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Top 10 (ish)

TheSession.org
THE Webwide Abc Irish Tune Index
The Amazing SlowDowner
Alan Ng's Tunography
The Irish Fiddle Archive
Uilleann Obsession
Alaska Folk Music
Concord Musical Supplies
Audacity
online ABC converter
Chiff & Fipple

Local Busineses, Organizations, Musicians

John Osnes Violins
Petr's Violin Shop
Suzi's Woollies
Celtic Treasures
Hillside Music
Turnagain Arts Association
Denise Martin
John Walsh
Whistling Swan Productions
The Dancing Bears
Snow City Cafe Irish Music Session
AK Irish Music Festival
Amanda Kerr
Alaska Fiddle Camp


Information Sites

The ABC Homepage This is the main resource for all ABC notation questions, with links to tutorials and downloads.
ABC Tunefinder
Mudcat Cafe massive repository of folk songs
Online Session curious but somehow cool . . .
Irish Fiddle Encylopedia of fiddlers and styles.   I should make this required reading for my students.
online ABC converter for those of you who don't have an ABC program yet
Ceolas celtic music archive tons of info on Irish music
Dolmetsch Early Music excellent series of lessons on music theory
Jazz Violin directory of players and styles
International Bluegrass Music Association
An Introduction to Historical Tunings Understand why your tuner doesn't tell the truth
Alan Ng's Tunography Find what albums a tune is recorded on, what other names it has, what books its in.
Uilleann Obsession So much more than pipes, as if that weren't enough. Patrick D'Arcy has collected a lot of information.
TheSession.org Almost every Irish music question has lots of conflicting answers in the archives.


Festivals and Events

Alaska Folk Festival Juneau
Anchorage Folk Festival Two weeks in January
Alaska Fiddle Camp August
Friday Harbor Irish Music Festival Spring, Friday Harbor, Washington
Camp Bluegrass Levelland, Texas
Acoustic Adventures Fairbanks folk artist concert series
AlaskaFolkMusic.org Gary Newman's page; the most complete reference I know of for events in Alaska.
Fairbanks Concert Association
Anchorage Concert Association
Whistling Swan Productions Anchorage folk artist concert series


CD resources

Claddagh Records Dublin, Ireland
Celtic Grooves Imports Washington, DC
Dara Records New York
Custy's Music Ennis, County Clare, Ireland
Rego Records New York
The Living Tradition Cork City, Ireland
Ossian USA Loudon, NH
Aniar Records Record label in San Francisco, CA. You need Reeds & Rosin and it's cheaper from the source.
Folktrax International Sound recordings and films of traditions worldwide


free mp3s

Tin Whistle Tunes Mp3s indexed by tune type, with a separate page for those played on the pipes.
Tune of the Month Archived, from the Southern California Uilleann Pipers club
San Diego Tune Swap Check out the rest of Michael Eskin's site while you're there, it's well worth it.
Cranford Publications Canadian resource for fiddle music makes available mp3 clips of almost all the CD's they sell.
Uillean Obsession Radio Archives The motherload! Wow, how did he do this?
Aniar Records mp3 sampes of their albums


Tunebooks online

Index of tunebooks in ABC notation includes a *fantastic* search funtion. My new favorite, better than thesession.org, except w/out peoples comments on the tunes.
Paddy O'Brien Tunebook Sets put together by Paddy O'Brien of Tipperary, found in his desk after his death.
John Walsh's Session Tunes Not the John in Anchorage, but worth looking at anyway. :-)
Blarney Stone Pub pdf file
Blarney Stone Pub 2 also pdf
The Feild Pub Session Tunebook another pdf; the last three are all the work of Michael Eskin
O'Neil's Music of Ireland Online Includes "Dance Music" and "Waifs and Strays"





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