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Roots of Folk: Old English, Scots, and Irish Songs and Tunes edit / delete

Broadside ballads and related stuff. If you're wondering exactly how many songs there are to the "Captain Kidd" tune, this is the place to go.

to folk lyrics song tunes ... on 21 January 2012

Folk Festivals in Scotland edit / delete

to festivals folk music ... on 21 January 2012

Shruti Box UK - Home of the Shruti Box M1 edit / delete

Saw Mark Dunlop playing one of these at Glenfarg in October -- very neat!

to folk instruments music ... on 03 December 2011

Andrew McNabb - Pipe Music edit / delete

A useful overview of what you can do with a set of bagpipes.

to bagpipes folk instruments music ... on 01 September 2011

LeSession: Steve Mansfield's Abc music tutorial edit / delete

Useful quick reference to ABC notation.

to abc folk music notation ... on 23 August 2011

The Session: Tunes - Balls To Hall (jig) edit / delete

Suspiciously similar to the tune in Gary Moore's "Over The Hills and Far Away"...

to folk music tunes ... on 14 August 2011

the village music project edit / delete

"English" (which is to say Scottish and Irish too) collections of tunes.

to folk music tunes ... on 13 August 2011

Index of /sgb edit / delete

Tunebooks from rl.ac.uk (Justin Greenhalgh et al).

to folk music tunes ... on 13 August 2011

Root Hog Or Die edit / delete

Long list of links to world traditional music sites.

to folk music trad world ... on 22 July 2011

The Roots Music Listening Room edit / delete

American recordings from the early 20th century. (I came here looking for "Angeline the Baker", I think... but there's lots more American folk here too.)

to america folk music roots ... on 10 July 2011