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Hosts coffeehouses and the Islands Folk Festival.

Hosts folk concerts and open stages in Nanaimo, BC.

Free festival in Princeton, BC, celebrating traditional folk music. Presentations, workshops, concerts, panels. 2011 dates: Aug. 19-21

Hosts folk, roots, and Celtic music concerts in the Vancouver, BC, area. Site includes list of folk-related links.

World-class folk music festival running over three days in Vancouver, BC.

Hosts folk music concerts, coffee houses, and other events in the Victoria, BC, area. Site includes lists of folk music events and venues for Vancouver Island and the Gulf Islands.

· Vancouver Island Musicfest islandmusicfest.com

Large folk and roots music festival running over three days in Comox, BC.

Seattle-based group that works to preserve, promote, and present the folklore and traditional folk music of the Pacific Northwest. Site features articles, audio/video files, photos, and a list of events.

Hosts songcircles, camps, and concerts in the Portland, Oregon, area. Site includes a calendar of folk music and dance events around the Pacific Northwest and a good links page.

Hosts folk music concerts, songcircles, and camps. Site includes list of places to play folk music in Seattle area and calendar of upcoming events.

Publishes Sing Out! magazine and folk music-related books. Produces a radio program dedicated to folk music.

Focuses on the songs of Yorkshire district in England. Maintains a Yorkshire song database.

Vancouver-based performer and music teacher teaching beginner guitar, violin, and piano and intermediate guitar.

Vancouver-based composer and musician playing tin whistle, recorder, melodica, krumhorn, and synthesizers. Site includes free downloads of original music.

Vancouver-based performer, songwriter, choral conductor, teacher, and composer of music for film and theatre.

Vancouver-based folk/bluegrass/political band.

A comprehensive site for researching ballads collected by Francis J. Child (Child Ballads).

Based around a collection of nineteenth-century broadside ballads either printed
or sold in Glasgow, and now part of the Murray Collection in Glasgow University Library Special Collections. Includes an index of more than 350 broadsides,
many of which will be familiar to anyone interested in folksong anywhere in the English-speaking world, and shows readable photos of the original broadsides.
Also number of other pages containing texts, images and other information--
including the complete autobiography of a Glaswegian street pedlar.

A comprehensive listing of Canadian folk music links.

Lyrics to traditional maritime songs, particularly sea shanties. It's also a place to find relevant books and CDs, and movie recommendations, as well as information on tall ships.

An international network of music audio archives and an educational resource that delivers the worldʼs diverse cultural expressions in an informative way via digital media. Hear samples; see classroom lesson plans, learn about videos, read biographies, buy recordings; search by language, culture, instrument, genre... looking for Estonian bagpipe music? It's here!

Database of songs from the Yorkshire district in England.

Hosts an annual music camp and a retreat on Vancouver Island, BC.




	Links provided on this page are organized as follows: Vancouver Folk Song Society External Links BC Folk Music Organizations Other Folk Music Organizations Performers Folk Music Information Miscellaneous Click on any of the categories above to go directly to that section. Vancouver Folk Song Society External Links · VFSS YouTube channel vanfolksongs BC Folk music organizations.... · Cowichan Folk Guild folkfest.bc.ca Hosts coffeehouses and the Islands Folk Festival. · Nanaimo Folk Connection nanaimofolkconnection.ca Hosts folk concerts and open stages in Nanaimo, BC. · Princeton Traditional Music Festival princetontraditional.org Free festival in Princeton, BC, celebrating traditional folk music. Presentations, workshops, concerts, panels. 2011 dates: Aug. 19-21 · Rogue Folk Club roguefolk.bc.ca Hosts folk, roots, and Celtic music concerts in the Vancouver, BC, area. Site includes list of folk-related links. · Steveston Folk Guild stevestonfolk.net Hosts folk music concerts in the Richmond, BC, area. · Vancouver Folk Music Festival thefestival.bc.ca World-class folk music festival running over three days in Vancouver, BC. · Victoria Folk Music Society victoriafolkmusic.ca Hosts folk music concerts, coffee houses, and other events in the Victoria, BC, area. Site includes lists of folk music events and venues for Vancouver Island and the Gulf Islands. · Vancouver Island Musicfest islandmusicfest.com Large folk and roots music festival running over three days in Comox, BC. Other Folk Music Organizations.... · An Góilín goilin.com Traditional singer's club based in Dublin, Ireland. Hosts regular singing sessions. · Pacific Northwest Folklore Society pnwfolklore.org Seattle-based group that works to preserve, promote, and present the folklore and traditional folk music of the Pacific Northwest. Site features articles, audio/video files, photos, and a list of events. · Portland FolkMusic Society portlandfolkmusic.org Hosts songcircles, camps, and concerts in the Portland, Oregon, area. Site includes a calendar of folk music and dance events around the Pacific Northwest and a good links page. · Seattle Folklore Society seafolklore.org Hosts folk music concerts, songcircles, and camps. Site includes list of places to play folk music in Seattle area and calendar of upcoming events. · Sing Out! singout.org Publishes Sing Out! magazine and folk music-related books. Produces a radio program dedicated to folk music. · Yorkshire Garland Group yorkshirefolksong.net Focuses on the songs of Yorkshire district in England. Maintains a Yorkshire song database. Performers.... Note: to be listed, performers must be members of the VFSS. Listings are alphabetical, by surname of performer or name of group. References to Vancouver are Vancouver, British Columbia. · Steve Britten sbmusic.awardspace.com Vancouver-based performer and music teacher teaching beginner guitar, violin, and piano and intermediate guitar. · David Donaldson DavidsMusic Vancouver-based composer and musician playing tin whistle, recorder, melodica, krumhorn, and synthesizers. Site includes free downloads of original music. · Earle Peach earlepeach.com Vancouver-based performer, songwriter, choral conductor, teacher, and composer of music for film and theatre. · Fraser Union fraserunion.com Vancouver-based group singing songs that tell stories of lives past and present from BC, Canada, and other traditions. · The Gram Partisans partisans.html Vancouver-based folk/bluegrass/political band. · Rika Ruebsaat & Jon Bartlett telus.net/jonbartlett-rikaruebsaat Singers of traditional songs and scholars of ballads, shanties, and other folk songs. · Soft Focus telus.net/softfocus Vancouver-based duo that performs traditional and contemporary folk music with vocals and guitar/mandolin/banjo. Folk Music Information.... · The Child Ballads Index sacred-texts.com A comprehensive site for researching ballads collected by Francis J. Child (Child Ballads). · The Contemplator contemplator.com Lyrics, midi files, tune information, and history of English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh, and American folk songs, including ballads from the collection of Francis J. Child (Child Ballads). Also an excellent resource for sea shanties. · A Folk Song a Day afolksongaday.com Audio for a new song posted every day for a year, starting on June 24, 2010. · A Folkie's Dictionary folklib.net/folkfile A collection of terms related to folk music, plus some mini-biographies, musicology terms, trivia, and miscellaneous facts and figures. · Glasgow Broadside Ballads gla.ac.uk Based around a collection of nineteenth-century broadside ballads either printed or sold in Glasgow, and now part of the Murray Collection in Glasgow University Library Special Collections. Includes an index of more than 350 broadsides, many of which will be familiar to anyone interested in folksong anywhere in the English-speaking world, and shows readable photos of the original broadsides. Also number of other pages containing texts, images and other information-- including the complete autobiography of a Glaswegian street pedlar. · Mudcat Café mudcat.org Excellent resource for lyrics, melodies, and discussions of folk music. · Northern Journey Online northernjourney.com A comprehensive listing of Canadian folk music links. · Shanties and Sea Songs shanty.rendance.org Lyrics to traditional maritime songs, particularly sea shanties. It's also a place to find relevant books and CDs, and movie recommendations, as well as information on tall ships. · Smithsonian Global Sound glmu.alexanderstreet.com An international network of music audio archives and an educational resource that delivers the worldʼs diverse cultural expressions in an informative way via digital media. Hear samples; see classroom lesson plans, learn about videos, read biographies, buy recordings; search by language, culture, instrument, genre... looking for Estonian bagpipe music? It's here! · Vancouverfolk.com vancouverfolk.com Listings of folk music events in the Greater Vancouver area and folk music discussion forums. · Yorkshire Garland Group yorkshirefolksong.net Database of songs from the Yorkshire district in England. Miscellaneous.... · Folk Oasis CITR--FolkOasis Weekly folk music radio show on CITR 101.9 FM. · Georgia Strait Guitar Workshop gsgw.ca Hosts several music camps each year in the Lower Mainland area of BC. · Jerry P. Huff huffart.ca Jerry P. Huff paints narratives of British Columbia and the Fraser River in water media. · LegalMatch legalmatch.com Provides some basics of U.S. music law (e.g., copyright). · Melodies in Mind unconformed.com/melodies-in-mind Weekly folk music radio show on CJSF 90.1 FM. · Melodies in Mind Productions melodiesinmindproductions.com Vancouver-based booking and promotions service for musicians run by Ryan Fletcher, long-time host of folk music program Melodies in Mind. "Helping musicians find their way." · Photography by Steve Britten sbphoto.awardspace.com Vancouver-based photographer providing a variety of services, including band photos, musicians' portraits, and wedding and corporate photography. · Solidarity Notes Labour Choir solidaritynotes.ca Vancouver choir singing labour songs and songs of social justice. · Vancouver Island Music Workshop vancouverislandmusicworkshop.com Hosts an annual music camp and a retreat on Vancouver Island, BC.
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