World Music and Culture: Folk Music

Sing Out!

Each issue of Sing Out! Magazine includes traditional and contemporary folk songs, feature articles on the best of folk music and the artists who make it ... plus news, reviews and more!

Sing Out Resource Center   a multimedia collection of folk music recordings, photos, books, periodicals (and much more). 

• African Presences I: Music in Africa
• RootsWorld's African Music Resources
• Ghana Music
• James Koetting Ghana Field Recording Collection
• Traditional Music & Cultures of Kenya
• African Music Encyclopedia Music from Africa and the African Diaspora
• West Africa Manding Music Cora Connection
• A Guide to Jembe (Djembe) Eric Charry
• West African Music
• Sudanese Music Online
• Afropop Worldwide
• African Music Home Page
• Sabar Drumming Senegal
• Afromix Afro-Caribbean Music
• Mbira
• Venda Girl's Initiation Schools John Blacking
• djembefola-West African djembe, dun dun drumming
• Manding Music

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• The Bamboo Origins of Far Eastern Bridged Zithers Robert Garfias

  Includes photos and audio files.
• Music and Dance of the Bukidnon-s of Mindanao Hans Brandeis

  Online publication from the Filipino Association of Berlin.
• A Kiosk of Information Related to Okinawan Music Robert Garfias

  Includes short audio examples.
• Discography of recorded Tuvan, Mongolian, and Siberian Music

  Online discography
• Music of Tuva

  Online discography
• Foundation of India Art

  Short descriptions of musical genres, names and contact information for artists, some online recordings
• On Musicians' Speech About Music: Musico-Linguistic Discourse of Tabla Players Lowell Lybarger

  Article from Discourses in Music: Volume 2 Number 2 (Winter 2000-2001)
• Shakuhachi Main Menu

  Complete information about the shakuhachi flute
• John Thompson and the Guqin Silk String Zither

  Thompson is one of the most listened to players today. This site includes extensive musicological, historical and philosophical commentary on zither music.
• The Music Magazine India

  Books, reviews, and news on Indian music
• Beatofindia.com

  Beat of India brings the vibrancy and richness of the folk music of India to the World Wide Web
• Music from Korea

  Audio files of Korean music
• The Infography about Music -- Laos

  Online bibliography
• The Infography about Music -- Thailand

  Online bibliography
• The Infography about Music -- Vietnam

  Online bibliography
• Music of Mongolia

  Discography
• Music of Siberia

  Discography
• The Asian Free Reed Robert Gafias

  Online publication with some audio files and photos
• Burmese Music in Notation

  Online description and digital scores

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• Links to Middle Eastern Music Sites
• Middle East Studies Association
• Arab Music - Part One Ali Jihad Racy and Jack Logan
• Arab Music - Part Two Ali Jihad Racy and Jack Logan
• Arab Music - Part Three Ali Jihad Racy and Jack Logan
• Arab Music - Part Four Ali Jihad Racy and Jack Logan
• TURATH.org
• Discography of Arab and Turkish Classical Music
• Iranian/Persian Music
• The Kurdish Music articles on the Kurdish Music are written by Kendal Nezan
• A Master Percussionist: Vince Delgado
• Egyptian Music-Seven Millennia of Performance
• Playing a Middle Eastern Percussion Instrument
• Lebanon2000.com
• Music, song, and dance from Al Mashriq
• Turkish music.org
• Setar
• Ancient Sound of Anatolia:the Baglama
• Different tunes for Dastgah e Mahoor
• Afgani rebab, east/west fusion
• Music in the Afghan North 1967-1972Mark Slobin
• Saramusik: Histoire musique arabe et orientale

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• Voices of the First People: Audio & Video from the Vi Hilbert Collection
• American Indians of the Pacific Northwest Collection
• The Lushootseed Peoples of Puget Sound Country
• Burke Museum Ethnology Collection
• "UW Breath of Life" Inventory of Northwest Language Holdings at UW
• Nisqually Tribal Resources
• Squaxin Tribal Resources
• Tulalip Tribal Resources
• Native Languages of the Americas
• Native American Music
• The Infography about Native American Music
• Puyallup Tribal Resources
• The Infography about the Ethnomusicology of Pueblo Indians
• Gathering of Nations Pow wow
• Center Records
• Ohwejagehka

  Iriquois earth songs
• Inuit Throat Singing
• Omaha Indian Music
• WOJB Ojibway
• Native American Sites

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• English folk and traditional music on th Internet

  This site's scope is limited to English music resources available on the internet
• Richard Robinson's Tunebook (Anglo tunes in gif format)

  This is a database of tunes includes jigs and reels, polka, polska, schottische, bourrée, etc from northern and western European music, and their north American relatives.
• Folkmusic.org

  Source for folk and acoustic music resources on the World Wide Web
• Celtic Lyrics
• Ancient Music of Ireland
• Music Making in Belfast
• Turlough O'Carolan: Carolan Tunes
• Irish World Music Centre
• Folk Music Site Search
• Henrik Norbeck's Tune Index
• An ABC Library of Morris Tunes
• Child Ballads
• Folk Music, An Index to Recorded Resources
• California Gold from L.C. American Memory Project
• Music Resources on the Web Eric Charry
• The Phonograph Turntable and Performance Practice in Hip Hop Music Miles White

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• Finland from Rootsworld
• Digital archive of Finnish Folk Tunes
• Swedish Traditional Music
• American Nyckelharpa Association
• Nyckelharpa
• What is a Nyckelharpa
• Swedish bagpipe music
• Flamenco Page
• The Launeddas Sardinia
• Musique traditionnelle de France
• The Pontic Music Home Page
• Oud Greece
• Norwegian Folk Music
• Norwegian Folk Music
• Folk music in Norway
• “european folk” music on Last.fm
• Fok World Home of European Music
• What is a Hardanger Fiddle?

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• The Infography about Music -- East-European Folk
• The Romanian Doina
• Romica Puceanu: Romanian Gypsy Singer
• They Call Themselves Roma
• Lost Trails
• German and Klavdia Khatylaev : The art of magnificent duet
• The Infography about Music -- Bulgarian

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• The Infography about Latin American Ethnomusicology
• Latin American Resources from Univ. of Texas
• Music in Dominica
• Merengue: The Music (extracted from "Teaching & Salsa" by Loo Yeo)
• Salsa: The Music (from "Teaching & Salsa" by Loo Yeo)
• SKA! SKA! SKA!
• Reggae- 3 FAQs
• Ernesto's Tango Page
• Cybertango
• Candombe
• Andean Musical Instruments
• The Infography about Brazil -- Popular Music
• Brazilian Music
• Timba, Salsa from Cuba
• The Brazilian Sound
• Holy Week in Campanha

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• Mundo Etnico
• Folk Australia online resource form Australian folk music
• iDIDJ Australia-Australian didgeridoo cultural hub
• Research in New Zealand Performing Arts
• The Didgeridoo Page
• Music Archive for Australia
• Australian Bush Music & Dance: Wongawilli style
• Manikay.com Traditional Aboriginal Arnhem Land Music
• Archive of New Zealand Music
• Archive of Maori and Pacific Music Univ. of Auckland
• Traditional Maori Music
• Music Samples of New Zealand
• Music Archive for Papua New Guinea
• Traditional Music of the Ethnic Minorities on the Philippine Islands

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