Celts & Saxons Homepage
NAFA: Internet Fiddle Resources
Irish Music Magazine - Home Page
The Chieftains WWW Site
a gaelic site
Irish Music Page
Worldwideweb.dk Irish music A Danish site about Irish music
Irish Music A German site about Irish music
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Bluegrass: Contrary to what some people seem to think (and even to what some mis-informed Web pages will tell you), bluegrass music is not (repeat: NOT) folk music--not even "folk music in overdrive" as one writer said. Bluegrass music is the evolved invention of one man: the late William Smith (Bill) Monroe. Bill Monroe did not set out to develop a form of folk music. When Bill Monroe created the bluegrass sound (although it was not yet called bluegrass) in the late 1930's, he intended to create a commercially successful sound--in much the same way as (but with far more artistic success than) Buck Owens did a quarter of a century later. That Monroe's style of music has been adopted by many thousands of musicians around the world is a tribute to Monroe's genius, but it does not make his invention folk music.
Bill Monroe
Nashville Songwriters Hall Of Fame : Bill Monroe
Bill Monroe's Page of Fame
Liner Notes forThe Songs of Bill Monroe
Southern Folklife Collection - Bill Monroe
Bill Monroe and Bluegrass Music
Bill Monroe Tales
Earl Scruggs
FestivalFinder: Bluegrass Music Festivals of North America
Bluegrass Music Festival Locator
IBMA Home Page
Del McCoury Bluegrass Article One of the best living bluegrass singers.
Redwood Bluegrass Associates - Del McCoury Band January 1997
BLUEGRASS: The Del McCoury Band
Richard Greene Bluegrass Music Artist Profile
BlueGrassRoots: Peter Rowan: Quotes
Today in History (Bill Monroe)
Redwood Bluegrass Associates
SummerStage - Artists
Bluegrass Music Concert Review
Bluegrass Music Events New York
Martha White Flour Bluegrass Music News (under construction)
A resource for Bluegrass Music
Roots66:Music links - Bluegrass Links
BLUEGRASS: Putting Music on the World Wide Web
Bluegrass Music
The Bluegrass Connection
Bluegrass Music
Bluegrass music in SoCal
Bluegrass Frameless Page
Country, Folk, Bluegrass Music
a Swedish bluegrass band
Netherlands Bluegrass Music Association
Annapolis Valley Bluegrass & Oldtime Music Association Homepage
Ishibashi-Music / Bluegrass / Liberty Bell Japanese bluegrass
Bluegrass Music Association Of Maine
Swiss Bluegrass Music Association
TRAMP AND BLUEGRASS MUSIC
COUNTRY & BLUEGRASS MUSIC
East Hants Bluegrass & Oldtime Music Association
International Bluegrass Music Museum
The Bluegrass / Acoustic Music Web Ring
Nerdworld's bluegrass listings
Bluegrass and Swing Music Magazine
BlueGrass Music (mid)
Bluegrass MP3 Music
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Western Swing developed in Texas and Oklahoma in the 1930's and gained tremendous popularity in the 40's. The style is a blend of big band Swing, country music, blues, dixieland, and jazz among other forms. Western Swing introduced the drums and steel guitar to country music. Sometimes called "Texas Swing", it was a Saturday night dance type of music which combined the style of big band swing with country music and the culture of the southwestern United States.
Bob Wills was known as the "King of Western Swing". Wills perfected his style in the late 30's with his band the "Texas Playboys." His most popular songs include "San Antonio Rose", "Faded Love", "Stay All Night", and "Take Me Back to Tulsa." Other major Western Swing bandleaders include Milton Brown, Hank Thompson, and Spade Cooley, among others. The best known individual musicians were members of Bob Wills's Texas Playboys--for example, fiddler Johnny Gimble, guitarist Eldon Shamblin, & vocalist Tommy Duncan. As Waylon Jennings (if you don't listen to commercial country music, you can think of him as Buddy Holly's bass player) sang many years later: It don't matter who's in Nashville, Bob Wills is still the King.
Western Swing Newsletter
Praise for Western Swing
Lone Star Internet - Texas Swing
Texas Folklife Resources: Touring Traditions - Johnny Gimble & the Texas Swing Legacy
Western Swing Link Banner Page
Western Swing Guitar Style
The Oklahoma Twisters, A Western Swing Dance Band
Dave Alexander and the Legends of Western Swing
Asleep At The Wheel - Western Swing
Western Swing
Bear Family Records Home Page
History of Country Music
Roots66: Music Links - Western Bands
DanceRoundup USA-Country Western, Swing, Ballroom...
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Folk Music (mainly English language):
Main Index - Folk Music on Recordings
Folk Music Web Ring
J. Milton's folk index
Dr. Smith's Folk music page
Minstrel's Gallery - Codex of Songs
Susquehanna Folk Music Society
1998 Calgary Folk Music Festival
Nottingham Folk Music Database: Tunes in directory "playford"
Fortissimo Folk Music
Music Alive! -- Peterborough Folk Music Society Home Page
Selected English Folk Music Singers
Denbigh Music Festival
Pinelands Folk Music Links
Folk Music
Glenn Yarbrough - Folk Music Links and Addresses
Publicke Occurrences: The Hornpipe's Southern Folk Music Performance Calendar
folk music database (UK)
Folk Music - Tunes, Lyrics and Information
Folk Music By Location
Primary folk music pubs and sessions (UK)
Houston Folklore and Folk Music Society
Folkstuff: Newsletter of Folk Music and Dance (Ithaca, NY)
The John McCutcheon Home Page
Definitions of fiddle styles
Folk Music - British Columbia Online Highways
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