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Fok music of course, is the oldest form of music, the very first music that ever existed. There are as many forms of folk music as there are cultures on the planet (who knows--one day we may well discover that folk music exists on other planets as well). No living human language is without its folksongs (there may even be folksongs in C++ and Java, but I haven't seen or heard them). A comprehensive survey of folk music would consume far more megabytes than this Web site has available. Of necessity, therefore, the information and links on this page will reflect the musical interests of those who are creating it. Most of the folk music covered here comes from lands where English is the principal language, although that reflects only a small minority of all the world's folk music. The question of "What is folk music?" remains a thorny issue. Years ago, someone (perhaps Studs Terkel) asked Big Bill Broonzy if the blues is folk music. Broonzy replied something like, "I reckon so--I ain't ever heard no horse singin' it." That may be as close as we can get to a definition. A little personal prejudice: to be folk, music pretty much has to be acoustic.
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Links related to (mainly English language) folk music:. 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
Eric Bogle's Music Eric Bogle's Music. Discography
Booking Information for Eric Bogle
Stoneyport Agency - Eric Bogle biography
Eric Bogle's Band Musicians. Ian Blake Andy McGloin Brent Miller John Munro John Schumann.
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
or here entertainers@iname.com .
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