FAQ -
French Horn Player - Hopefully everything you ever
wanted to know about that most noble instrument, the
[French] Horn. Why is [French] in brackets, for
example? Read the FAQ to find out.
Flute
History - timeline with links to information on
practice habits, performance practice, orchestra, buying
instruments, famous artists, literature, repertoire, education,
and recordings.
Japanese
Flute - We, Hobby Circle of Japanese Flute, enjoy
playing flutes, hand making flutes, and study the history of
flutes (Japanese).
Kristin's
Flute Page - some great pictures of the Dayton Miller
flute collection.
Mark
Shepard's Flute Page - Resources for playing the modern
flute and simple folk flutes, and also for making simple
flutes.
Renaissance of the
Native American Flute - provides history and evolution
of the flute, displays various types of flutes and interviews with
flute makers and performers.
Sydney
Flute Page - upcoming flute events and resources for
flute players worldwide.
Alexander,
Heather - critically acclaimed singer/songwriter and
Celtic fiddler. Includes bio, dicography, audio samples, tour
schedules, and other fun stuff.
Brassens,
Georges - devoted to a former french singer who was
quiet anticonformist.
Breen,
Mike - folk songs with great musical and poetic
intelligence, insight and sensitivity and delivered with the
authority of a man who has something to say.
Brodsky,
Chuck - a true songwriting talent whose voice, guitar,
and simple melodies coalesce into the best kind of folk
music.
Brown,
Greg - deep trademark voice and a master
storyteller.
Buckley,
Jeff (2)
Buckley,
Tim - A site devoted to the music of the eclectic
musical genius of Tim Buckley, featuring loads of archived
interviews, reviews, and images.
Calobo
- acoustic and electric intertwined into one groove.
Cantrells,
The - original songs, western swing, dance tunes and
traditionally influenced music is a treat to hear from this
talented pair of musicians.
Chapin,
Harry (3)
Chapman,
Tracy (3)
Cheap
Champagne Revue - News, information on Cheap Champagne,
and other MA, North Shore acoustic musicians.
Eslick,
Tom - carefully crafted songs and patter has caused one
critic to refer to this singer/songwriter as "reminiscent of
Martin Mull embodied in a Segovian guitar master."
Franklin,
Kelly - Critically acclaimed singer-songwriter; "a
cross between Bonnie Raitt and Michelle Shocked..." Audio samples,
lyrics, reviews, links to other interesting sites (Celtic, comets,
music).
Friesen,
Cate - A Canadian folk/roots musician. Her home page
provides biographical information, and listings of her upcoming
performances in Canada and the U.S.
Kazz -
singer-songwriter whose lyrics speak of the world's terrible
beauty. His songs, ballads, anthems, delta-blues -- all kinds of
cries from the heart.
Kessler,
Jody - Knowing that music has the power to heal,
inspire, enlighten, empower, and create community, Jody reaches
down into our deepest places with her instrument and
voice.
Leasebreakers:
Non-Stop Jug Band - breaker of leases, strings, and jug
band world's records, perform acoustic, jug band style
music.
Ledbetter,
Huddie@
Lee Hammond,
Lorraine - appalachian dulcimer, old-timey banjo,
Celtic harp. Recording on SoundWorks and Wizmak with husband,
guitarist Bennett Hammond.
Lee,
Rick - An old-time 5-string banjo player, singer,
keyboardist, and songwriter. He sings traditional Celtic-
Appalachian ballads and songs.
Pachakuti
- Group of Andean musicians based in Munich. Contains samples of
their music in AU format and links to the other Andean music sites
on the Web.
Parsons,
Bill - WAMMIE (Washington Area Music Award)-nominated
for Best Male Contemporary Folk Vocalist; songs have received
honors from the 1996 Billboard Magazine Song Contest.
Roberts, David
Karl - new England area singer/songwriter featuring new
American folk & country blues with guitar, mandolin, National
steel, and harmonica.
Trillian
Green - through a balance of structure and
improvisation they blend cultural, jazz, and rock influences into
its ever-changing and expanding sound.
TubaMeisters
- a tuba-euphonium quartet specializing in traditional German
music.
Turner,
Jessie - acoustic-rock highlighting a female
vocalist.
Tusitala
- acoustic world-music dance band, check here forband bios,
upcoming gigs and - soon! - downloadable audio extracts
Weird
Instruments of the World - Bruce, Mika, and Sora Boyd
play their own special brand of International folk on a wide
variety of the worlds weirdest traditional instruments.
Wenz,
Annie - traveller who blends contemporary acoustic
sounds with traditional folk by bringing instruments and rhythms
of other cultures to her ballads and stories of the road.
West
Coast Girls - performs jazz folk, popular, &
original music on flute, guitar and vocal harmonies.
Williams,
Brooks - singer-songwriter adept at a variety of guitar
styles including British fingerstyle, Delta slide, Hawaiian slack
key, Bahamian calypso and Chicago electric.
Just
For Funk - You'll get special information about this
unique band from Austria/Europe. Also you can download a sample
from their CD 'It's Up To You'.
Lacisum
- funk rock, hard rock, blues band that will blow you away! As a
wise man once said, "shut up and play your guitar!"
Magic Pocket Company,
The - The funkiest band in the land, bustin' it out in
the nation's capital, makin' the whole town get down and shake
their thang around.
Meters,
The - dedicated to promoting two of the original
members, Zigaboo Modeliste and Leo Nocentelli.
Seven
Eleven - all the main ingredients of your basic funk
formula: drum, great guitar riffs, deep bass grooves, keys, hornz,
a gifted singer plus fat rapping.
