle, accordion, bodhran as well as Gaelic song, with plans to add ceilidh dance and step dance to the programme. The classes programme currently has over 150 pupils in Inverness alone, plus outreach classes programme that has been running successfully and is expected to transfer to Glenurquhart. Further information is available from Margo Maclennan, traditional music co-ordinator (tel 01463 724314) and Adrian Clark, Arts Officer (01463 724261).
University of Stirling - week and weekend schools in June - Aug. Includes Scots Fiddle, Shetland Fiddle, Scottish Baroque & Classical Violin along with several other courses. Contact: Margery Stirling, Summer School Office (LT), Airthre Castle, University of Stirling, Stirling, Scotland FK9 4LA. Tel: 01786-467981 Fax: 01786-463398, E-mail: m.f.stirling@stirling.ac.uk , Web page: www.stir.ac.uk/epd/suschool
Woodworks Music and Dance - live music events in around Hertfordshire and Essex borders http://www.woodworks-music.co.uk
Yorkshire Dales Workshops - Skipton
School of Art & Media, Craven College - Aireville Campus, Gargrave
Road
SKIPTON, BD23 1US. Sponsors of workshops, residential weekends,
and publishers of cds and books. Telephone 01756 79936 e-mail: office@ydw.org.uk Web page: http://www.ydw.org.uk
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George Deacon - John Clare and The
Folk Tradition published in 1983 and out of print for a long time.
Clare
was a poet and fiddle player who collected over 200 tunes from his
village in Northamptonshire in the early years of the 19th century. Now
republished by Francis Boutle in a new edition.
http://mysite.freeserve.com/george_deacon
efn - (formerly Essex Folk News) for information on folk music and dance resources in and around Essex http://www.pvcw.freeserve.co.uk/efnlink.htm
English folk and traditional music on the Internet - http://web.ukonline.co.uk/martin.nail/Folkmus.htm
Fiddle-L information - http://www-openmap.bbn.com/users/gkeith/fiddles/fiddle-l.html
Fiddle-L tune archive (ABC) - http://www.best.com/~otter/tunes/fidlarch.html
FiddleNet - http://members.aol.com/FiddleNet/index.htm
The Fiddler's Companion - a huge
encyclopedia of fiddle tunes from the Celtic, British and American
traditions, created by Andrew Kuntz. Most tunes contain notes and
anecdotes, references to published or recorded versions, and several
thousand have tunes included in abc format. http://www.ibiblio.org/fiddlers/index.html
Fiddlesource - US based retailers of Autolycus violin pickups and other accessories: http://www.fiddlesource.com
Fiddle web - http://www.gpfn.sk.ca/culture/arts/fiddle/index.html
Fiddling Around (fiddling around the world) - www.fiddlingaround.co.uk
Folk Club Index - http://www.denbigh-festival.demon.co.uk/folklist.html
Folking.com - for festival listings, gigs, reviews, interviews, bulletin board, radio show, monthly newsletter and competitions visit www.folking.com
Hybrid Studios - a web community and
free directory (name/contact details, up to 50 words description of
services offered/work etc. and web link) for anyone involved in the
creative/performance world. Includes Gallery, Library and Jukebox
exhibition spaces, chat, message board, news/reviews and more to
come...
Hybrid Studios is situated at: http://www.SonicHybrid.com
MUSE - inexpensive musical notation software for the PC http://www.musements.co.uk/muse
Musical Traditions - the online traditional music magazine: http://www.mustrad.org.uk
North East Scotland - guide to folk and traditional music http://www.btinternet.com/~John.Slaven/folkmusicpage.htm
“Old Time Music” MIDI Archive - Note, the site does not work well with Netscape and it requires that you have a MIDI player installed on your machine. http://hetzler.homestead.com/
Torus (Tunes ORdered Using Shape) - an index that identifies tunes simply on the basis of whether they go up or down from one note to the next. Originally hardcopy, it's now available online at http://www.thomasbending.co.uk/torus/ with a database of about 1100 tunes. Please try it out.Violink - a site for those interested in violin making http://www.violink.com/
Violin Buyer's Guide - Violins,
fiddles, a guide to getting your money's worth -
http://www.tiac.net/users/cfiddle/buyguide.html
Quebecois Trad Music Cafe - An English-speaking mailing list about Quebecois traditional (& trad-based) music, http://groups.yahoo.com/group/QueTrad
Scottish Traditional Music (Scots-L) - Send subscribe command to majordomo@listbox.com- administrator Toby Rider darkryder1@mail.mindspring.com
Fiddlers (Fiddle-L) - send subscribe
command to
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British Bluegrass News Magazine - http:www.bbma.freeserve.co.uk
The Living Tradition http://www.folkmusic.net
Musical Traditions Internet Magazine - excellent, substantial articles on traditional music. http://www.mustrad.org.uk/
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