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	Folk Music - MSN Encarta
		Folk music is most commonly the music of the socially and economically lower classes and of rural populations.
		Folk music also changes because it is affected by the art music of nearby cultural centers (for example, cities, courts of the nobility, and monasteries).
		Folk music is not necessarily more functional than other kinds of music; it is as much a form of entertainment as it is a functional art form.
	encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761554209/Folk_Music.html (2312 words)

	Folk music - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Yet in nations or regions where folk music is a badge of cultural or national identity, the loss of folk music can be slowed; this is held to be true, for instance in the case of Hungary, Ireland, Brittany, and Galicia, all of which retain their traditional music to some degree.
		Folk music is easily identified with the ordinary working people who created it, and preserving treasured things against the claimed relentless encroachments of capitalism is likewise a goal of many politically progressive people.
		Folk music is still extremely popular among some audiences today, with folk music clubs meeting to share traditional-style songs, and there are major folk music festivals in many countries, eg the Port Fairy Folk Festival is a major annual event in Australia attracting top international folk performers as well as many local artists.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Folk_music (4910 words)

	Historical Recordings by Master Folk Musicians — Virtual Finland
		Folk musicians in Helsinki in 1935, for the centenary of the first publication of the Kalevala.
		A regular guest on the folk music programme was Teppo Repo (1886-1962), a master of the shepherd's flute and the birch bark horn.
		In the folk music revival of the 1960s, it was the folk fiddler who now became the symbol of traditional music in Finland.
	virtual.finland.fi /finfo/english/folkreco.html (1234 words)

	Folk music -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Folk music, in the original sense of the term, is (An artistic form of auditory communication incorporating instrumental or vocal tones in a structured and continuous manner) music by and of the people.
		Folk music is easily identified with the ordinary working people who created it, and preserving treasured things against the claimed relentless encroachments of (An economic system based on private ownership of capital) capitalism is likewise a goal of many politically progressive people.
		Folk music is easy to (Humorous or satirical mimicry) parody because it is, at present, a (Any genre of music having wide appeal (but usually only for a short time)) popular music genre that relies on a traditional music genre.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/f/fo/folk_music.htm (4514 words)

	DrevA Authentic Russian Folk Musicians (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Russian folk group "Dreva" (Moscow, Russia) specialize in Russian authentic song and music is interested in possibilities to take part in musical and folk festivals and other cultural projects where there is the need for authentic singing and music.
		Folk group "DrevA" was found in 1990 as a branch of the theatre "Perekriostok" and specialised in Russian folk and urban songs and music up to this time.
		The folk group doesn't use the songs from the note editions, the performance of the group is based on improvisation as it is usual in traditional country singing.
	www.mediagap.co.uk /artman/publish/printer_Dreva_RussianMusicians.shtml (782 words)

	Folksy Links - Folk Bands and Musicians On Line
		Kristine Heebøll, is well know on the Danish folk music scene and has played in bands as Phønix and many other projects Her music is from (but not in) the Danish tradition and uses the roots to generate modern modes inspired by jazz and classical as much as folk.
		Instinkt, the love for Nordic folk music forms the jumping off point for the band's original compositions: there are light buoyant tunes built onto deep heavy grooves, beautiful labyrinth soundscapes, expressive and wordless voices melted together with Danish lyrics, and thick modal harmonies.
		At the music academy on Funen Dickmeiss - with solid support from experienced Danish folk musicians - became absorbed in the Danish folk music - and ballad tradition, and it was the encounter with these traditions which ultimately led to the idea of Tumult.
	www.folksylinks.it /folksy_d.html (1224 words)

	Folk musicians celebrate genre in Austin - Boston.com
		He has a harder time convincing these people that folk music is still thriving, albeit out of the limelight, four decades after those artists topped the charts.
		About 2,000 folk musicians and members of the music industry will descend upon Austin on Friday for the group's 18th annual International Folk Alliance Conference, a five-day event designed to celebrate folk music and dance and to spread its popularity.
		Folk music's new stars, such as Devendra Banhart, Joanna Newsom and Iron and Wine, are the opposite of the heavily packaged and produced acts that dominate the Top 40, Cateforis added.
	www.boston.com /ae/music/articles/2006/02/09/folk_musicians_celebrate_genre_in_austin?mode=PF (474 words)

	Folk Singers and Musicians - EntsWeb Directory
		Folk and roots musicians and singers, acoustic bands and artists.
		Dave Rolfe is a folk guitarist specializing in solo instrumentals of traditional tunes, blues, ragtime etc. He is also a competent singer/songwriter and available for session guitar work.
		Irish Folk, rock and ballads band ideal for your ceili or anywhere that requires good Irish folk music with a blend of rock.
	www.entsweb.co.uk /musicians/folk (2733 words)

	The Clarion-Ledger: Mississippi's News Source
		Musicians are musicians, but the best of them are poets, too.
		Although Buirgy didn't become involved in the folk world until '99, she has been writing her own songs since she was a little girl.
		Her music spans folk, country, pop, rock, Tex-Mex, bluegrass and jazz, but Hendrix still considers herself a folk musician.
	orig.clarionledger.com /news/0210/16/o01.html (834 words)

	Musicians - film by Don Askarian, SYNOPSIS, Folk-musicians earn their money on the streets of Armenian capital Yerevan, ...
		Musicians - film by Don Askarian, SYNOPSIS, Folk-musicians earn their money on the streets of Armenian capital Yerevan, the ropewalkers dance in front of the old monastery Khor-Virap.
		I looked at Musicians the other day, and thought it was stunning and really liked what seemed to be the 'informal' structure moving between musicians and everyday sights and events.
		Musicians is a nearly wordless look at the diverse strands of music found on the streets and in the clubs of Armenia today, and at the musicians who create it out of chaos.
	www.don-askarian.am /films/mus.html (447 words)

	Rhythm of Chinese metropolitan folk moves city
		The group of musicians, mostly in their 20s or 30s, have been trying to create a contemporary folk music that reflects the life of today's urban youth.
		A mix of styles from IZ's interpretation of traditional Kazak music to Zhang Chu's folk rock, and the reggae/dub music of Wang Lei and his Pump band, to name a few, meant that the festival was not in the puristic sense a traditional folk music fest, more a gathering of some of China's rich ethnicity.
		Among the musicians or bands from Beijing, most of them were regular performers at the now defunct River Bar - a place of special importance in the development of contemporary urban Chinese folk music.
	www.chinadaily.com.cn /english/doc/2005-03/31/content_429874.htm (1197 words)

	Folk Alley: Live From Folk Alley
		Eric Bibb is the product of a musician and an educator so it's only natural that his life's work has taken both roads, building a name for himself as a talented blues singer/songwriter/guitarist and as an artist who understands the role social history plays in the music.
		Vienna Teng is an unusual folk performer, mostly because she rarely plays an instrument she's familiar with.
		This Live from Folk Alley (recorded by Cousin Jimmy Wilson at the Kent Stage in May) features Anger, pioneering folk guitarist Scott Nygaard and Tristan Clarridge on cello, who are joined by guest fiddler Sara Watkins from Nickel Creek for an hour that stretches the bounds of string music.
	www.folkalley.com /music/livefrom (1456 words)

	Folk-Zine @ efolkMusic
		Another attraction for folk musicians is how incredibly easy the learning curve is. One can easily be playing beautiful music after just a week's practice.
		The origins of this folk musical instrument are shrouded in the mist of time with many claiming it was discovered in their lands.
		Musicians scattered throughout this great nation and the city is still not a paying basis yet.
	www.efolkmusic.org /FolkZine/default.asp (1047 words)

	Artists - ecologically oriented folk musicians Whole Earth - Find Articles
		A self-taught musician, her most recent self-released CD is People of the Earth Tribe.
		Besides being a poet and musician, Keeler is a professor of literature in Montana and an avid fisherman.
		Jay Mankita www.jaymankita.com A consumate folk artist who performs in a whimsical, versatile style for both children and adults; a good portion of his work is environmentally or peace-and-justice based.
	findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m0GER/is_2002_Spring/ai_84866378 (1080 words)

	CTMS \| Folk Music in the Schools
		The programs were historically educational and participatory with the children involved in folk dancing, folk singing, storytelling, and playing folk instruments.
		Folk Music is a vital way of learning to appreciate the many unique cultural traditions in a positive celebratory context.
		Our goals are to broaden public involvement with folk music, celebrate ethnic traditions, promote cross-cultural understanding, and to increase public understanding of the value and variety of folk music an dance.
	www.ctmsfolkmusic.org /about/programs/MusicInSchools.asp (1191 words)

	Indian Folk Music
		Where folk music is a mere rustic reflection of the larger Indian society, tribal music often represents cultures that are very different.
		The instruments that folk musicians use are generally not as refined as the classical musicians use.
		In contrast the folk instruments are commonly crafted by the musicians themselves.
	chandrakantha.com /articles/indian_music/folk_music.html (657 words)

	Central New York Friends of Folk: FolkNotes
		Regardless of reasons why, folk music's high profile on the Internet has helped bring together like-minded music fans around the world, forming a virtual community that daily compares notes on folk artists and releases, checks out what's being played on folk music radio shows, and promotes live acoustic music in every conceivable venue.
		And, of course, there's also the recurring discussion of 'what is folk music', a topic so over-examined and worked to death on some Internet e-mail listserves (discussion groups) that the topic is now only barely tolerated, treated as if it were some nastily resistant strain of flu.
		Thus were born the listserve discussion groups known as FolkBiz (for working folk musicians); FolkVenue (for folk music presenters); Folk and Bluegrass DJ (for those involved in folk radio); and FolkTalk (for general discussions of folk and acoustic music).
	www.folkus.org /fof/internet.html (732 words)

	Concert of Folk Musicians, Riga, April 23rd 2004
		The annual Concert of Folk Musicians in the Ethnographical open-air museum already became irreplaceable and awaited event of the Riga folklore life.
		Already from the name is perceptible, that the ball does not apply for an exact reflection of the traditional festivities, however, it offers to people a joyful hullabaloo, uniting in it a music, songs, dances, a romanticism of bonfire and candles.
		Not far of it, in the Liflandian threshing barn, were classes of casting of candles - there was a smoke and a strong smell of wax in it.
	folklora.lv /pasakumi/reportazas/20040723/en.shtml (573 words)

	SRFN News no. 24: Musicians' Union
		This was the third time that the need to highlight the particular needs of Folk Musicians had been raised at Conference and it definitely proved to be third time lucky as the response was immediate and unanimous.
		The FRTM Section was therefore born and early in 1998, Ian Smith, the Union's Scottish Organiser, was given the job of organising the section and informing the membership of its existence.
		The Musicians' Union is Europe's largest representative organisation for musicians and with the FRTM Section membership now well over the 200 mark, the need for such a specialist section is obvious.
	www.folk-network.com /newsletter/news24/muarticle.html (778 words)

	The Folk Music Ring (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The Folk Music Ring is for web sites containing folk music material; articles, audio, video, etc. This web ring is intended for all ages.
		Hobgoblin Music has provided folk musicians with otherwise hard to find folk and celtic instruments for over 20 years, and has grown to be probably the largest source in the world.
		Frank Taylor is a proud Canadian, energetic entertainer, accomplished musician, veteran performer and recording artist, who commands the attention of pub, festival, convention and stage audiences.
	u.webring.com /hub?ring=folk (543 words)

	Folk Site Links
		The Kutztown Folk Music Society sponsors regular monthly performances of professional folk musicians at the St. John's United Church of Christ at 257 West Walnut Street in Kutztown, Pennsylvania.
		Founded in 1989, the Folk Alliance was created to increase public awareness of the vital artistic and cultural importance of folk music and dance, because the founders believed that through folk music and dance, living cultural expressions and traditions are shared, heightening understanding of all cultures, and enriching our quality of life.
		The TurtleDove Folk Club seeks to strengthen its surrounding social community through presenting shows in the folk arts with a focus on education, cultural enlightenment and grassroots networking.
	www.lvfolkmusicsociety.org /folklinks.html (1434 words)

	Alaska Folk Festival - More Info
		The Alaska Folk Festival was born on a cold winter evening in 1975 when a half dozen Juneau folk musicians decided to put on a performance in the Alaska State Museum and grandly announced it as the First Annual Southeast Alaska Folk Festival.
		Eight musicians and an audience of several hundred friends had so much fun that evening that it was obvious there would be more such festivals.
		The artist chosen was Merle Travis, a country and folk performer whose innovative guitar style (Travis picking) had been an inspiration to musicians for over 30 years.
	akfolkfest.org /info.php (706 words)

	Folk Trains
		Our talented musicians play on the train, then everyone alights to visit a local hostelry and enjoy a further session from the band.
		The Edale Rambler Folk Train has been running for five years and takes music lovers from the centre of Sheffield or Manchester to the glorious vale of Edale.The Manchester -Edale train is changing venue to the Little John Hotel in Hathersage for the summer.
		Our enthusiastic musicians play on the train, and at Edale everyone alights to visit the Rambler Country House Hotel for liquid refreshment, entertained by a further session from the band.
	www.hvhptp.org.uk /folktran.htm (645 words)

	Dulci-More: Folk & Traditional Musicians
		Many beginning level musicians like to have some explanation about why things are set up the way they are here.
		A suggestion might be to lightly write in pencil so that additional changes can be made or so that one can revert to the original as one gets used to using the book (especially for sharing books), but permanent changes with ink, markers, or highlighters may work best for some.
		Generally folks in a group should decide before playing a song with alternate chords whether to stay on the previous chord or to switch to the alternate chord (although both may work together).
	web.raex.com /~ssssbill/songbooks.htm (4139 words)

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		The book is largely a history of the many influential musicians and their contributions to the development of the bluegrass sound.
		There are also entries for folk festivals and venues, publications, and terms and genres such as "bluegrass," "Cajun music," and "Folk process." Bartis, Peter T. and Fertig, Barbara C. Folklife Sourcebook: A Directory of Folklife Resources in the United States and Canada.
		There is a lengthy article on folk music by Bruno Nettl, and general articles about folk instruments, such as the banjo, folk music collectors, such as John Jacob Niles, and folk music genres such as field hollers, gospel and shape-note singing.
	www.music.indiana.edu /tech_s/mla/wgpms/wgpms.cou (2446 words)

	Naked Folk Calendar 2005 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		NAKED FOLK 2005 is the first of what will become an annual calendar to promote Folk Music in North America.
		It’s been quite an experience to see the reactions when I’ve asked musicians to be a part of this project.
		Naked Folk Calendar 2005 Includes full size photos of all the artists, artists bio's, interesting facts, birthdates of all the artists, US and Canadian holidays, Jewish holidays, moons and dates of major FOLK FESTIVALS throughout the US and Canada.
	www.nakedfolkcalendar.com /TheCalendar.html (272 words)

	Folk Musicians wanted (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		I am setting up a folk band in the newmarket area and need members to join.
		I would be interested in taking on another rythmn guitarist who can play bass to allow me to change between guitar and bass.
		Influences include english folk bands especially fairport convention and richard thompson solo material, as well as north american artists such as Nanci Griffiths, Josh Ritter, Neil Young, Ryan Adams and early REM.
	folk.5.forumer.com /a/folk-musicians-wanted_post53.html (122 words)

	Folk Project (Northern New Jersey)
		The Folk Project is a not-for-profit folk music, storytelling, and dance organization which sponsors or organizes a wide variety of folk activities in the Northern New Jersey area.
		Joining the Folk Project gives you discounts, a monthly newsletter, involvement with a wonderful musical community, and the respect of discerning folk musicians worldwide.
		There is a comprehensive listing of folk music activities in the US accessed either by artist or state from Dirty Linen folk music magazine.
	www.folkproject.org (719 words)

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