Audio
Updated: 10/18/08 (NOTE THAT THIS IS OLD)
MP3 downloads:
Internet Archive: Open Source Audio
National Library of Canada Virtual Gramophone
Digital Library of Appalachia Lots of stuff. One way to find some of the fiddle music is to search for "Bruce Greene", since he donated a number of fiddle recordings.
List of Library of Congress Archives with audio files
Max Hunter collection of Ozark folk music, Missouri State University
John Quincy Wolf Collection of Ozark Folksongs, Lyon College
Missouri Traditional Fiddle and Dance Network
Charlie Walden - Missouri fiddle tunes
Banjo Newsletter - Tablature, MP3's, Content Indexes
- some snippets and longer cuts
www.amazon.com has free MP3 downloads of some selections; search for an artist in Music Downloads
Green Linnet - MP3 downloads of selected cuts
Grey Larsen - MP3 downloads of selected cuts from each album
Zepp Music - mostly clawhammer banjo
fiddle.net - Tony Ludiker. mostly Texas contest fiddle style.
Selections from the Edison National Historic Site Archive
the St. James Sessions - Brunswick recordings made at the St. James Hotel in Knoxville, TN 1929-1930.
Folk Arts Rare Records - Samples from the Lou Curtiss sound library - San Diego Folk Festival etc
Edison National Historic Site Sound Archives
www.tinfoil.com - cylinder recordings
UCSB Cylinder Preservation and Digitization Project
Recordings from the Florida Folk Festival
Streaming (individual cuts):
Honking Duck - recordings of old time music 78s
Scottish Radiance - Shetland & Scottish music (search for CD reviews)
Samples from Art Rosenbaum's Art of Field Recording
Dawg Tracks - Streaming music from Acoustic Discs (David Grisman's label) - 2 cuts from each album
Mandotunes (Mandozine) - Home Recordings - some with Tablature
Red Hot Jazz - Early jazz
Streaming (long selections):
Green Linnet - Streaming previews of entire selected albums
Kentuckiana Digital Library - Vintage Fiddlers Oral History Project - streaming downloads of field recordings (typically 30 minute cassette tapes), including Alfred Bailey, Mary Bailey, Virgil Alfrey, Chillson Leach, J.P. Fraley, Annadeene and J.P. Fraley, David Sizemore, Hiram Stamper, Clyde Davenport, Delbert Hughes.
To find the fiddlers:
- Click on Oral History Collections in upper right
- Click on Finding Aids in banner across the top just under the title
- Type in Fiddlers, hit return
- Scroll down to Title: Vintage Fiddlers Oral History Project
Northwest Folklife Festival - click on the "Streaming Audio" link near the top right corner to hear recordings (streaming MP3) of performances at the recent Folklife festival.
Bibliotheque et Archives nationales - Quebec
Streaming Archives (on demand) of radio broadcasts:
Dancing on the Air - Jay Ungar & Molly Mason's radio show "Dancing on the Air" WAMC-FM (live guests each show)
Joe Bussard - Click on Sunday, 12-1, Country Classics
Joe Bussard -Some older Joe Bussard shows
RTE Ceili House - Irish
RTE The Late Sessions - Irish
KUSP's Live At Lunch Live In-Studio Recordings
Radiotrad French Canadian music
The Big Broadcast - traditional jazz and pop from the 1920's and '30s
Streaming (live broadcast - check the schedule):
WUMB Boston all-folk format
Folk Alley - requires registration
Streaming (Internet only) radio stations:
Sugar in the Gourd - Old time
MandoTunes - Mandozine Radio (Live365)
bluegrasscountry.org - Bluegrass
worldwidebluegrass.com - Bluegrass
RAM Radio -- country & bluegrass
Archives from Merlefest, Newport Folk Festival, and other events
LiveIreland.com - Irish
Guides to on-demand streams:
List of oldtime-related NPR stories - hasn't been kept up to date (nothing newer than 2002)
Guides to Live streaming broadcasts:
www.publicradiofan.com - Guide to what's on public radio station right now
The Internet Folk Radio List (TIFRL)
Celtic Web Radio - Celtic music. Lists times, etc.
List of streaming radio programs of oldtime interest - (some may be out of date)
Cajun and Zydeco Internet radio
Streaming video:
tvfolk.net - Videos of traditional music from nothern Europe
Folkstreams - American Folklore Films
Of particular interest:
Remembering The High Lonesome (about John Cohen), New England Fiddles, Jumpin' Night in the Garden of Eden (Klezmer revival), Appalachian Journey, Talking Feet: Solo Southern Dance: Buck, Flatfoot and Tap, Madison County Project: Documenting the Sound
Old Town School of Folk Music Video Archive
Podcasts:
Podcasts are sometimes available from both iTunes store (free download) or from the originator's website.
Thistlepod with Fiona Ritchie - Celtic music
Music from 100 Years Ago - Recordings from the early 20th Century with comments
Some of the Podcasts at the iTunes store include:
The Folkways Collection
Woodsongs Old Time Radio Hour
FolkAlley.com's Alleycast
Samples:
You can hear samples at these vendor sites. Typically the samples are 30 second Real Audio, though cdbaby.com has 2 minute streaming MP3 cuts. Also, most bands and performers have websites with sound samples. Some performers and vendor sites have a few full length cuts (see above). Note the music.msn.com appears to function only with Microsoft Internet Explorer on Windows
Apple iTunes Store - accessed through iTunes application
fiddletunes.com (mostly West Virginia oldtime) - Real Audio & MP3 snippets
Roots of American Fiddle Music - MP3 snippets
Mandolin Cafe - MP3 samples of mandolin music