The Back Porch News

Organizations

• AFM Local 1000
  Local 1000 was set up to serve the special needs of touring musicians, particularly those in the "folk" and "acoustic" music fields...
• Country Dance and Song Society
  Celebrating a Living Tradition of English and Anglo-American Folk Dance and Music since 1915.
• English Folk Dance and Song Society Homepage
• Folk Alliance
  North American Folk Music and Dance Alliance
• NEFA - New England Folk Festival Association
• Peoples Music Network
  Songs of Freedom and Struggle
• World Folk Music Association
  Since 1983 the World Folk Music Association (WFMA) has been dedicated to promoting contemporary and traditional folk music, and spreading the word to fans and folk artists -- keeping everyone in the folk community involved and informed.

Collections - Collectors

• California Gold: Northern California Folk Music from the Thirties
  An American Folklife Center Collection
• Digital Library of Appalachia
  Collections on life in Appalachia from several regional colleges.
• Folk Music Archives
  Since 1999, Frank Shane has been recording folk artists and folk groups to preserve and archive their personal stories, backgrounds and recollections.
• Southern Mosaic: The John and Ruby Lomax 1939 Southern States Recording Trip
  American Folklife Center, Library of Congress

Publications - Print

• Acoustic Guitar Magazine
  Print magazine devoted to... what else Guitar. Lots of resources on their web site as well.
• Dirty Linen
  Bi-Monthly magazine that celebrates roots/traditional/folk/world music
• Performing Songwriter
  The web site has quite a few articles from past issues and other resources.
• Sing Out Magazine
  Perhaps "the" folk music publication. Quarterly journal published since 1950.

Publications - Web

• Folk & Acoustic Music Exchange
  Album reviews of new releases by folk and acoustic artists. You will find contemporary folk, Celtic, bluegrass, traditional, and a variety of ethnic styles. Artists and reviewers from around the world contribute to this unique Internet service.
• Kevin's Celtic & Folk Music CD Reviews
  Kevin McCarthy has amased some 400 reviews of Celtic and Folk music CD'
• Musical Traditions Internet Magazine
  Online Magazine for Traditonal Music Around the World
• Puremusic
  We are an online magazine dedicated to bringing great music to an audience whose tastes and interests are not limited to what's being played on corporate radio and television.

Resources

• Compass Rose Music - Links to Folk Music Resources on the internet
  Steve Gillette and Cindy Mangsen have a great collection of links on their home page. Including a number of great sites for music jokes.
• English folk and traditional music on the Internet
  "This site is a guide to the most useful Internet resources (largely those on the World Wide Web) for those interested in English folk and traditional music. The coverage of the field is intended to be comprehensive, but the choice of links is selective"
• Everythiong Dulcimer
  The name pretty much says it. A site devoted to mountian dulcimer.
• eZFolk
  Free MP3 and video hosting for folk & acoustic musicians, plus tablature, tutorials, and more!
• Fiddlers.org Links
  Extensive list of music related links with an emphisis on oldtime and country.
• Folk Den
  Mp3's and Lyrics from Roger McGuinn
• Folk Music Home Page
  Jay Glicksman's Folk Music Home page is the grand daddy of folk music web pages. It's been in exestance for 10 years or more. Jay's organized tons of links folk related sites around the net.
• Folk Music Index to Recordings
  Jane Keefer's extensive index of tune and song recordings
• Folk Music of England, Scotland, Ireland, Wales and America
  Lesley Nelson (aka the Contemplator)'s Folk Music Site. Folk and Traditional Music and Popular Songs, with Lyrics, Midi, Tune Information and History
• Folk U.S.A.
  Rick Daly's folk music site. There's lots of interest here. Audio clips, reviews, links and more.
• folkmusic dot org
  I'm not sure it's being very actively updated right now but lots good links never the less.
• NEFA Link Fest
  New England Folk Festival Association folk music and dance links.
• Nigel Gatherer's Traditional Music Pages
  Resources for Scottish traditional music.
• Northern Journey Folk Music
  Gene Wilburn's links for Canadian folk music.
• The American Folklife Center
  at the United States Library of Congress.
• The Ballad Tree
  Hugh Blumenfeld's collection of articles and links. Much collected when he ran the first incarnation of about.com's folk music site from 1999 to 2001.
• The Mudcat Cafe
  Home to the Digital Tradition lyrics database and popular web forms
• The Oldtime Music Home Page
  David Lynch's guide to all things oldtime.
• Worldwide Internet Music Resources - Indiana University School of Music
  Music links from the William and Gayle Cook Music Library at Indiana University School of Music.

Radio and Web Broadcasters

• Folkscene
  Home of Roz & Howard Larman's legendary radio show
• Red Truck Radio
  a monthly or bi-monthly program featuring Ozark music, interviews, and original music.

Music Weblogs

• About Folk Music
  The folk music page at about.com ably hosted these days by Kim Ruehl
• Blues Row
  Blues News, Views, and Reviews
• Flop Eared Mule
  A Country Music Death Beast in Sydney Australia
• Hickory Wind
  Americana, Alt Country, and Bluegrass News, Reviews, and Personality.
• Lisa Moscatiello
• The Song Journal
  Miscellaneous news and writing by Bob Franke, mostly about songs as a portable art form, and the process of creating them and enabling them to do their work in the world.

Music Industry

• Coolfer
  A New York-based blog that covers music and the music industry.
• The Lefsetz Letter
  Bob Lefsetz has been providing analysis and commentary on the music industry for 19 years.