Here is our ever-growing, ever-changing list-'o-links.
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Storyteller
Hamilton Camp - http://hamiltoncamp.com
Official web site for Hamilton Camp, singer, songwriter and actor. Performed with folk legend Bob Gibson (as Gibson & Camp). Writes and records solo, and has a career's worth of acting credits as well.
Joanna Cazden - http://www.voiceofyourlife.com
Joanna Cazden is a singer, musicologist, and voice specialist who has participated in the festival since 1987.
Coila ceilidh band - http://www.coila.com
Coila is a professional ceilidh band with a dance caller, which has been performing at ceilidhs, weddings and functions throughout Scotland for almost 20 years. Coila frequently travels internationally performing at ceilidhs in many parts of the world.
Dan Crow - http://dancrow.com
Dan Crow is one of America's most beloved family entertainers and recording artists. Appearing regularly on Nickelodean and The Learning Channel, Dan writes and plays songs for Winnie the Pooh and Dumbo and children all over the world. He presents more than 200 school concerts a year and is the recipient of the "Professional Artists in Schools" Lifetime Achievemnet Award. As a talented musican and storyteller he shares his love and respect for nature, humor, and the value of friendship in his songs and tales.
Dan DeLancey - http://www.lindadan.com
Dan has been playing guitar in the Flatpick style for over 25 years and has won many contests. He has been featured in Flatpicking Guitar Magazine twice, and has participated in several recording projects for the magazine. Dan performs throughout the US and Europe with hammered dulcimer player Linda Thomas.
Dave Firestine - http://www.dave.firestine.com
Dave has played traditional dance music for 25 years. he plays mandolin, tenor banjo and bouzouki, and occasionally sings an amusing song or two. Dave plays with two traditional Irish bands, "Round the House" and "The New Potatoes", and also with an old-timey band, "The Privy Tippers". He is also the Jam Meister of Carp Camp in Winfield, Kansa.
Frank Ferrell - http://www.frankferrel.com/index.htm
Frank Ferrell is widely regarded as a leading authority on North American traditional fiddle music. He began playing at age 6, influenced by his grandfather. He has six solo recordings and has published two (soon to be three) collections of fiddle music. He has played at the Summer Solstice Festival a number of times.
Susie Glaze - http://www.susieglaze.com
Susie Glaze is a singer with heavy roots in the Appalachian music of the 30's and 40's. She has appeared at the Summer Solstice Festival as backup for Jean Ritchie and will appear at the 2004 Festival with her own band Hilonesome. Note that her site uses Flash and may take awhile to load, but wait for it - it worth it.
Meridian Green - http://meridiangreen.com
Official web site for Meridian Green, singer/songwriter and daughter of folk legend Bob Gibson.
Brenda Hunter - http://www.bansheeinthekitchen.com
Brenda Hunter discovered hammered dulcimer in 1993, and the world of traditional music soon after, although her introduction to music began in her early childhood with her families love of singing together. She studied piano, violin, saxophone, guitar, and voice, and has played a wide spectrum of styles of music from rock to Renaissance, Celtic to classical. She won the National Hammered Dulcimer Competition in Winfield, Kansas in 1996. She performs with Gill England and Mary Tulin in Banshee in the Kitchen.
Michael Lampert - http://www.sojournerrecords.net
Michael received his BA in music theory and composition from Drew University, and his Master's from the New England Conservatory of Music. A blues and jazz specialist, his latest CD, "Jacaranda," on Soujourner Records, fearues his virtuoso jazz mandolin playing and original compositions.
Tommy Martins Uilleann Pipes site - http://www.tompipes.com
Information on Dublin Uilleann Piper, Tommy Martin. Links to clips from his albums too.
Michael Mendelson - http://www.SlidingScaleMusic.com
Santa Barbara area fiddler, guitarist, recording artist and tune composer.
Member of "alternative" contradance bands "Chopped Liver" and "The Fiddle Tunas" amongst others.
Cliff Moses - http://www.cliffmoses.com/
Hammer Dulcimer Player. Site provides instructional material on techniques for playing the hammered dulcimer in the Irish traditional style.
Music Nomad - http://www.musicnomad.com
Music nomad is a comprehensive network for musicians and music business professionals. Here all musicians can receive support and access to thousands of resources to help them navigate the challenges and maximize the opportunities available to them within the music industry.
Rob Northrop - Traditional Music - http://www.robnorthrop.com
Rob Northrop is a Florida folk musician, singer, songwriter and guitarist. His website includes a bio, photos and lyrics.
Cathy Barton and Dave Para - http://bartonpara.com/
Cathy Barton and Dave Para have been acclaimed for 25 years for their variety and expertise in vocal and instrumental music. They have celebrated the musical traditions and folklife of Missouri and the Ozarks across the U.S. and Europe.
Raintracks - Slow songs for rainy days - http://www.raintracks.com
This site features folk singer/songwriter Kurt Patrick Geier. As well as information on Kurt it offers his songs for download (mp3), the lyrics to the songs and an ever growing collection of mostly music related links.
Jean Ritchie - http://www.jeanritchie.com/
Jean Ritchie is one of the legendary folk singers. She was born in Viper, Kentucky and has been performing for over 50 years. Besides launching what is usually referred to as the "dulcimer revival" through her performances and books, Ritchie has been vital in awakening an interest in the music of Kentucky. And with her own compositions, she has proved an important spokesperson for the inequities of the Appalachian region. She was given the Folk Alliance Lifetime Achievement Award in 1998, and was among the first group for performers to be inducted into The Kentucky Music Hall of Fame in February 2002. Jean was the recipient of the Bess Lomax Hawes National Heritage Fellowship for service to the folk and traditional arts field as a whole in June 2002. A 2002 Festival Artist.
Kim Robertson - http://www.kimrobertson.net
Kim discovered the Celtic harp in the mid-70s, and since than has helped redefine the rich traditions of this instrument with her innovative style and improvisational spirit. With her artistry and sense of tradition, she brings a contemporary touch to an ancient instrument. She has been involved with 20 albums, 11 volumes of published harp arrangements, three videos and international touring schedule of concerts, workshops and retreats.
Jerry Rockwell - http://www.jcmusic.com
Jerry has been playing, teaching and promoting the mountain dulcimer since 1970. he is a custom builder of this unique American Folk instrument, and has written instructional text. In college at Ohio State Univerity he studied music theory and composition. Jerry lives and works in the Appalachian foothills of southeast Ohio, and regularly teaches dulcimer at workshops acroess the country.
Gaili Schoen - http://www.gailischoen.com
Gaili was born with perfect pitch and a great love of music. She has been playing and composing music since the age of 4. After hearing Steve Lewis play banjo in 1988, her interest turned to traditional and old-time folk music and eventually they teamed up with Daniel Slosberg, forming contra dance band Turtle Creek. Gailia composes music for film and television, and teaches.
Scotland's Ceilidh Band - http://www.scotlandsceilidhband.com
Ceilidh band providing quality Scottish entertainment for weddings, social and folk night functions. Pro. musicians and dance caller. USA tour September 2007.
Daniel Slosberg - http://www.cruzatte.com
Daniel started fiddling when he was 5. Forty years later, he is still amazed by the music a fiddle can make. He plays in the Los Angeles area with Turtle Creek, and tours nationally with his one-man show, "Pierre Cruzatte: A Musical Journey Along the Lewis & Clark Trail."
Fred Sokolow - http://www.sokolowmusic.com/
Fred Sokolow offers instructional books, cassettes and videos for a variety of guitar and banjo styles, especially "roots music": early rock, blues, jazz and country - everything for the beginner to the advanced player.
Stationary Willberries - http://www.manxman.ch
Folk / Blues / Country from the Isle of Man. Where's that ?? Take a look.
Linda G Thomas - http://www.lindadan.com
Linda has played music her entire life. She received a BS in Music Education with an emphasis on the keyboard, and a MA in teaching. After winning a number of competitions and championships, she now resides in Kansas City, and tours extensively as a performer and a teacher. Her highly regarded hammered dulcimer instructional materials can be found in the Mel Bay Publishing catalog.
Penelope Torribio - http://www.1worldmusicandpuppets.com
Penelope Torribio is both a children's and adult artist. In the children's area she presents interactive musical puppets shows-ecology based. On adult she presents traditional and original country and country blues. She has 9 albums on Cdbaby and is a presenter in festivals all over S. California
Tucker Station, Georgia Bluegrass Band - http://music.atlantamejor.com/index.html
Traditional bluegrass music in Atlanta Georgia plays your favorite and original Georgia Mountains music. Members of South East Blue Grass Association.
The Working Party Folk Music Education V - http://www.theworkingparty.co.uk
A series of slow motion and full speed Video Podcasts that enable the user to play along with five famous folk musicians from the UK. Starring "The Working Party". a.k.a Chris Leslie, Troy Donockley, Martin Allcock, Chris Parkinson and Simon Mayor. The slow motion versions of the videos also feature an animated "Lead Sheet" which helps even the most inexperienced musician to learn standard music transcription.
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