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General Celtic Music Resources

Folknet of Ohio - The Northeast Ohio Folk & Traditional Music & Dance Society
Folknet has performance listings, features on area musicians and gig opportunities.

Christian's World - The Loreena McKennitt and Ramblin' Rovers Mailing Lists
The list keeper. Lots of great Silly Wizard information.

Ceolas - The home of Celtic Music on the Web
To quote: This site contains the largest collection of information on celtic music online, and has links to hundreds of other related sites.

Diddley Vision - Bob Diddley's Home Page
In the center of the North American Music Universe - County Pontiac, Quebec. Recordings of local traditional music as well as the imaginative products of Mr. Diddley

Flutes and Whistles - The Flute and Whistle Sound Sample Page
Descriptions, comparisons and sound recordings of several flutes.

Highlands of Ohio - Folk and Celtic Music Society
Ohio based organization hosts concerts and provides support for live music.

Trish O'Neil - ABC Traditional Tunes
Trish maintains this wonderful collection of tunes gleaned from th Irtrad-L mailing list. Lots of great stuff!

Castlebay Music Online Store - Castlebay Music Online Store
Featuring the finest Celtic CD\'s, Videos and Tune Books with sound clips for all recordings

Traditions Magazine - Journal of Folklore and Traditions
An independent magazine focusing on folklore, cultural traditions, history, and the occult. Our articles feature such topics as archaeology, cosmology, customs, folklore, hagiography, herbalism, history, magic, mythology, and superstitions. Our mission is

Song of the Great Lakes - Fellow Great Lakes Banjo Builder
Dan's great banjos as well as tips on woodworking techniques and the venerable Shopsmith machine.

Artist's Home Pages

Gordon Jones' Silly Wizard Site - The Wizards of Traditional Music
The story of Silly Wizard told by an original band member.

Aly Bain's Homepage - Shetland Fiddler
Long time Boy of the Lough, Aly is one of the finest fiddlers anywhere.

Phil Cunningham - The man who lent respectability to the piano accordion
Astounding musician, former Silly Wizard Phil tells you what he's been up to.

Tannahill Weavers - Scottish Music with a Vengeance
One of our favorite bands. History, tour schedules, etc.

Grey Larsen - Master of the Irish flute
One of the pioneers of modern Celtic music. Composer, flutist, fiddler, squeezeboxer, producer, engineer and much more, Grey is avalable for concerts, workshops and recordings.

Nightingale - Celtic Music and Beyond
Nightingale plays music from Quebec, Newfoundland, Ireland, France, Scandinavia and beyond to produce a blend of Northern music that is unique and compelling. If you have the opportunity, this band is a must hear!

Home page - Pat Simmonds Traditional Fiddler
Homepage for the Traditional Irish fiddler from New Zealand now teaching and performing in Canada.

Gaelic Tribe -
We are a band with special emphasis on traditional Irish dance tunes and other Gaelic music. Home base is Southeastern Minnesota.

Independent musicians community and artist collaborations. - Independent musicians community and artist collaborations.
Independent musicians community and artist collaborations.

Events and Venues

Gaelic Roots - Workshops and Concerts
The celebrated festival -- which will be held June 20-26 -- annually brings to campus some of the world's preeminent performers of Celtic music and dance to teach classes at all skill levels and to perform at capacity-crowd concerts.

The Swannanoa Gathering - Folk Music Workshops
A series of week-long workshops in various folk arts held in July and August on the campus of Warren Wilson College near Asheville in the heart of North Carolina's beautiful Blue Ridge Mountains.

Mountain Rose - The Mountain Rose Concert Series
The Mountain Rose is a small-hall concert series featuring local and regional artists with more talent than exposure. We pride ourselves on presenting high-quality performances to an audience that really LISTENS.

Stark County Irish & Scottish Festival - Second Annual Stark County Irish & Scottish Festival Canton, Ohio
Saturday June 3,2006 Noon to 10 P.M. Stark County Fairgrounds 305 Wertz Ave. N.W. Canton, Ohio Featuring: Lenahan, Melinda Crawford-2003 National Scottish Fiddle Champion, Lisa Spicer, Akron and District Pipes and Drums,Gan Ainm, Stringed Fantasy, The

Recording Companies

Rounder Records - Folk/Celtic Music
Rounder has been a staunch supporter of "un-commercial" music for years.

Whirlie Records - Celtic Music
Aly Bain's recording company (The Pearl, Follow the Moonstone, etc.)

Harbourtown Records - Music
Former Silly Wizards Gordon Jones and Bob Thomas' recording venture.

Green Linnet - Celtic Music
Wide range of Celtic recordings.

Folk Music Periodicals and Publications

RootsWorld - The online magazine of world roots and folk
Worldwide folk organization. Reviews, sound files, featured artists ...

Dirty Linen - Folk Music Magazine
Gig guide, featured artists, reviews, concert/event schedules ...

Music Software (ABC)

abc Tools - The Industry Standard Sequencer
abc conversion utilities - make Cheat Sheets, Transpose, Find Patterns.

John Chambers abc Music - abc Tips, Tools and Links
Many tools, tunes and links. Huge collection of abc tunes from the web.

ABC2WIN - Typesetting for abc notation
Jim Vint's wonderful Windows/Win95 abc librarian, formatter.

Chris Walshaw's abc Homepage - All about abc Notation
"The Bible" of abc - intro, FAQ, Standard - in French, too.

TablEdit Tablature Editor - More than JUST a TAB editor, it\'s the right tool for the right job!
TablEdit is a program for creating, editing, printing and listening to tablature and sheet music (standard notation) for guitar and other fretted, stringed instruments.

Music Software (MIDI)

Jazz++ - MIDI Sequencer
A full featured yet low price MIDI sequencer. 30 day trial version available.

Cakewalk - The Industry Standard Sequencer
Full featured professional PC and MAC based sequencers. Trial versions available.

TablEdit Tablature Editor - More than JUST a TAB editor, it's the right tool for the right job!
TablEdit is a program for creating, editing, printing and listening to tablature and sheet music (standard notation) for guitar and other fretted, stringed instruments. Although TablEdit was originally written by a guitarist, for guitarists, the autho

Links of General Interest

Stitches In Time - Quality Vintage Clothing
The finest in antique and vintage clothing and accessories. Time periods from the 1850's through the 1960's.

Celtic Attic - We offer a line of Celtic Jewelry
We offer a line of Celtic Jewerly and gift items and much more.

Acoustic tablatures - Acoustic Guitar Tablatures in TablEdit
Free downloadable tablatures for acoustic guitar in TablEdit and Midi

Tumbleweed's Homepage - The World of Jumpin'Fish
The World of Jumpin' Fish is devoted to Bluegrass, Irish Folk and More, Instruments & Makers (Mandolin, Irish Bouzouki, Guitar, Bodhrán etc.), Links and more.

Loreena McKennit Book - Travels with Loreena McKennitt
The book follows the road of Loreena McKennitt’s rise to fame. Writer Niema Ash shared her disappointments and her triumphs. It tells the story of how that fame was achieved - and what price it exacted.

Sluagh Sidhe - Wild Hunt Traditions in Ireland
Featuring the many aspects of the Wild Hunt in Ireland including its many associated traditions and folklore. Offering informative articles and discussion forums for those who are interested in Irish traditions centered around the Wild Hunt.

Mary Meier Designs - Interior and Landscape Designs
Quality designs in the Mount Vernon, Ohio area. Residential, business and assisted living.

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