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Spokane Folklore Society Index

Calendar of Events
Current News
Fall Folk Festival
  Lady of the Lake
Membership information
SFS welcome page
About SFS
History and Archives

Performers' Referral List:
Bands
Contra Dance Callers
Contra  Dance Bands
Children's Entertainment
Dance Instruction
Dance Performers
Festivals & Camps
 Jams and open mics
Local Folk Venues
Local related organizations etc.
Music Teachers
 Musicians
Singers
 Web resources

Support our Business Members:

Incandescent Ironworks  Incandescent Ironworks makes custom-designed, 
hand-forged architectural ironwork, ornamental ironwork and furnishings for homes, gardens and businesses.

Inland Northwest Bluegrass Association    bluegrass bands,  jams, and the winter monthly bluegrass showcase

North Division Bicycle, Inc.  featuring bicycle sales and service.  10503 N. Division 467-2453 or 1-888-222-BIKE

Spokane Folklore Society
Answer Phone: 747-2640
P.O. Box 141
Spokane, WA 99210-0141 

Questions about the folklore society? email  spokanefolklore@gmail.com 

Webmaster: Brad Sondahl
Email the webmaster with additions, corrections, and kind words
Spokane Folklore Society
Web Resources Guide

Where to find:

Contra and  folk dance information, CD's etc.:
Dancilla.com 1200 folk dance videos and mp3s of dance music
Michael Dyck's Contradance Index
contracopia.net


Songs, lyrics:
Bluegrass and old time:
Bluegrasslyrics.com
BluegrassNet - Songbook
Song texts of the original Carter Family
Honking Duck: Old Time Music from 78s
Old Time Music MIDI Archive - 19th and 20th Century dance tunes arranged for fiddle and banjo
The Old-Time Music Home Page
 

American  and British Isles Folk:
The Folkniks: History of the 60's folk scare: A nice intro to 60's folk, and great links page
 Folk Music of the British Isles and U.S.
Old time,historic American, bluegrass music and American folklore-Native Ground Music
The Ballad Index
Music for the Nation: American Sheet Music, 1870-1885
Irish Songs - Music, Lyrics and Midis for Traditional, Drinking and Folk Songs
MIDI and GIF Music Files for Hammered Dulcimer and Other Instruments
Southern Folklife Collection, UNC-CH
Public Domain Music Sequenced by Benjamin Robert Tubb
Civil War Songs
British Isles Traditional Music
The Fiddler's Companion:A Descriptive Index of North American and British Isles Music for the Folk Violin and Other Instruments. by Andrew Kuntz
Folk Music Index: An Index to Recorded Sources - by Jane Keefer

Other song and lyric sites:
The Cyber Hymnal
Ragtime MIDI Files by Warren Trachtman
Grateful Dead Lyric And Song Finder (includes lots of traditional songs)

 
Folk music chat/bulletin boards
The Mudcat Discussion Forum--lyrics, folk related conversation in searchable bulletin board format
 the unofficial Martin guitar forum
 NWbluegrass group at groups.Yahoo.com

 
Music encyclopedias/histories/discographies
Ibiblio.org Folk music Discography (list of folk recordings)


 
 
Folk Radio on the web (best with broadband):

Spokane Public Radio
KYRS Thin Air Radio
http://www.sugarinthegourd.com/ Old time music all the time
Folk Roots/Folk Branches with Mike Regenstreif on CKUT
http://www.247polkaheaven.com/ Polka music
http://www.folkalley.com/