links

Here you will find links to lots of different interesting sites of people and organizations that I like.

Community

The Woods Music and Dance Camp a music and dance camp for adults in the beautiful Muskokas!

Common Thread Community Chorus of Toronto a 70-voice community choir promoting social justice

ArtsCan Circle a group dedicated to bringing arts to young Native people in remote communities

Local 1000 The traveling musician's local of the American Federation of Musicians

People's Music Network a network of musicians working for social justice in the US and Canada

The Music Biz

Borealis Recording Company Eve's record label and home to many wonderful Canadian folk artists

Festival Distribution Distributor of lots of great Canadian roots music, including Eve's first CD.

Toronto Folk and Roots Music Resources

Toronto Blues Society A membership organization devoted to Blues music

Flying Cloud Folk Club A weekly folk club in downtown Toronto

Acoustic Harvest Folk Club – A monthly folk series in Scarborough, Ontario

Hugh's Room Toronto's premier listening room for roots music.

Folk Magazines and Folk Radio

Sing Out! a wonderful folk music magazine, publishing for more than 50 years

Dirty Linen folk, world and roots music publication that includes venue listings and artist itineraries

Penguin Eggs Canadian folk music magazine.

Folkdj-l website the official website of folkdj-l, the discussion listserve for folk music radio show hosts.

CBC Radio homepage for CBC radio

CKUA Radio independent Alberta radio network that features lots of roots music

CKUT Folk Roots/Folk Branches Mike Regenstreif's excellent folk show on CKUT in Montreal

CIUT Back To The Sugar Camp Steve Fruitman's eclectic Canadian show on CIUT in Toronto

Folk And Acoustic Music Exchange Reviews of folk music CDs

General Folk Music Resources

Ontario Council of Folk Festivals Ontario's folk music organization

Northern Journey Online a portal with links to everything Canadian and folk

FolkMusic.org a resource for folk music on the web

North American Folk Music & Dance Alliance the largest folk organization worldwide

Folk Alliance Canada the Canadian branch of the North American Folk Music & Dance Alliance

Northeast Regional Folk Alliance The northeast regional branch of the North American Folk Music & Dance Alliance

Canadian Folk Music Guide the folk music section of the Canadian Music website

UFO Joe Canadian Folk Festivals Guide information about folk festivals in Canada

Festival Finder links to music festivals all over North America; search by genre, location, date, or performers

Folk Music Index An indexed guide to traditional folk music on record

FolkLib Index An amazing library of folk music links

The Ballad Tree Hugh Blumenfeld's entertaining folk music site includes articles, links, reviews, MP3s and more

The Mudcat Café home of Digital Tradition, where you can search for song lyrics, and the Mudcat Discussion forum

Yahoo's Folk Music Links The folk music section of Yahoo

House Concerts Links to house concerts, a guide to presenting house concerts, and a house concert discussion list

Musi-Cal search for concerts in your area and find out where your favourite artists are appearing

Elderly Instruments amazing source for acoustic instruments, CDs, books, videos, and other nifty stuff

Thirty Below/Trente-Sous-Zéro a great site for traditional French-Canadian music

Folquébec is where you can discover all sorts of folk musicians from la belle province

How To Start a Coffeehouse a guide from the Boston Area Coffeehouse Association

Musicians

Cathy Fink and Marcy Marxer

Sweet Water Women

John McCutcheon

Ken Whiteley

Steve Gillette & Cindy Mangsen

Jackie Washington

Finest Kind

Magpie

Evalyn Parry

Trevor Mills

The Urban Legends

Pat Humphries

Rick Fielding

Mike Stevens

Penny Lang

Grit Laskin

Other cool stuff

Backwater Blues an interesting site for a book written about Bessie Smith

Union Street Café visit the website of the café that inspired Eve's song!

Woody Guthrie Foundation and Archives lots of information about Woody Guthrie and his music

Bluegrass Lyrics Homepage lyrics for tons of bluegrass and early country songs

Carter Family Fold homepage for the weekly music concerts presented by Janette Carter, daughter of A.P. Carter

Kazoo Museum  visit North America's only manufacturer of metal kazoos and find out about kazoo history

Jugband Music Society – information and links about jug band music