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Old Time Music related sites
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Old Time Music Homepage
The Old Time Music Home Page is devoted to the preservation of American traditional music , especially the music of the Appalachian Mountain region.
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Augusta Heritage Center
The Augusta Heritage Center of Davis and Elkins College has been providing cutting edge traditional arts education and preserving Appalachian culture since 1973.
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Hickory Jack Bringing to the stage the old-time music they’ve been playing for years, on porches, in kitchens and at festivals Erynn Marshall and Chris Coole use a fiddle, banjo, guitar and their voices to bring to life music from another era.
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The Virtual Gramophone Welcome to The Virtual Gramophone: Canadian Historical Sound Recordings , a growing multimedia website devoted to the early days of Canadian recorded sound. With a database of images and digital audio recordings, as well as biographies of musicians and histories of music and recorded sound in Canada, The Virtual Gramophone provides researchers and enthusiasts with a comprehensive look at the 78-rpm era in Canada
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Old Groove Old Groove celebrates old-time southern music, tradition and culture through the people who create it, those who carry it on, and those who aren't afraid to add their two cents along the way. We're a resource for musicians to promote their work and for music lovers to find information on traditional, old-time string band music.
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Banjo related links
- The Black Banjo Then and Now
Since banjo is a New World version of multiple African antecedents, it is a multi-ethnic African instrument. Therefore, playing styles, be they stroke, rappin', thumb-lead, up-pickin', Murphy Gribble-type three-finger rolls, or whatever, must be considered part of the African tradition. Hence, mention of the "African influences" in banjo playing and history starts from a false supposition that the thing ain't All-African to begin with. -Sule Greg Wilson
- The Archie Edwards Blues Heritage Foundation
The Archie Edwards Blues Heritage Foundation , a non-profit organization, is tasked with keeping the blues tradition alive -- more specifically, East coast acoustic folk blues.
- Mugwumps Instrument Herald
In 1971 I founded Mugwumps Instrument Herald to provide a central place where people interested in folk music could buy, sell, trade and learn about the musical instruments on which the music was made, namely banjos, guitars, mandolins, ukuleles, autoharps, ukelins, zithers, glass harmonicas, kazoos, and anything else I felt might be of interest to readers. -Michael I. Holmes Publisher, Editor
- Banjo Hangout
The Banjo Hangout is the world's most comprehensive banjo resource. Since it began over 7 years ago, the site has grown to include over 2,300 banjo tabs , 300 lessons , 1,200 reviews , 2,000 links , 35,000 discussion topics , and 16,000 registered players .
- Frets.com A tonne of information for the Player and luthier
- Bernunzio Vintage Instruments
Dealer of Vintage Stringed Instruments - Rochester, New York
- Zepp Country Music ~ Banjo - L
Hosted by the University of Virginia, The List exists as a discussion forum that encompasses the full range of things banjo. Beginners and widely known professionals alike freely exchange information, views, and observations on BANJO-L.
- Jeff Menzies Handmade Gourd Banjos
Jeff and I have been very good friends for years now and I hope he'll add a link to my website one of these days. He makes terrific Gourd and Tackhead Banjos.
- Hank Schwartz Design A tremendous Banjo resource for the Banjo Maker & Collector
- W. Boucher Minstrel Era Banjo
A great old banjo! - courtesy of HSD
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