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

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

What Is Contra Dance?:  http://www.sbcds.org/contradance/whatis/
English Country Dance Terms with sound and animation: http://rivkinetic.org/flash/ecdflash.html

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/

DISCUSSION GROUPS:

rec.country.music.oldtime
rec.folk-dancing
rec.music.folk
uk.music.folk