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  Music of Australia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The earliest music of Australia was the folk music of the Australian Aborigines.
Perhaps the first Australian musician to gain international recognition (at the end of the 19th Century) was soprano Dame Nellie Melba.
This strain of Australian country music, with lyrics focusing on strictly Australian subjects, is generally known as "bush music" or "bush band music." The most successful Australian bush band is Melbourne's Bushwackers, active since the early 1970s.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Music_of_Australia   (2105 words)

  
 Info and facts on 'List of music festivals'   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
A music festival is a festival (An organized series of acts and performances (usually in one place)) that presents a number of musical performances usually tied together through a theme or genre.
Folk music (The traditional and typically anonymous music that is an expression of the life of people in a community) festivals
Festival d'été de Québec in Quebec_City (The French-speaking capital of the province of Quebec; situated on the Saint Lawrence River), Canada (A nation in northern North America; the French were the first Europeans to settle in mainland Canada)
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/l/li/list_of_music_festivals.htm   (2847 words)

  
 Literature   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
During the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, opera developed as a combination of poetry, drama, and music.
Tragedy, as a dramatic genre, developed as a performance associated with religious and civic festivals, typically enacting or developing upon well-known historical or mythological themes.
List of prizes, medals, and awards for literary prizes.
www.brainyencyclopedia.com /encyclopedia/l/li/literature_1.html   (2409 words)

  
 Musical Life in Australia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
Australian music composition came of age as recently as the 1960s.
Australian composers work in considerable freedom from the informal, but powerful constraints felt by European composers, and there is a great variety in style.
They are served by the Australian Music Center, a promoter of and repository for their music, and a good source of information about the scene in general.
www.studyoverseas.com /australia/aused/music.htm   (1126 words)

  
 Music: Category Website list: Australia's Culture and Recreation Portal
The Australian Gaelic Singers (Coisir Ghaidhlig Astrailianach) is an a capella performance group, singing traditional and new music in the Gaelic of the Highlands.
The Australian Welsh Male Choir is a gathering of predominantly Welsh expatriates who have toured internationally thrilling their audiences with song.
JADIDA is a musical group which performance at festivals, clubs and is also a music, dance, multimedia theatre and show group.
www.acn.net.au /website/category/ZXMA60~Music/start=21   (765 words)

  
 Film Festivals -- Documentary Film Festival Listings, Announcements, Documentary Film Festival Directories, Films
This competitive festival is held in May at the Carolina Theatre in Durham, NC, with a submission deadline in late December.
Billed as the world's first lesbian and gay documentary film festival when it started in 1998, it has continued to host an annual festival dedicated entirely to documentaries that are about, of interest to, or made by queers: transsexual, transgender, bisexual, lesbian or gay.
The festival draws a large audience, and a real effort is made to get as many people as possible to see the documentaries presented.
www.documentaryfilms.net /festivals.htm   (705 words)

  
 Music refdesk.com
Classical Music Resources - Whether you're looking for a backgrounder on music from the late medieval period or accordion music from Germany -- or just about anything in between -- you'll likely find it at the Classical Music Resources.
Songs are listed alphabetically by title, by songwriter/artist, and by subject/time period.
Music Dictionary Online - Our Music Dictionary Online explains words and terms you may meet when reading musical scores, books about music or programme notes on CDs or at concerts.
www.refdesk.com /music.html   (1330 words)

  
 Music list   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
Inspired by a deep reverence for the Earth as well as for the legacies of the ancestors, traditional and original material is joined seamlessly in expression of a vision which is at once ancient as the forests, and as fresh as this morningÕs dream.
A percussive, upbeat, Celtic-style worldbeat folk ensemble that celebrates the magic of nature and ancient bardic traditions with music that opens the heart and heals the spirit.
This Australian diva offers incredible magical lyrics in both ballad and rock format and has recently recorded an album of smooth jazz standards.
www.conjure.com /COG/music.html   (663 words)

  
 Guitar Forum: links
Music Medals: a new scheme by the Associated Board, offering students who are learning in groups to play ensemble pieces in their examination.
Trinity Guildhall Examinations: the Guildhall School of Music and Trinity College of Music amalgamated in 2004 to provide a unified examining board that is a major alternative to the Associated Board's scheme.
MTNA (Music Teachers National Association, USA): in the United States, various state branches of the MTNA offer graded certificates of merit, though detailed information such as syllabus contents is not readily available on the web.
www.egtaguitarforum.org /links.html   (1232 words)

  
 Leeann Botham Crosscurrents Music Singer Songwriter Gospel Folk Country Jazz New Age Blues CD Recording
So far Leeann has managed to take her music to every state of Australia in radio stations, pubs, schools, churches, concert halls, coffee houses, stadiums, folk clubs and festivals.
She is a true songwriter, fusing the various styles of jazz, blues, celtic and country to suit the feel of her songs.
ComRadSat makes it possible for my music to reach people all around Australia thru the community network, of which many of these Broadcasters are a part of.
www.angelfire.com /indie/leeann   (1002 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.
There is a comprehensive listing of folk music activities in the US accessed either by artist or state from Dirty Linen folk music magazine.
Here is a note about web listings for those who would like to see our events listed on their website.
www.folkproject.org   (624 words)

  
 Australian Folk Music WebRing   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
Discover Australian music at Australian Music Info - A combination of e-zine format sections containing news, reviews and other articles blended with a comprehensive links area, photo gallery, discussion forum and more.
One of Australia's premier bush music and folk song exponents, Gary Shearston came to prominence in the folk revival of the 1960s and has since carved out an international reputation as a songwriter.
Hard Yacka Records is a South Australian owned independent label recording folk music by local South Australian artists, and also distributing selected folk CDs from elsewhere.
b.webring.com /hub?ring=ozfolk;list   (496 words)

  
 African Music on the Internet
An introduction to African music in 100 CDs is a directory arranged by country, name of artists or groups, CD titles, artists (including compilations), style of music, instrument, language, type of music, and label.
Sells beautiful hand-crafted musical instruments." Included with any kora is a day of instruction with David Gilden, who will teach you how tune, fix broken strings when they occur, and get you started on learning the basics of the music." The kora is played in Senegal, Gambia, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Mali.
Their Music of Africa series is for those with a general interest in African music.
www-sul.stanford.edu /depts/ssrg/africa/music.html   (6565 words)

  
 Country Music Association of Australia: Country Links
Bellbird Music was formed specifically to purchase Hadley Record’s classic Australian recordings for the express purpose of bringing these historically significant recordings back to the public, and to country music fans.
The purpose is, simply, the advancement of Australian musical life in all its aspects.
A campaign to encourage music making by people of all ages, all musical tastes, in community settings or schools, from the cities or the country, whether for simple recreation or in pursuit of a professional career.
www.country.com.au /index.cfm?page_id=1031   (1019 words)

  
 Australian Music Is Dead?   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
After seemingly disappearing from the International scene, Australian music experienced something of a revival in the mid-1990's.
With strong airplay and chart success for local artists through-out international territories, one would assume that the impact of Australian music to an overseas audience is far from irrelevant.
The impressive list of local acts currently around has not been lost on the Australian public.
www.acon.com.au /jkralj   (268 words)

  
 Music
It includes the 'National List of Australian Jazz Interviews', a significant collection of oral history tapes on Australian jazz musicians.
The collection is held in the Music Division of the Library of Congress.
There is a useful contact list of jazz coordinators across Australia and information on where to get funding and publicity.
www.liswa.wa.gov.au /jazz.html   (1334 words)

  
 Australian Festivals, all the festivals all the time, calendar poster   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
Australian Festivals, all the festivals all the time, calendar poster
Any festival containing the words above will be listed.
typing "blues" will return all the festivals with blues in the title.
www.7thdimension.com.au /festival/index.cfm   (60 words)

  
 FReeZA - Links - Music Sites   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
Middle Eight Music The Australian CD shop for cabaret, musical theatre, cast recordings, jazz, blues, pop/rock and more.
Music Council of Australia A peak national music organisation representing the full breadth of musical..
Their music is described as energetic, emotional and spooky.
www.freeza.vic.gov.au /links/musicsr.htm   (818 words)

  
 MusicMoz - Resources: Directories: Bands and Artists   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
How Soon Is Now - Links and top artist lists, which are divided into different categories including order of importance, alphabetically and music from the 80s and 90s.
Music Files, The - An alphabetized list of bands and artists from various genres.
Rubin's Rock Music Reference Discography - A huge database of rock music artists complete with songs, albums, labels, years, lead singers, quotes and who covered the songs.
musicmoz.org /Resources/Directories/Bands_and_Artists   (1811 words)

  
 fRoots Netrooting   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
A company which organises tours to music festivals in Western Canada as well as trips, excursions and activity-based holidays.
Abc music notation is used for exchanging traditional music in emails and newsgroups and is also used on popular tune sites.
Jamaica's mento music is the roots of reggae.
www.frootsmag.com /content/issue/netroot   (3153 words)

  
 Blues Music Festivals
Complete listing of all local and regional Blues radio programs.
Festivals - as they happen/also starting their own, commencing July 1996, in Hamilton.
The word Kentuckiana is a made up combination of Kentucky and Indiana -- Louisville is on the Ohio River and the metropolitan area includes Southern Indiana - so the Louisville Kentucky area is locally referred to as Kentuckiana.
www.geocities.com /BourbonStreet/1347/ozblusoc.html   (353 words)

  
 Music Web Sites
http://www.music.indiana.edu/tml/start.html Presents the Thesaurus Musicarum Latinarum (TML), a database of the corpus of Latin music theory written during the Middle Ages and the Renaissance.
Music Web Rings, http://nav.webring.com/ringworld/arts/music.html This URL provides an extensive list of music webrings for a wide range of music subjects.
Music is and the Value of Music in Education, http://www.pionet.net/~hub7
ejw.i8.com /musicweb.htm   (839 words)

  
 Articles - List of music festivals   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
A music festival is a festival that presents a number of musical performances usually tied together through a theme or genre.
Music festivals may be subdivided by musical genre:
Australian Festival of Chamber Music, in Townsville, Queensland
www.mildhome.com /articles/Music_festivals   (327 words)

  
 the archive ,a history of Uk rock festivals in the 60s and 70s
This site is dedicated to all the nice people who have donated their memories, documents,photos and recordings to us over the past five years.
Being a history (of sorts) of commercial Rock festivals of the United Kingdom, from 1961 to 1975 and of the Free Festivals and concerts of the United Kingdom, from 1967-1990.
We all know how we suffered at festivals from that vile UK weather back in the 60s and 70s- relive it all again by viewing.....
tinpan.fortunecity.com /ebony/546   (675 words)

  
 Australian Music Links - A List of Australian music related sites   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
Keith Anthonisz and 3 Wise Monkeys are an original quartet from Perth with an eclectic music mix.
The band has played many Perth venues as well as WA festivals including Blues at Bridgetown and Nannup.
The video for their song Neighbourhood of Earth was shown on the ABC television show Rage and Channel 31 and the song was also number one on the Internet charts for the ISON Network.
www.australianmusic.info /links/New/16-Apr-2005.shtml   (135 words)

  
 Music Festivals & Workshops NSW Australia
ANATS Australian National Association Of Singing Teachers - Courses and workshops in Sydney and Regional NSW.
Recording Connection: a music industry school with 5,000 students worldwide who train on-site at major recording studios, record labels, radio and TV stations, film studios and video production companies.
Australian Festival of Chamber Music - Townsville, QLD
www.sydneymusicweb.com /music_course.htm   (399 words)

  
 Category:Australian music festivals - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
You can help in our current fundraiser by donating here
List of Meredith Music Festival lineups by year
This page was last modified 02:37, 4 October 2005.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Category:Australian_music_festivals   (72 words)

  
 14 Qualities Of Successful Musicians, Songwriters and Music Business Professionals
Regardless of how you got here, just be thankful that you arrived, because I'm about to give you something that can change your music business career.
And I realize that I don't know you, but without people like you working with me, Kathode Ray Music would be positively, 100% out of business.
And regardless of your position within the music industry, it will change your mindset when it comes to running your music business.
www.musicbizcd.com   (509 words)

  
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Australian Pagan Events http://www.vrx.net.au/ozpagan Australian Pagan Events e-mail List http://www.egroups.com/group/PaganEvents_in_Oz California Pagan Events: The Index's Events Page (for the Greater SF Bay Area, Big Sur to Scaramento and all points in-between http://www.cyprian.org/Index/Events.html Carolina Pagan Events http://groups.yahoo.com/group/moondancelist Delaware Pagan and Wiccan Community Bulletin Board http://fly.to/DPWC Great Britain and Ireland http://www.paganfed.demon.co.uk/events/pf_eventguide.html
For details, see http://www.tylwythteg.com/ufp.html CUUPS Chapters, linked from: http://www.cuups.org The Southeastern Pagan Alliance Snail mail list of contacts available from: http://www.tylwythteg.com/sepa.html Metaphysical Shops http://www.monmouth.com/~queen/sources.html Witches Voice Links http://www.witchvox.com/xwotw.html Additional resources that can be used by Earth Religionists to locate others in their area are appreciated.
Victoria's calendar is also available on the Internet from: http://www.openhearth.org/info/eventscalendar.shtml although the site has not been updated nearly as often as her hardcopy calendar.
members.aol.com /lcorncalen/CALENDAR.htm   (1249 words)

  
 Queensland Country Music Festivals ~ Qld Champion of Champions
Come in and co-host the program, talk about your music, promote yourself, it is only your time, as Ellaways Music sponsor the program.
We also play other music for those listeners that like all types of country.
Qld Champs now has a list of Festival Judges which will be made available to Festival Organisers on request.
www.qldchamps.com.au   (401 words)

  
 e-books Australia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
APSR in turn is an initiative funded by the Australian Federal Dept of Education, Science & Training (DEST), & involves the ANU with Sydney Uni., the University of Queensland and the Australian Partnership for Advanced Computing.
Meanwhile a larger meeting in Melbourne in 2004 between the Australian National University (ANU), Melbourne University, Monash, RMIT University, the University of Technology, Sydney (UTS), the University of Western Australia (UWA), and CSIRO publishers resulted in the formation of the Australian Scholarly Electronic Publishing Group.
In the meantime, here's a list from US-based Overdrive.com, a large e-book wholesaler to libraries, of their ten most borrowed e-books for the first half of 2004.
www.e-book.com.au /main.html   (9221 words)

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