Resources for Miscellaneous Genres
Resources for Miscellaneous Genres
updated 6/3/26
This page contains links for resources for trad music and dance genres that I have only a few links for - i.e. not enough to create a whole page for.
trycontra.com - Jeff Kaufman's excellent resource for locating contra dances by location and dance weekends/camps by location, date, performer or name.
https://www.jefftk.com/ - Jeff Kaufman's blog. Among other topics, he analyzes statistics from contra dance weekends e.g. Festival Stats 2025.
Internet resources for contra dance callers - William Watson
The Portland Collection - 3 books of contra dance music in the Pacific Northwest. Cumulative Index (PDF - all 3 books).
Bal Folk music and dance resources - William Watson
Celtic Colours - week-long event in October. Each night one concert is livestreamed, and available for viewing until the end of the month.
KitchenFest - end of June/beg of July
Music Cape Breton - Daily listings, Festival lists, events
Cranford Publications - mail order for recordings and books. includes links to supplemental info such as musical notation, sound clips, articles, photos and links to other websites.
cbfiddle.com - Alan Snyder's excellent index for Cape Breton recordings.
cbisland.com - Official Cape Breton Island travel guide, filtered for trad music events. You can also add filters for dates and regions.
Celtic Music Interpretive Center - museum in Judique (Cape Breton)
Prince Edward Island Fiddlers Society, including a page of links for tune books, CDs and websites.
Bowing Down Home - Fiddle Music of Prince Edward Island. Based on Ken Perlman's field recordings from 1991-1992 & 2006.
Ken Perlman's Prince Edward Island Fiddling Project
https://raretunes.org/ - A curated audio scrapbook of Scottish recordings that range from near-studio quality to crowded and noisy house sessions, from digital media to old bits of tape, vinyl and obscure 78s. In depth historical background for some of the entries. Includes a few decidedly non-Scottish sources, such as Benny Goodman playing Loch Lomond and Alf Edwards (the English concertina player who played accompaniment on many 1950s/1960s era English folk revival recordings e.g. Ewan MacColl, Peggy Seeger, A.L. Lloyd)