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Events | Jams | Contra Dances Festivals/Camps/Contests | Publications/Software | Bluegrass Sites Clubs/Coffeehouses | Radio Stations | Dealers/Luthiers Record Companies | Associations | Services Old Time Music Sites | Musicians/Bands | Miscellaneous The Cape Cod Fiddlers 2005 TBA Harbor View Music Festival - The Cape Cod Fiddlers return for their 11th year! Concert begins 6 PM at the bandstand; Children's Beach, Nantucket(10 minutes walk from the ferries). Bring a blanket or chair and enjoy the free concert. Sponsored by the Nantucket Park and Rec Commission. ---------------------------- Sunday July 31 Music for a Summer's Night series First United Methodist Church Main and Cross Streets, Chatham, MA Performance begins at 8 PM ---------------------------- 2nd Saturday in September 24th Annual Lowell Banjo & Fiddle Contests 10 am dulcimer, banjo & fiddle workshops; contest begins at noon Lowell National Historical Park Lowell, MA Thanks to the hard work and dedication of Park Ranger Alex Demas ! Back to Top of Page ---------------------------- Sessions & Jams:(weekly) Saturdays: The Claddagh Inn, 4 - 7 pm Fine food and drink in an intimate setting Mix of traditional Irish and American tunes and songs Greg Johnson(fiddle, banjo), Bill Black(guitar, banjo and vocals), Alice Van Buren(mandolin), Lou Roten(fiddle) We are joined by accordians, basses, harmonicas, guitars, mandolins, whistles, bodhrans and spoons. We all sing along and have a great time. All are welcome. Route 28, East Harwich, MA Sundays: The Olde Inn at West Dennis, 7 -11 pm Great food, drink and traditional Irish music next to the fireplace Usually hosted byBill Black(tenor banjo and songs) Route 28, West Dennis, MA Thursdays: The Thursday Night Chefs Jam, starting around 8 pm A weekly eclectic jam now celebrating its 18TH year !! - lots of bluegrass, some old time, celtic, old songs, old RR at a different home each week e-mail for information ---------------------------- Jams:(monthly) 1st Sunday of each month through the winter, 3 - 6 pm Bluegrass at the Prodigal Son, Hyannis 4th Sunday of the month through the winter, 2 - 5 pm Music at Boyce's, North Falmouth call or e- mail Jim Boyce, 508-563-9494 Back to Top of Page ---------------------------- Contra Dances on Cape Cod - Saturdays from 8 to 11 PM (Phone #'s are included for directions if you need them) Every 1st Saturday of the Month Woods Hole Community Center, Woods Hole(508-548-6229 or 508-548-6661) Every 2nd Saturday of the Month (moved to)Freedom Hall, Cotuit(508-563-6750) Every 3rd Saturday of the Month East Sandwich Grange Hall, Old County Road(508-888-4968) Every 4th Saturday of the Month Back to Top of Page ---------------------------- LINKS (please e-mail if any links below do not work - I do test them periodically) ---------------------------- Festivals, Music Camps, Contests Appalachian String Band Festival at Clifftop, Camp Washington Carver, WV Ashokan Music Camps with Jay Ungar & Molly Mason Augusta Heritage Center Music & Crafts Workshops, Elkins, WV Ceilidh Trail Music Camp, Inverness, Cape Breton Canada Festival Finder Information on music festivals nationwide Indiana State Picking & Fiddling Contest Cuzin Isaac's Bluegrass Festival Guide Lowell Annual Banjo & Fiddle Contests Lowell Folk Festival, Lowell National Historical Park Merlefest Wilkesboro, NC Home Page Minnesota Bluegrass & Old Time Music Festival Zimmerman, MN Newburgh Fiddler Fest Newburgh, Indiana NOMAD Festival Traditional Music, Art, and Dance Noppett Hill Bluegrass Festival Lanesboro MA Oklahoma International Bluegrass Festival Guthrie OK, (home of Byron Berline) Old Songs Festival, Guilderland, NY (near Albany) Orangeville Fiddle and Step Dance Camps Ontario, Canada Ossipee Valley Bluegrass Festival Homepage - Cornish, Maine Roanoke Bluegrass weekend Roanoke, VA Rocky Mountain Fiddle Camp, near Denver, CO Rocky Mountain Fiddle Contest Rhythm and Roots Festival, Charlestown, RI (Labor Day Weekend) Thomas Point Beach Bluegrass Festival, Brunswick, ME (Labor Day Weekend) Union Grove Home Page, Union Grove, NC Walnut Valley Festival Winfield KS Vandalia Gathering, Charleston, WV Weiser Contests Home Page, Weiser, ID Grey Fox Bluegrass Festival, Ancramdale, NY, July 17-20, 2003 Back to Top of Page
Music Information, Publications
	Music-For-Robin Billie Hockett's Folk Music Events Calendar An extensive listing of events, concerts and artist appearances for the Northeastern United States(mostly New England)
ABC Shareware information, Jim Vint Acoustic Guitar Magazine All Music website musician's discographies, biographies Les Blank Films Flower Films - American Music documentaries Captain Fiddle - Ryan Thompson's Home Page Celtic tunes listing with standard and abc notation Delta Blues song lyrics data base Donegal Fiddle Pages Fiddle links page, maintained by T David Van Zandt Fiddle-L ABC Tune Archive Fiddler Magazine Fiddler's Companion Huge data base for fiddle tune histories & source information Flat 5 Press & Recording Studio On-Line store Flatpick Guitar Magazine Home Page Flatpick-L Home Page Flatpicker Home page - by Jerry Garland Frets.com Everything you need to know about fretted instruments Stefan Grossman's Videos Catalog Vestopol instructional and historic performance videos Harmony Central Guitar information / luthier comparisons Homespun Home Page - Instructional Videos, CD's and tapes Injuries & Musicians The Klezmer Shack Mandolin Cafe Home Page Mudcat Cafe Home Page Muse Home Page - download music and tab writing software. MP3 site, traditional tunes in MP3 format Mugwumps Home Page Old Time Herald, on line edition Southern Music Home Page - Roots music of the American South, from 1900 - 1999 Strings Magazine Home Page The Tao of the Mandolin A book in progress by John Bird Violink The World of Violins Wings and Strings Festival, South Florida Back to Top of Page Bluegrass sites Barb Diederich's Bluegrass Events Calendar An extensive and indexed listing of events, concerts, jams and artist appearances for the Northeastern United States Bluegrass in Antarctica The Bluegrass Connection Bluegrass Guitar Joe Carr's Bluegrass Guitar site. Bluegrass Music Links Bluegrass Unlimited Magazine Bluegrass World Boston Bluegrass Union Cybergrass, The Internet's Bluegrass Music Magazine, searchable bluegrass database, artist profiles & performance schedules. Mike Wright's Flatpick guitar page Link to Flatpick-L Live Bluegrass On-Line Back to Top of Page Clubs, Coffeehouses, Radio Stations, etc The Birchmere in Alexandria, VA The First Encounter Coffeehouse in Eastham, MA Folk Venues Database Nationwide listing of Folk Music Venues Johnny D's Music Club, Davis Square, Somerville, MA - performer schedules Prairie Home Companion Home Page The Station Inn Home Page, Nashville TN Back to Top of Page West Virginia Public Radio Home Page WGBH TV & Radio, Boston, MA - Home Page New Hampshire Public Television Home Page WOMR Radio, Provincetown, MA - Home Page WUMB Folk Radio, Boston, MA - Home Page WSM Radio, Nashville, TN - Home Page Back to Top of Page Dealers, Luthiers Acoustic Outfitters Music Shop, Stratham, NH Acoustic Roots, Philadelphia, PA (Larry Broido) Daniel Blom Guitar Restoration, Nashville TN Dana Bourgeois custom guitars, Lewiston, ME Jim Boyce's Musical Instruments web site, North Falmouth, MA Calton Musical Instrument Cases web site Collings Clarence White Guitar "unofficial" web site, maintained by David Dugas Cotten Music Home Page, Nashville, TN D'Addario Home Page Dudenbostel String Instruments Home Page Maurice DuPont guitars, mandolins Elderly Instruments Home Page - New & Vintage stringed instruments, Recordings and Instructional Materials First Quality Music SuppliesHome Page, Louisville KY Flatbush Instruments Home Page - Copenhagen, Denmark Fossil Ivory-FIK's Home Page - Fossil ivory bridge pins, nuts & saddles Joe Dobbs Fret 'n Fiddle Home Page - St. Albans WV Gibson website Instrument Serial # link Gruhn Guitars Home Page, Nashville, TN Gryphon Strings Home Page, Palo Alto, CA Hammond Ashley, Seattle, WA House of Musical Traditions Home Page, Takoma Park, MD Johnson String Instruments, John Street, Newton Centre, MA KC Strings Violin Shop, Merriam, KS Larrivee Guitars, Vancouver BC, Canada Lemur Music, San Juan Capistrano, CA Stewart MacDonald Home Page(luthier supplies) Mandolin Brothers Home Page, Staten Island, NY Maton Instruments Home Page - Australia Martin Guitars Home page Music City StringsTKL Home Page, Rockport, MA The Music Explorium, Carrboro, NC The Music Emporium, Lexington, MA - fine fretted instruments Musicians & Instrument Makers Forum Rigel Mandolins, Hyde Park, VT - Home Page Sandy's Music, Central Square, Cambridge - Sandy Sheehan's music store, the funkiest in Cambridge Eric Schoenberg Guitars  Shar Home Page Southwest Strings Home Page StringPull Mike Nihen's guitar shop web site, Fairfax, VA Henry Strobel Violin making books Steve Swan Guitars, Dealer for Santa Cruz Guitars Thomastik-Infield Home Page TKL Home Page - Tweed instrument cases Woodwinds and Brasswinds Home Page - Discount Strings, Rockin' Rhythm, etc Back to Top of Page Record Companies, Distributors County Sales Home Page Flyin' Cloud Records- Old Time, Bluegrass Green Linnet- Celtic recordings June Appal Recordings Home Page Library of Congress Mid Continent Music Home Page - recordings Old Homestead Records Rounder Records Home page Shanachie Music Home Page Sierra Records (also Muleskinner records) Smithsonian Folkways Recordings Home Page Sugar Hill Records Home Page Back to Top of Page Associations American Federation of Violin and Bow Makers American Folklore Society Falmouth Fiddlers Folk Dance Association Guild of American Luthiers Home Page Minnesota Bluegrass & Old Time Music Association Home Page Missouri Old Time Fiddlers Association-MSOTFA Home Page New England Folk Festival Association (NEFFA) Bill Shull's North American Fiddle Association (NAFA) events page, NAFA links NAMM International Music Makers Association Oregon Fiddlers Association by Lew Holt Back to Top of Page Services Center for Anatomy - Wood Research Ceolas Artists- Listing, profiles, discographies, links Oasis CD Duplication Services Home Page Pollstar Home Page - performers touring schedules Back to Top of Page Musicians, Bands Darol Anger/Mike Marshall Band- Home Page Kenny Baker's Home page - by Jim Moss Peter Barnes- Home Page Byron Berline's Home Page David Bromberg's unofficial web page maintained by fans Carbon Leaf Home Page -- Best Rock Band in Richmond, VA John Carlini Cape Cod Fiddlers Home Page - The Cape's Fiddle band Vassar Clements Home Page Crabgrass The Cape Cod Bluegrass band Brad Davis' Home Page - Instruction Videos, CD's Adam Dewey & Crazy Creek a New England Bluegrass Band Dixie Butterhounds, A fine Old Time string band from Arlington, MA Dwight Diller's New Home Page, banjo from the heart of West Virginia Dwight Diller's web site by Gordon Banks Jim Fidler of Newfoundland Folk Medicine Home Page, a band from Acton MA Folklore Productions, Doc Watson tour info, discography(Mitch Greenhill) The Freight Hoppers Home Page Matt Glaser's Home Page - String Dept head, Berklee College of Music Gopher Broke Bluegrass Band Grand Bois Home Page - a fine traditional Cajun band from the Boston area David Grisman's Home Page John Hartford's Home Page Andrew Hill Fan page, discography David Holt Home Page & High Windy Audio Hot Club USA - Federico Britos & Frank Vignola Home Page - great jazz violin & guitar Jim Hurst's Home Page Steve Kaufman's Home Page Alison Krauss Band Home Page Robin Kessinger's Home Page Laurie Lewis' Home Page John McGann's Home Page - Transcriptions, Lessons, Tab & Sheet Music, Recordings Mark O'Connor's Home Page Stacy Phillips' Dobro & Fiddle Home Page >Frank Ryan's Home Page (Celtic Clan) The Red Clay Ramblers Home Page - history, discography, performance schedule, current lineup Harvey Reid's website, Woodpecker Records Salamander Crossing's Home Page. Les Sampou Home Page The Seldom Scene Home Page Orrin Star's Home Page Bobby Taylor's Home Page - Bobby organizes Clifftop every year IIIrd Tyme Out Benny Thomasson Home Page, Texas fiddling Trout Fishing in America Home Page Joe Venuti Home Page Roland White's Home Page Wild Asparagus Home Page Back to Top of Page Old Time Music sites Old Time Music page Gordon Banks Old Time music page with lots 'o links Brandywine Friends of Old Time Music Home Page(Delaware) Old Time Music on the Radio Home Page Old Time Music Page David Lynch's Old Time Music site - many Old Time Music links Old Time Recordings listing Old Time Recordings on CD listing Jeff Titon's Old Time Music Home Page, Old Time Fiddling, Clyde Davenport-Eastern Kentucky Fiddler Voyager Records Home Page - Old Time Fiddle Music recordings Back to Top of Page Miscellaneous Bullshirts Boutique Boutique for all Listers Feldenkrais Home Page Fiddle Net Home Page-hundreds of fiddle links The Fiddler's Connection Data base for thousands of fiddle tunes, their origins and histories. 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