Dictionary
people in general (often used in the plural) "they're just country folk" "folks around here drink moonshine" "the common people determine the group character and preserve its customs from one generation to the next" a social division of (usually preliterate) people people descended from a common ancestor "his family has lived in Massachusetts since the Mayflower" the traditional and typically anonymous music that is an expression of the life of people in a community
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Wikipedia
"Folk" can refer to a number of different things: It can be short for folk music, or, for folksong, or, for folklore, or, for folk dance; it may be a word for a specific people, tribe, or nation, especially one of the Germanic peoples; it might even be a calque on the related German languageGerman word ''Volk''.disambig de:Folknl:Folk
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Websites
portraits in tempera and oils, portretten in tempera en olieverf
Commmissioned contemporary portraits and landscapes by Dutch artist using traditional tempera and oil techniques.
http://www.renetweehuysen.nl/
http://www.larryburnett.com
Singer/songwriter Larry Burnett, former and founding member of the 70's recording artists FIREFALL re-emerges with new music and new live perfomances
http://www.larryburnett.com/
Blake and Fallon
Among the myriad of artists who have emerged from Austin in the last five years, few have generated more excitement among fans, critics, and industry insiders than Blake Powers & Fallon Franklin. Their live shows seamlessly blend elements of singer/songwriter, pop, rock, and blues genres.
http://www.blakeandfallon.com/
Pete Gavin website
Pete Gavin website, deutschlands 'very own british bluesman'. Termine, projekte, sounds, presse.
http://www.petegavin.de/
Official Home page of Saxophonist and recording artist Noah Peter
Saxophonist and band leader Noah Peterson offers a clear, true voice and a new vision. The consummate professional in every sense, his group reflects his vision at the center of their improvisation. Turning pop tunes into jazz classics; polishing jazz standards into bright new gems. His talented musicians offer the perfect balance to Noah's fine horn playing; they are light to Noah's shadow, as they groove to the mystic depths of his untamed saxohpone. Like the best high wire act these gentlemen perform without a net.
http://www.noahpeterson.com/
Yippee Records
Record label supporting Brian Houser, Texas singer-songwriter
http://www.yippeerecords.com/
s1play.com
Scotland's most comprehensive entertainment listings website.
http://www.s1play.com/
KarmøyNett
Needing information on Karmøy (Rogaland, Norway)? This is the place to visit! Tons of pictures!
http://www.karmoynett.no/
The International Dance Council (CID, UNESCO)
- The International Dance Council (CID) is the official umbrella organization for all forms of dance in all countries of the world. - It is a non-profit non-governmental organization founded in 1973 within the UNESCO headquarters in Paris. - It is a worldwide forum bringing together international, national and local organizations as well as select individuals active in dance. - It represents the art of dance in general and advises the UNESCO, national and local government agencies, international organizations and institutions. Headquarters CID, UNESCO, Paris, France
http://www.cid-unesco.org/
Ulrich Kodjo Wendt
Akkordeonist und Komponist aus Hamburg.
http://www.ulrichwendt.de/
Pono
electronic blues noir
http://www.ponomusic.com/
Edward Hines Music
Sheet music, e-music, CDs, free MP3 downloads; new challenges for orchestral instruments; art music for kids; outstanding Mid-East folk music recordings; home of the world music group ANATOLIA
http://www.hinesmusic.com/
Jazz Folk & Bike Festival Syke
A music Festival in Syke about 20 km south of Bremen. Different venues such as a watermill, an old church, a historic farmhouse and a natural amphitheatre in a forest.The combination of music and scenery is unique. The bike is the ideal vehicle to visit the different sites.
http://www.jazzfolkbike.de/
Hordvik Musikklag
Norwegian Brass Bandwhere the fun is the most important thing of all!
http://www.hordvikmusikklag.no/
handmade music - finest harmony singing
This website is the homepage of a brilliant local Leipzig music group.
http://www.quiteahandful.de/
Funkytonk Records
Independent Music Art Bands of Richland Kennewick Pasco Tri-Cities in Washington State. Northwest Underground Music Scene. Home of 321 Art Space in downtown Kennewick.
http://www.funkytonkrecords.com/
Dog My Cat Records
Dog My Cat Records was established in 2004 by acoustic blues sensation Harry Manx and long-time producer Jordy Sharp. Non-genre based, the label is now home to some of the most uniquely talented musicians from its home base of British Columbia, Canada to artists from around the globe. With 2 Juno award nominations under our belt and a budding roster of new artists and new albums, you'll want to check back often.
http://www.dogmycatrecords.ca/
Penn Alps Restaurant & Craft Shop
Penn Alps Restaurant & Craft Shop in Grantsville, MD, offering Breakfast, lunch & dinner, plus buffets and group menus. Crafts by local artisans in the craft store.
http://www.pennalps.com/
B.E.V.
North italian folk progressive band.
http://www.bonificaemilianaveneta.it/
www.michael-reich.com
Singer/Songwriter Michael Reich
http://www.michael-reich.com/
Cheryl Porter Official Website
Website of internationally acclaimed singer Cheryl Porter. With a rich and powerful voice deeply rooted in the Spirituals tradition, her albums range from Gospel, Jazz, Folk, Inspirational and classical.
http://www.cherylporter.net
www.jschindler.com
Award-winning songwriter
http://www.jschindler.com/
Ascionman.com - Antica locanda degustazione idee
Ci sono i miei pensieri, le mie idee, le mie kakkiate, foto interesssssssantisssssime, storie di eroi moderni e immaginari, supercazzole, zingarate frasi insoma una antica locanda dove si servono idee
http://www.ascionman.com/
Sharron Kraus
English folk singer writing murder ballads and insect lullabies.
http://www.sharronkraus.com/
The Official 'Lenore' Music Website
Website of Canadian singer/songwriter Lenore has mp3's, CD info, tour schedule, etc.
http://www.lenore.com
Amy Henderson
Acoustic alternative folk rock
http://www.amyhenderson.com/
Roland Scull, guitarist and singer, gitarrist und Sänger
Website of the musician, guitarist, singer, blues, rock, folk, acoustik guitar. Information on concerts, repertoire
http://www.rolandscull.de/
Black Warrior Riverkeeper
An Alabama-based nonprofit organization dedicated to protecting and restoring the Black Warrior River and its tributaries. We are a proud member of Waterkeeper Alliance.
http://www.blackwarriorriver.org/
Soulshine.com.au
music/youth orientated music showcasing the best of Australian music along with worldwide music news.
http://soulshine.com.au/
Holy Metal
Free Web magazine about heavy metal with a very big photo gallery
http://www.holymetal.com/
recording studio
recording studio
http://www.tracceverdi.com/
brrrn
Artist and musician Bryan Brrrn Lohr, paintings, installations, projects and recordings, bio and journal too.
http://www.brrrn.com/
Enterto Music
We are Entertomusic Team that is building an ultimate online place for musicians. We provide the space where any musician finds the answers to his needs and is presented to global music community. You can create here your own world - world of your music, creative ideas, and communication with the rest of world music community, learn and explore new possibilities, make a new friends. With us, you can feel confident that you will receive solid services with the customer service you expect and deserve. We are ready to help you with any questions and Our main goal is to have great community of musicians from all over the world and high quality services, creating individual pages that will introduce you to the global music community. We are constantly improving the site adding more futures in order to make your presence at EntertoMusic pleasant and effective. You feed back is highly appreciated - it will help us to serve members more effectively. We understand that everybody wishes to have the most inexpensive services possible. But in order to run this web site we still charge you some fees to be able to provide such a services. When EntertoMusic will gain its profit ability, we will definitely lower our fees. When your product sells from your web site or EntertoMusic shop you’ll be charged a 10% fee based on the sale price of your item. When you receive a payment, the 10 % fee will be automatically deducted from the final sales price of your product. There are no extra charges - you run your web site for Free!. We hope that you will enjoy being at EntertoMusic! Thank you for supporting Global Artist Community!
http://www.entertomusic.com/
John Byrne Cooke Photography
Fine art photos of Sixties rock and folk musicians, from Dylan, Joplin and Hendrix to Doc Watson, Bill Monroe, Mississippi John Hurt and many more.
http://www.cookephoto.com/
art store-art for millions
The art store is founded 1990 with a very simple concept: to sell original art for low prices. Prices for original paintings as for posters. Its still working and worth to have a look on the website or the real galery, that is sited in Wohlwillstrasse 10 in St Pauli, Hamburg, Germany. Open every thursday, friday and saturday evening.
http://www.artstorestpauli.com/
RockTimes
German Online Rockmagazin with concert reviews, CD, DVD and Book reviews, concert photos etc.
http://www.rocktimes.de/
Radio 19/4 - Jazz, Pop, Noize
Radio 19/4 for more than eleven Years on Antenne Muenster's Open Channel, Ukw 95,4 mhz. 4. Monday/Month + Specials. Length: one hour. Profile: Jazz, Pop, Noise - no Mainstream - Music somewhat alternartive. Range: 80km around Muenster City + Promotion via Website-reviews.
http://www.radio19-4.de/
J&J Artiestenbeheer - services for musicians
You can call us anytime when you're stuck with Administration, Webdesign, Coaching, (road)Management, Located in the Netherlands, with enough booking contacts and venues for organising a tour throughout the Netherlands for any kind of band. J&J Artiestenbeheer, because a musician has got more important things to do!
http://www.artiestenbeheer.nl
www.PyroMusic.net - Australian-based website featuring News, Reviews, Retro Reviews, Interviews, Gig Photos, Forums & much more.
Born early 2004, Australia's www.PyroMusic.net covers both local and internatioanl content, featuring interviews, a strong focus not only on reviews of recent releases, but albums from years gone by. Also featured are Australian metal gig photos, videos/bootlegs, forums, a band logo directory (featuring high resolution Australian metal band logos for download by press/media/designers) and a lot more.
http://www.pyromusic.net/
Echte Volksmusik bei Bogner Records - Echte Volksmusik, volkstümliche Musik und Schlager - authentic bavarina folk
Echte Volksmusik, Volkstümliche Musik, Volkslieder, Tonstudio, Vertrieb, Musikverlag, Musik Produktion, Schlager, Blasmusik, Jazz, Swing, Tradition, Stubenmusik, Saitenmusik, Bayern, bavaria, folk, authentic
http://www.echte-volksmusik.com/
Jenny Leigh Pianist, Composer, Vocalist
The official website for performing singer songwriter, Jenny Leigh, including lyrics, poetry, bio, photos, calendar, mailing list, notes, band, sound samples from her new cd and new songs.
http://www.jennyleighmusic.com
NO Exotic ,NO Ethnic Market ,NO Touristik
Serhat Köksal founded his 2/5 BZ project in Istanbul in 1986. As a constantly evolving multimedia project, the output is in disparate formats: tapes, video collages, CD-ROMs, audio CDs, photocopied zines and live performances. The performances of 2/5 BZ aka Serhat Köksal are exuberant cut-up montages of traditional music, experimental electronic sounds, TV and B-movie images, brought together in a dadaistic confrontation of pop, orientalism, kitsch, comic and folklore. Serhat Köksal performed 80 audiovisual concert on festivals ( 34th Rotterdam Film Festival , Austria Diagonale Film Festival ,Belarus Subculture Festival,Amsterdam World Wide Video Festival ,..) , clubs, exhibitions in Europe, Asia, North America. Under the slogan No Exotic, No Ethnic Market, No Touristik he investigates culturalistic clices and their effects on the economical and political situation of individuals and 2/5 BZ have two times John 'Peel Session' in BBC Radio 1 and presenting on the subject of Turkish pop cinema and deconstruction, exotic tourism and anti-city myths, copy culture and remakes, critical sound art and audiovisual experimentation using found footage, field recordings and samples - in short: a critical and humorous re-use of mass culture. He lives and works in Istanbul.
http://www.2-5bz.com/
Encore Recordings
music in all formats: CD, LP, 7, 78 rpm, 16 rpm, Tape, Reel-To-Reel, Cylinders, Piano Rolls, Sheet Music, Books on Music & Musicians, Music Memorabilia bought, sold and traded!
http://www.encorerecordings.com/
Aaron Flinn - Musicsmith Singer Songwriter Multi-Instrumentalist
A prolific songsmith and multi-instrumentalist who has been performing and recording material to rave reviews internationally for nearing a dozen years. He has released four full-length albums and won the 1996 2nd Annual Acoustic Guitar Search. Flinn has opened for Don McLean at a 1400 seat theater and graduated magna cum laude from Berklee College of Music. He has been named one of the best songwriters at Berklee and the best folk artist in the state of Vermont for 1997. Flinn's new songs don't stop coming and there's no end in sight.
http://www.aaronflinn.com/
Brendyn Montgomery & Avoca House Music
Brendyn is based in Nelson, New Zealand. He has an M.A. in traditional Irish music performance (1st class honours) and is one of New Zealand’s leading traditional Irish musicians, playing flute, whistle and fiddle.
http://www.brendyn.net/
Vocke und Haagen Musikagentur
Hier finden Sie Künstlervermittlung, individuelle Spezialprogramme und Infotainmentshows budgetgerecht und zielorientiert.
http://www.vocke-haagen-musikagentur.com
rekord.net ....the record collector's source
www.rekord.net ....we provide the good music on vinyl we are specialized in finding and trading rare vinyl and special CD Editions of most of the musical styles: Jazz, Funk, Library, Soul, Deep house , Techno, Garage, Disco, Rap, Elektro, Drum&bass, KrautRock, Psychedelic Rock, Roots Reggae, Dub, Chanson, Folk.... all kinds of collectors items (Ltd. editions, hard to find rarities, deleted backstock...etc)
http://www.rekord.net/
Folk/Pop Duet from Canada
“To inspire awe and admiration”, is the meaning of this Toronto based duo known as ‘august' . Described as having a vibe on stage that is smooth and intoxicating, singer/songwriter Andi D and bassist/writer Jen Benton truly are an august sight! With one glance at this dynamic pair, there will be no disputing that these girls are talented and seasoned artists whose songwriting and stage performance undoubtedly leaves the audience wanting more.
http://www.augustsight.com/
Folk Alliance
Works to develop folk music and dance in North America. Inlcudes a history, membership information, details of their annual International Conference, and links to regional branches.
http://www.folk.org/
Showtime Online
Movies and original programming. Includes first run Stargate episodes. [Accessible to US-based IP addresses only]
http://sho.com/
Kerrville Folk Festival
Annual event since 1972. Includes schedule, webcatst of the festival, ticket ordering, photographs, and merchandise.
http://www.kerrville-music.com/
folkmusic.org
Listings of folk resources including artists, festivals, organizations, music business resources and forums.
http://www.folkmusic.org/
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