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Fiddle
 Websites presented in alphabetical order Hardanger Fiddle Association of America (HFAA) 
 The Web site for "a nonprofit organization dedicated to preserving and promoting the Norwegian Hardanger fiddle and related traditions of Norwegian music and dance." Features background information about the instrument, music samples, a FAQ, a directory of Web resources, and information about the organization. http://www.hfaa.org/ Topics: Musical Genres, Musical Instruments Last updated Jan 20, 2005 Hetzler's Fakebook
Download MIDI files for several hundred public domain fiddle tunes, arranged by key. Includes links to other fiddle and old-time folk music. Other features available by paid subscription. http://www.hetzlersfakebook.com Topics: Musical Genres, Musical Instruments Last updated Feb 1, 2005 Honky Tonks, Hymns & the Blues
Companion site to a 2003 National Public Radio (NPR) program that "highlights American musical traditions" and features "historic performances, rare archive tape, and interviews with artists." Covers topics such as the role of women in country music, racial issues, the fiddle, and accordion legends. Includes program overviews, audio clips from the shows, images, a bibliography and discography, and related links. Searchable. http://www.honkytonks.org/ Topics: Musical Genres, Musical Instruments, Musicians Last updated Jan 13, 2004 The Mississippi: River of Song
Companion to "a Smithsonian Institution series for public television ... that explores the richness and vitality of American music at the close of the twentieth century." The site features information about music in different regions along the Mississippi and biographies and audio and video clips for musicians in genres such as blues, Cajun, bluegrass, gospel, folk, hip hop, jazz, rock, and ethnic and traditional music. Includes a teacher's guide and links to related sites. http://www.pbs.org/riverofsong/ Topics: Geography, Musical Genres, Musical Instruments, Water Last updated Aug 3, 2005 Roots of American Fiddle Music
Devoted to providing "historical information, clear MP3 recordings and rare photos of early fiddlers, string bands and other old-time performers from the 1920's." Early American Fiddlers features a hyperlinked map of the rural Southern United States and profiles of recording artists who "helped lay the musical foundation for all genres of country music that followed including bluegrass, western swing and country western music." Also contains annotated links. http://www.1001tunes.com/ Topics: Agriculture, Musical Genres, Musical Instruments, Photograph Collections Last updated May 22, 2003 Southern Mosaic: The John and Ruby Lomax 1939 Southern States Recording Trip
Searchable site documenting a recording expedition by Archive of American Folk Song curator John Lomax and his wife. Nearly 700 of the songs they recorded are available in MP3 format, browsable by subject, title, and performer, representing "ballads, blues, children's songs, cowboy songs, fiddle tunes, field hollers, lullabies, play-party songs, religious dramas, spirituals, and work songs." Includes biographical essays on John and Ruby Lomax, a map of the region, fieldnotes, a bibliography, and discography. From the American Memory Project, Library of Congress. http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/lohtml/ Topics: Communities & Groups, Music, Musical Genres, Musical Instruments, Notable People, Performing Arts Last updated Oct 2, 2004 |
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