Useful links:
- Mr. Red's guide to Gloucestershire (and Mid-West) folk clubs, dance dates, and sessions
- Folklife West (3 per year) print magazine, & copied online, edited by Sam Simmonds, with listings, events, and articles.
- May Hill - everything you ever wanted to know about the folk music of the area.
- Rod Stradling's excellent Musical Traditions Magazine (Now taken over by others).
- The Fiddler's Companion - a great resource, not just for fiddlers! History and music in ABC format of many traditional tunes.The site is currently being updated and will be called the Traditional Tune Archive and will be even easier to use.
- Mudcat discussion forum - a great place to ask or rant about lyrics, origins of tunes etc. You do not need to be a member to participate.
- Folk and roots
- Master Mummers
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- Song Finder by chords (just specify 2, 3, 4 or more chords) - Not just for ukulele
Folk Organisations
- Halsway Manor is the National Centre for Folk Arts, a registered charity nr Taunton offering residential courses in folk music and dance 365 days a year.
- Folk Around Bristol (Not available at present)
- Devon Folk Association.
- The English Folk Dance and Song Society
- Leicestershire Folk Diary
- Folk Diary for venues in Northumbria
- Oxfordshire Folk Association.(Mainly folk dance)
- All things folk in Oxford, including details of folk events in Oxfordshire.
- Somerset and Dorset Folk Listings.
- Worcester Folk Association.
MUSIC SHOPS/SUPPLIERS
- Guitar Workshop, Coleford. Specialist guitar repairs/setups, upgrades, restoration work
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