Links

Disclaimer: This page has not been updated in a while. Nevertheless, you still might find some of these links useful.

Nordic and Baltic Music

Online Listening:
Etno.net

Bands:
Directory of Nordic Traditional and Contemporary Folk Music and Dance
Värttinä
JPP
Gjallarhorn

Record Distribution:
Digelius Nordic Gallery (Finland-based record distribution)
Northside (U.S.-based record distribution)

Archive Material:
Suomen Kansan Vanhat Runot (electronic database containing 34 volumes of ancient Finnish poetry in kalevala meter)
Suomalaisten Kansan E-Sävelmät (electronic database of traditional Finnish melodies)

Finnish music:
Finland Festivals
Sibelius Academy Folk Music Department
Finnish Folk Music Links
Finnish Folk Music Association
University of Tampere Department of Music Anthropology
Finland's Swedish folk music organization
The Primitive Music Association of Finland

Swedish/Scandinavian music:
Svenskt visarkiv: Centre for Swedish Folk Music and Jazz Research
Lira (Swedish Music magazine)
Swedish Folk Music and Dance Association
Swedish Concert Institute

Estonian/Baltic music:
Baltic Institute of Folklore
Estonian Folklore (including online journal)
Estonian National Folklore Council
Eesti Rahvaluule Arhiiv
Eesti Rahvamuusika and ETNO Camp
Viljandi Folk Music Festival

Celtic Music

Celtic Arts Center of Southern California
Irish Tunes
Dennis' Grab Bag of Irish Tunes
Cork Dulcimer Festival

American Folk Music

Shape note resources:
fasola.org Sacred Harp Singing
Sweet Is the Day: A Sacred Harp Family Portrait
Awake, My Soul: the Story of the Sacred Harp

Organizations:
California Traditional Music Society
Folk Works (Los Angeles folk music and dance newspaper)
The Living Tradition, Southern California
Celtic Arts Center of Southern California
Folk Alliance

Record Labels and Distribution Companies:
Smithsonian Folkways Recordings
Smithsonian Global Sound
Rounder Records
Arhoolie Records
UNESCO Collection of Traditional Music

Music Stores:
Elderly Instruments
Lark In The Morning
Folk Mote Music
Blue Ridge Pickin Parlor
McCabes Guitar Shop

Festivals:
Topanga Banjo Fiddle Contest (north of Los Angeles)
Berkeley Old Time Music Convention
Philadelphia Folk Festival
Clifftop Appalachian String Band Music Festival, West Virginia
American Festival of Fiddle Tunes, Washington

Other:
The Old-Time Music Homepage
The Old-Time Herald (Magazine)
Bruce Molsky

World Music Record Labels and Distribution Companies

Smithsonian Folkways Recordings
Smithsonian Global Sound
UNESCO Collection of Traditional Music
Shanachie
Rounder Records
Putumayo World Music
World Music Store
Apsara Media
Arc Music
Arhoolie Records
Blue Note Records
Buda Musique/les musiques du monde
Multicultural Media
World Music Institute

European Forum of Worldwide Music Festivals

Research Tools

library search engines:

UCLA Library Homepage
MELVYL (University of California Libraries Catalog)
California Digital Library
World Cat (database of books and other materials in libraries worldwide)
Helsinki University Library Homepage
Helsinki University Library Search (Helka)

electronic databases and encyclopedias:

RILM Abstracts of Music Literature
JSTOR
Project MUSE
International Index to Music Periodicals Full Text (IIMP)
ProQuest Digital Dissertations (doctoral dissertations on line)
Grove Music Online (extensive music dictionary)
African Music Encyclopedia
International Encyclopedia of the Social & Behavioral Sciences

archives and audio sources:

Smithsonian Global Sound
UCLA Ethnomusicology Archive
Finnish Literary Society Archives (SKS)
Frontera Collection, Digital Archive of Mexican-American Recordings

citation guides:

Using APA Format (from Purdue Writing Lab)
APA Style Resources
UCSB Library's "Help with Citing Resources" Page

Ethnomusicology

Professional Organizations:
Society for Ethnomusicology (SEM)
Society for Ethnomusicology Southern California Chapter (SEMSCC)
International Council for Traditional Music (ICTM)
International Association for the Study of Popular Music (IASPM)
British Forum for Ethnomusicology (BFE)
European Seminar in Ethnomusicology (ESEM)
Finnish Society for Ethnomusicology(SES)
International Society for Music Education (ISME)
Cultural Diversity in Music Education (CDME)
The College Music Society
American Musicological Society (AMS)

Graduate Programs in Ethnomusicology:
*Guide to Programs in Ethnomusicology*
UCLA Department of Ethnomusicology
Wesleyan University
University of Chicago
Indiana University Ethnomusicology Institute
School of African and Oriental Studies (SOAS)
New York University Ethnomusicology Program
University of Washington Ethnomusicology Division
University of Michigan Department of Musicology
Columbia University Center for Ethnomusicology
UCSB Music Department