Links of Interest
General
- Folk Alliance
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Information, conferences, newsletters, and links for all
things folk
- FARM - Folk Alliance Region Midwest -- The regional chapter of Folk Alliance; They put on an annual conference in the fall of each year.
- Folk
and Acoustic Music Exchange - Reviews of recordings,
etc.
- FolkJam.org - "Find jams. Post jams. Play well with others."
- Dirty Linen -
Web version of the folk/alternative magazine, with
articles, reviews, and tour schedules of your favorite
performers
- RootsWorld
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An online world music magazine with links, reviews,
articles, sound clips, etc.
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English Folk Music - English folk and traditional
Music on the Internet
- Folk Roots -
Home page of Folk Roots magazine, the UK's famous
folk/roots magazine
- AcousticMusicScene.com - Designed to promote quality
acoustic music by providing useful news and insightful
commentary. They also aim to foster a greater sense of community for
performers, presenters and fans of folk, roots and other acoustic music
styles.
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Other Mad Folk sites:
MadFolk on MySpace
MadFolk on Facebook
MadTownLounge.com:
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House Concerts
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Other Folk Music Organizations/Concert Series
- Madison Blues Society
- Celtic Music Association of Madison, Wisconsin
- Wisconsin Folk Dance
- Fondy Acoustic Music Alliance - Fond du Lac, WI
- Green Apple Folk Music Society - Appleton/Green Bay, WI
- The Pump House - La Crosse, WI - Acoustic concert series features mostly folk, with a little bluegrass or jazz
- Black Hawk Folk Society - Mt. Morris, about 70 miles north of Madison
- Southern Wisconsin Bluegrass Music
Association - Many programs including instructor-led jam class program
sponsored by SWBMAI every week, year-long! These sessions are led by local bluegrass
players and teachers. The program features different
instructors every Tuesday. SWBMAI offers
these group lessons to everyone for a modest $5 suggested instructor
donation for an hour long (or more) class! If you have always wanted to
jam, but held back because you felt "too new" or "too inexperienced",
toss those fears away and join in with a group of like minded musicians
who are eager to get the full benefit of playing music with others. See their site and/or contact them for up-to-date information.
- Wisconsin Singer/Songwriter Series (WSSS) - The Wisconsin Singer/Songwriter Series was created in 1992, born from a
passion for acoustic music and intelligent and entertaining songwriting.
The Series is a volunteer organization with all revenue going towards
artist fees and operating expenses
2009 news: After 16 years, the Wisconsin Singer/Songwriter Series, is moving to
The Unitarian Church - North in Mequon, WI.
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Schedules
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Dance around Madison
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Radio
- Wisconsin Public Radio -
Simply Folk playlists, amongst other things
- WORT-FM, Madison
- Community sponsored radio station with lovely
folk/alternative programming - listening is real time
analog only (i.e. the radio)!
- www.MusicMadeInMadison.com - Internet radio station that exclusively plays the music of Madison area artists 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.
- WKSU - Kent State
University Radio site, maintains a two week collection (24
hours) of excellent folk music shows for listening or
downloading
- WUMB - University of
Massachusetts - Boston site. Our vote for the best web
site for real time listening to folk music on the internet
24 hours per day
- FolkAlley.com
- 24-hour Internet folk music station
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Jokes
- Instrument
Jokes - Lots and lots of them...
- Music jokes
- Musician jokes
- THERE ARE TONS OUT THERE -- Just do a web search for "music jokes." If you find any collection that you really think we should list here,
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Songs
- Topical/Seasonal Songs: Some artists such as John McCutcheon, make MP3 files of time-sensitive/seasonal songs available for downloading. Let us know if you have additions to this list!
* Here's a link to John's MP3 page: http://www.folkmusic.com/t_mp3.htm.
* A couple of songs by Tracy Jane Comer:
"This Losing Game": CLICK HERE to stream or download
"In This New Year": CLICK HERE to stream or download
- Mudcat
Cafe - Lyrics to many many songs, mostly folkish.
- OLGA - Lyrics and
guitar parts for all sorts of songs, but sadly reduced by
copyright conflicts
- Malvina Reynolds: Song Lyrics and Poems - Site created by Charles H. Smith and Nancy Schimmel - Malvina is the prominent topical and children's songs folkie, one of whose songs is currently being used as the theme music for the hit cable tv series "Weeds."
- The Acoustic Music Archive - A place where you can
find lyrics and chords for folk songs, discover their origins and listen to
recordings of them.
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History & Miscellaneous
- About Folk Music
- Links, articles, etc.
- University of Wisconsin Digital Collections -- The Wisconsin Folksong Collection, 1937-1946 - searchable data, digitized audio and visual materials from
two collections housed in three discrete but closely related
repositories. The Collection reflects and documents the state's
colorful pattern of immigration and occupational development during
those years.
- The 111 Greatest (Anglo-American) Folk Music Artists
- A compilation undertaken for the sake of discussion, and library collection development purposes; by Charles H. Smith, Ph.D.
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Musicians (performers, teachers etc.)
who are MEMBERS of Mad Folk
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Musicians who have played for Mad Folk concerts and/or Mad Folk member house concerts
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