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Academy of Bluegrass (a superior instrumental education)

Acoustic Village concert series (Knowlton)

Alan Lomax: Appalachian Journey (1991)

Alan Lomax Collection — The collection of one of the most important folklorists and ethnomusicologists.

Appalachian Road Show's Barry Abernathy's story

The Banjo, as described by Don Stover and Stephen Wade (Thanks to Ron Petronko for the reference.)

The Banjo Project

Basic Folk, interviews with folk musicians

Caffè Lena, streaming gigs nightly

Christine Lavin's Sinkhole video

CKUT — Montreal's listener-supported community radio station. Home to Folk Directions and many other unique programs.

Democracy Now

Digital Library of Appalachia

Doc Watson

Doug Cox Archives on You Tube, with Chuck Brodsky

Earl Scruggs started it all

Ekonting –one of the sources of the American banjo

ezFolk.com — Richard Hefner's instructional site for banjo, folk guitar and ukulele. The site also features and extensive folk music link directory.

Folk Alliance — The North American Folk Alliance is the umbrella organization for folk music in North America.

Folk and Acoustic Music Exchange — Reviews of folk music recordings

FolkDJ-L — Guidelines and other information for FolkDJ-L, the worldwide listserv for folk music on the radio.

From Austin to Tennessee: The History of Country Music—with thanks to Annie, of Bethany Langston's library group!

fRoots — The British magazine formerly known as Folk Roots.

Greenwich Village: Music that defined a generation

Guthrie Center — Concert and community center in the former church made famous in Alice's Restaurant.

Home Routes National Online Folk Festival

Jimmie RodgersAfrican superstar plus!

John Cohen interview on NPR, John Cohen's Passionate Pursuit, From Kentucky to Peru.

John Prine interviewed by Ted Kooser at the Library of Congress. A literary evening (03/09/05) 87-minute video.

Kate McGarrigle, performing Proserpina at the Royal Albert Hall, December 9, 2009.

Mike Seeger, interviewed by Judith Tick, March 2008 (35 minutes into the video)

Mike Stevens, playing the Orange Blossom Special at the Grand Ole Opry with Jim & Jesse

Montreal Blues Society

No Trains on the Rails Today — protest song written by Montrealer, Paul Beaulieu

NPR — Folk Music Section — Listings and links for many folk music programs from around the world that can be heard on the web.

Paul RobesonBlack American RightsTIFF

Pete Seeger preparing for his appearance on the Johnny Cash television show in 1970

Puff, the Magic Dragon —from the author's mouth

Siamsa School of Irish Music (Montreal)

Sing Out! Magazine — Since 1950, Sing Out! has been the authoritative folk music magazine for articles, reviews, songs, teach-ins and much more.

Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Culture

Stuff — The Story of Stuff — The Story of Stuff is a 20-minute, fast-paced, fact-filled look at the underside of our production and consumption patterns. It exposes the connections between a huge number of environmental and social issues, and calls us together to create a more sustainable and just world.

The Shopkeeper—a film by Rain Perry about Mark Hallman and the longest continuously operating recording studio in Austin, Texas.

The Weavers— A collection of all the video recordings for Snader Telescriptions filmed in 1951

Wade Hemsworth with the Mountain City Four, a new recording produced by Peter Weldon from a 1969 tape, restored by Fred Bouchard. For information, write to: peterweldon[at]sympatico[dot]ca

Why Can't We —Choral arrangement of the song by Naming the Twins

Woody Guthrie Foundation and Archives — The archives and foundation dedicated to the work of one of the 20th century's most important folk music figures.

Woody: The lost years: his life in Greystone Hospital

Woody and Old Man Trump