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Acoustic
Music across the
Pond
UK
Gigs
Folk
Acoustic Clubs/Open Mics Country Blues
Jazz
Books
Online CDs
Online
Strings, etc
Tour and Venue Stage Backdrops Message
Board
UK Folk
Music
Folk and Roots
Includes an up-to-date list of folk and
acoustic gigs throughout the UK -
gig guide
Tradmusic.com
Excellent site with extensive resources -
CD shop / artist / band / luthier contacts
and regularly up-dated gig
guide.
NetRhythms.co.uk
Folk, Blues, Americana, World, Alt.Country, Songwriters and more -
great site, founded
and maintained by Sue Cavendish, with Bob
Paterson and a host of enthusiastic reviewers.
NetRhythms Listings
BBC
Radio 2 Folk & Acoustic
news/tour dates/artist database
fRoots
Magazine
UK & European Festivals
Jim Hancock's Folk Now
Noticeboard
Folk London
monthly diary
The Mudcat Cafe Forum
has a What's On! (Who is
Performing Where) section - scroll down to bottom for most recent
entries
Folking.com
(resources + See What's On)
Ents24.com
will send you a free weekly e-mail newsletter -
with UK gigs in your specified areas and musical
preferences. (requires registration via 'My Ents24'
link)
The
Folk Map
shows folk music clubs, sessions, festivals etc.
on the map of the UK and Eire.
UK
Acoustic Clubs/Open Mics
Virtually Acoustic
Open Mic Clubs in the UK
- currently around 200 venues
listed alphabetically by location -
updated by david@thevac.co.uk
UK Country
Music
BBC Country
news / reviews /
features / database / tour dates
Bob
Harris
BBC Radio 2 Country Show + UK country-
folk-roots and rock gigs
Dee Hallett's 'British Bluegrass News'
email newsletter
[Note: include ADD in the
subject
line]
Journalist and DJ, Dee Hallett is Newsline
Editor for British Bluegrass News and PR
for the British Bluegrass Music Association
Americana
UK
the UK home for Americana and alt.country -
gig guide news, reviews, club directory, links, etc.
Rick
Townend's South East England + London
Bluegrass & Old-Time events
Concerts etc. and Sessions
NetRhythms.co.uk
Folk, Blues, Americana, World, Alt.Country, Songwriters and more
Cajun
UK
National gigs list
Cajun Life & Times Magazine
UK/Europe/USA gig guide, reviews/
recipes/artist bios/links/message board
Traditional
Music Maker Magazine
(including Taditional Country Music magazine)
Blues Freepress
News/reviews/artists/agencies/lyrics/venues/
blues radio etc
Tony Malloy's Crawley Blues Club
- top North American and European blues acts -
email newsletter
BBCi Jazz
News / reviews / gigs /
TV / radio
Jazzservices.org
Gigs / database /
education
Little Pot Stove
Records hard to find UK
folk vinyl and CDs from John Dalton e-mail
Musikfolk Ltd
Folk-rock, folk, Celtic and
acoustic music on CD and video - E-mail
ADA
Mail Order traditional English, Irish
& Scottish song/dance music of the British
Isles, traditional and contemporary from
around the world - E-mail
Fish
Records - contemporary folk, singer/
songwriter and acoustic music from the
UK and the USA - E-mail
UK Online
Strings & things
Stringbusters
based in Hampton, Middlesex -
extensive range - excellent service
- see message board thread -
Tour and
Venue
Stage Backdrop Design
Pete Ward Artworks
Helter
Skelter Folk, Jazz,
Country, Rock etc [pdf format catalogue]
US
Specialist Mail Order
An internationally-renowned source for
folk recordings, books
& videos, and
(particularly) new
and vintage
guitars, banjos,
mandolins, and other instruments - entire
inventory is listed on their website. Mail-order
Catalog
Request Form - Enquiries E-mail.
My monthly
'Across the Pond' newsletters,
originally written for about.com's folk music
site, included UK gig listings, news, resources
and interviews - with the likes of Richard
Thompson, Shawn
Colvin, Martin
Carthy,
Dan
Crary, Lucy
Kaplansky, Maddy
Prior
and others
are now archived in the US on
Hugh Blumenfeld's Ballad Tree site or in the
UK via Acoustic Music Across the Pond.
Wherever you're bound this month,
have a great time!
Paul
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