Links

Here are some links we have found useful. Please update us if you find any which are broken, or want to add your site or another to the list.

Categories

ABC-related sites
Tune Collections - ABCs, GIFs, MIDIs, etc
Artistes & Performers
Magazines
Organisations
Companies
Clubs
countrywide events listings
regional events listings
Links pages & miscellany

ABC - related sites

ABC is a simple way of producing & editing sheet music. The files are in text form & take up very little room, and there are thousands upon thousands of traditional tunes to be found on the Web in ABC. It is easy to learn and write, & there are now a number of shareware score editors available, both specifically for ABC and supporting ABC format.

Chris Walshaw's ABC homepage - excellent site which includes an explanation of ABC, examples, lists of software, ABC collections, links, etc
Henrik Norbeck - ABC software & thousands of ABC files
ABC2Win - Jim Vint's shareware ABC player. Edit & play ABC files & display them as sheet music.
ABCPlay - useful ABC player & editor
ABCTools & ABCFind - two very useful tools for manipulating ABC files
ABC2MIDI - James Allwright's shareware program. Converts ABC to MIDI & vice versa
ABCmidifier - front end to James Allwright's program
Melody Assistant - shareware score editor which accepts ABC files

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Tune Collections - ABCs, GIFs, MIDIs etc

NAFA - ABC files
Fiddle Tunes - ABCs for fiddle tunes
Robert Blakeley - tune collection in GIF, Midi, & ABC formats
Trish O'Neill's ABCs
Digital Tradition/Mudcat - database containing thousands of traditional songs. Includes an excellent forum for discussing traditional music
Yet Another Digital Tradition - DT mirror with GIF & ABC files
Ceili House Band ABCs - Ceili House Band site with hundreds of ABCs & links to ABCs
ABC collection
ABC library of Morris Tunes
Bruce Olsen - ABCs, reference, old songs, 17th century ballads
Jack Campin has a comprehensive selection of links; a useful site for 17th & 18th century music
John Chambers' ABC page - includes a web-wide ABC index & Tune Finder
Wild Dismay website - traditional tunes from the website of the band Wild Dismay - in GIF, MIDI, ABC format
Morris Tunes - another library of Morris Tunes in ABC
Nottingham Music database - tunes in ASCII & GIF formats, maintained by Eric Foxley
Nottingham Music Database[2] - another resource for the NMD, in ABC & maintained by James Allwright
Ceolas music archive
Chris Ricker's Fiddle Page
Richard Robinson Tunebook
Dublin City University's TradSoc Music Archive
Traditional Irish Tunes from Devin McCabe - tunes in ABC format
ABC Tunes from Cranford Publications - some collections of Cape Breton tunes, from the playing of such renowned fiddlers as Brenda Stubbert
Richard Darsie's tuneweb - tunes in GIF & MIDI formats 
Celtic Orbis - site for Irish and Scottish tunes
Dan Beimborn's collection of tunes in GIF & MIDI format
Australian Folk Songs with lyrics & scores in GIF format
Folksongs of the World - Richard Kopp's large collection of MIDIs & lyrics
The Kitchen Musician website - with MIDIs & GIFs of tunes as well as links to instrument-related & other sites.
Traditional Irish Tunes - Barry Taylor's excellent MIDI site - now maintained at The Contemplator's site, below 
The Contemplator - lyrics & MIDIs for traditional tunes. Updated very frequently
BlackShade - Irish MIDI archives
My Song Book - tunes & lyrics on Henry Kochlin's site

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Some Great Local & Not-So-Local Artistes & Performers:

Albion Band
Aly Bain & Phil Cunningham
Les Barker
Chris Bartram
Battlefield Band
Blazin' Fiddles
Ben & Joe Broughton
Capercaillie
Christy Moore
Pauline Cato & Tom McConville
Cock & Bull Band
Coope Boyes & Simpson
Sandy Denny
Dervish
Easy Weasel
Fairport Convention
Fiddlers' Bid
Flook
Bob Fox
Dick Gaughan
Homebrew
Alistair Hulett
Les Barker
Life & Times/Time of Your Life
Little Johnny England
Jez Lowe
The McCalmans
Ralph McTell
Massif Village Orchestra
Moondance
Mundy Turner
Ola
Kate Rusby
Shave The Monkey
Show of Hands
Emily Slade
Joe Stead
Stevenage Sword
Dave Swarbrick
Tannahill Weavers
Richard Thompson
Waterson:Carthy

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Miscellaneous - UK-Based Clubs & Organisations, Links Pages

Magazines

Musical Traditions
Living Tradition web site for this excellent folk magazine
FROOTS
Irish Music Box online magazine
Unicorn magazine - covering the Northern Home Counties
EFN magazine - covering the Essex area
Stirrings magazine - South Yorkshire
Folk on Tap - the magazine for the Southern Counties
FolkWorld online magazine
Adastra Agency
Music Matters agency

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Organisations

EFDSS (English Folk Dance & Song Society)

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Companies

Dave Mallinson Publications
Hobgoblinnew & used musical instruments
The Music Room - new & used instruments, sheets music, video tutors etc
Ossian Publications

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Clubs

Anston Folk Club, South Yorkshire
Bracknell Folk Club Berks
Hitchin Folk Club, Herts
Stortfolk - folk club in Bishop's Stortford, Herts
Chichester Folk Song Club
Cambridge Folk Club
Clap 'n' Smile , Essex
Court Sessions - Tooting Folk Club  
Cutty Wren Folk Club  
Davy Lamp Folk Club  
Dartford Folk Club - What's On , Kent
Ely On-Line - Ely Folk Club , Cambs
Everyman Folk Club , Suffolk
Falcon Folk, Lancs
Fo'c'sle Folk Club
Guisboro Folk Club  
Hale End Folk Club
Folk at The Royal Oak - Lewes
Mayflower Folk Club , Cambridge
Nettlebed Folk Club, Oxfordshire
Penicuik Folk Club and Festival  
The Raven Folk Club
St Neots Folk Club & St Neots Festival, Cambridgeshire  Stukeleys Folk Club
Suffolk Music Club
Tudor Folk Club, Bucks

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Countrywide events, club, session & perfomer site listings

Entsweb - comprehensive links to performers, clubs and festival sites
a region by region list of sessions from Martin Nail's site
Folking.com - a superb resource for musicians, organisers, & those just planning a night out!
South Folk Music Network - terrific resource for clubs & events in the South, South East & South West of England
RealMusic UK - a comprehensive site for all types of live music in the UK

Folk & Dance Music links for the UK - Martin Nail's excellent resource
FolkLib index - an index of performers, music & other folk information. Based in the US, but includes British content
FolkFax
Folk Scene
Fol-de-Rol
FROG - Folk & Roots Online Guide

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Regional session, club & event listings

Folk From The Harlow Riding
Banjo Bill's Folk Links for North East England
East Midland Folk Pages
Folk Music in Waltham Forest - home of Hale End Folk Club
Trouble at' Mill - a guide to folk music in Lancashire
The Folk Mag - folk in the West Midlands
FAB - Folk Around Bristol
The Grapevine - regular sessions in East Anglia
sessions in Surrey and Hampshire
folk links for Stockport, Manchester & Cheshire
Spire Folk - sessions, clubs, events & artistes in the East Midlands
sessions, events & Folk Clubs in the Devon area
sessions in Chester
club & dance links for Shropshire & Gloucestershire
sessions, events & Folk Clubs in the Edinburgh area
more Scottish sessions
another session list for Scotland
sessions in Derby
Northumbrian sessions
South Yorkshire Folk
sessions in Kent
sessions and events in Nantwich
sessions & events in the Worcester area
The Broadside - more of what's on in the Cheshire area
sessions in the Yorkshire/Humberside area
Folk London listings
Ceolas guide to events in Ireland
Irish Music Box online magazine - sessions in Ireland
more sessions in Ireland
Irish traditional music in North West England - sessions, events, etc
clubs & sessions in Wales
Pembrokeshire Folk Index - more information for Wales
sessions around Oxford
Earache - events in Norfolk & Suffolk
Suffolk Folk Guide  
French music and dance session in Chippenham, Wilts
Route66 South Midlands Sessions & Club Guide 
Folktalk  - what's on in Lincolnshire & East Yorkshire

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Links Pages & Miscellany

Every Celtic Thing on the Web (musical)
Henrik Widell's links page
Masses of musical links
hints & tips for sessions, by Hamish Currie of Tudor Folk Club
Tips for learning Irish Traditional Music by Alan Ng, who teaches fiddle, tin whistle, bodhran & Irish music in the US, plus tunes in ABC format
Celtic Air
Encyclopaedia of Traditional Celtic Music - from the Standing Stones website

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