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Musicians' Homepages
  • Randy Bachman's Guitarives Site
  • Danny Bakan - the banjo bard of Riverdale
  • The Bills - Vancouver, wacky excentric interpretations of roots music by great players
  • BLACKIE & THE RODEO KINGS - Colin Linden, Tom Wilson & Stephen Fearing
  • Brian Blain - the colour blind guru of the blues
  • Bob Bossin - ex-Stringband troubadour
  • Lenny Breau - The Web Site
  • Rodney Brown - Thunder Bay Singer Songwriter
  • Michael Jerome Browne - Montreal based multi-instrumentalist - blues and roots
  • October Browne - one of my favourite voices and a great guitar player
  • The Cash Brothers - Andrew and Peter Cash
  • BRUCE COCKBURN NEWSLETTER @ GAVIN'S WOODPILE
  • Corb Lund Band - Porcupine Award winners from Alberta
  • None Crete - the hardest working woman in Canadian folk biz
  • DaisyDeBolt- the Canadian Songstress with a cattle prod
  • Carlos Del Junco - the best harmonica player anywhere
  • Maria Dunn - Edmonton singer/songwriter - Porcupine Award winner for Whiskey Evening
  • Fred Eaglesmith - One of our best songwriters
  • Bob Egan - Blue Rodeo inductee
  • Stephen Fearing - his official web site
  • Wendell Ferguson - country guitar virtuoso and great songwriter
  • Rick Fines - blues and jazz singer from the Peterborough delta
  • Finest Kind - Ottawa, the hot bed of Canadian folk music, has this band
  • Flapjack - formerly known as Garrison Creek - Canadian Contra Dance trad band
  • Roy Forbes - formerly known as BIM
  • George Formby - a site operated by his nephew
  • Jason Fowler - Porcupine Award winning guitar player
  • David Francey - excellent singer-songwriter from Ayer's Cliff, QC
  • The Fugs - Ed Sanders, Tuli Kupferberg & Ken Weaver
  • Galitcha - from Ottawa, traditional Indian music
  • Genticorum - Montreal traditional music band
  • Glamour Puss - New Brunswick blues band
  • Eve Goldberg - Toronto based country blues singer
  • Steve Goldberger - Black Creek to the Fringe Locals - great bass player
  • Grievous Angels - Northern Ontario on a musical platter
  • Dennis Gomo - blues man extraordinaire
  • James Gordon - the ex-Tamarack king gone solo
  • Russ Gurr - the singing farmer from Brandon, MB - Hogs are Beautiful!
  • Dave Hadfield - the singing Air Canada pilot - brother of Canadian Astronaut Chris Hadfield
  • Mark Haines & Tom Leighton - fiddle and accordion
  • Joe Hall - one of the real Canadian songwriting gems
  • Marie-Lynne Hammond - from Stringband to Toronto, singer / songwriter
  • Hard Ryde -Ontario Bluegrass Band
  • Tim Harrison- singer/songwriter and folk festival expert
  • Ronnie Hayward - Porcupine Award winner from BC
  • Bill and Sue Hillman - country duo from way out west
  • Bill Houston - known for his song, The King of White Otter Lake - From Thunder Bay
  • Tim Hus - good rocking country from Alberta - oil rigs and highways
  • Jughead - Canada's 9 piece motorjugband
  • James Keelaghan - One of Canada's Best
  • Mart Kenny - One of Canada's Recording Pioneers
  • John & Michele Law - BC Bluegras duo now living in Ontario
  • Tom Lehrer - Master of satyre, satire, sa-atire or whatever
  • Gordon Lightfoot - Canadian Icon
  • Magoo - From the Richmond Inn to Blue Skies - there is only one
  • Brent Mason - New Brunswick Singer/Songwriter
  • Matapat - Quebecois band extraordinaire
  • Harry Manx - veena playing blues man from BC
  • Alan Merovitz - Klezmerovitz - a great klezmer singer now living in Calgary
  • Trevor Mills - upcoming singer/songwriter who just moved to Winnipeg
  • Muddy Waters - Grandaddy of the Blues
  • Jory Nash - Toronto based singer / songwriter
  • David Newland - Toronto Singer / Songwriter
  • Dick Nolan - site for late Newfoundland country crooner, singer of Aunt Martha's Sheep
  • Northern City Limits - Ontario Bluegrass Band
  • Jennifer Noxon - Excellent Ottawa based singer-songwriter
  • Michael Occhipinti- NOJO guitarist - excellent jazz player in Toronto
  • Tadhg Ó Muiris - Toronto Celtoid from the Ottawa Valley
  • Walter Ostanek - Canada's undisputed POLKA KING
  • Oscar Peterson - The Great, One, And Only
  • Tim Readman - of Fear of Drinking
  • Rembetika Hipsters - The Greek band of Calgary
  • Rheostatics - phenominal Canadian rock band with roots in Wendell Clark
  • The Sadies - phenominally Good band
  • Serena Ryder - excellent new voice on the Canadian scene
  • Jim Stewart - composer of the Marco Polo
  • Shuffle Demons - hockey with saxophones! They're still at it
  • Sirens - from London, ON
  • Tannis Slimmon - check her out - she's dynamite
  • Stompin' Tom Connors - the original Canadian folk hero
  • Margaret Stowe - great Canadian guitarist
  • Derek Swain - Singer/Songwriter from Newmarket - also with Rodeo Records
  • Gwen Swick - one of the best singers in Canadian folk/pop
  • Swamperella - Toronto based Cajun Band
  • Tamarack - the best band from Guelph with over 2,000,000 kms of travel
  • Ian Tamblyn - 25 albums from the North Pole to Antarctica!
  • Tanglefoot - the highest energy folk-band in the world!
  • Cyril Tawney - wonderful submarine songwriter in the UK
  • Taxi Chain - Grier Coppins excellent band
  • Trout Fishing in America - two of the best trouters in the USA
  • Bill Usher - Hi, so this is Bill Usher, the singer, drummer, activist guy.
  • Wailing Aztecs - a folk-rock band from The Soo
  • Wakami Wailers - the last of the white pine loggers
  • Washboard Hank - truly one of the all time country great washboarders
  • Katherine Wheatley - singer/songwriter from Toronto
  • Whiskey Jack - Canadian band for 27 years
  • Rick Whitelaw - guitarist and songwriter
  • Dana Whittle - Vizou artiste and accordion player
  • Noah Zacharin - fine Toronto singer/songwriter
    • Web Sites of Recording Companies and Distributors
  • A-C-T Records - Tom Connors Sr. & Jr.
  • Ambassador Records- Canadian country music distributers
  • Amber Music - Home of Pam Morgan & Anita Best
  • Aurel Traditions - label of the Vancouver Folk Festival
  • The Barn Dance Historical Society and Museum - pioneered in the 1990s by the late Earl Heywood, Wingham, ON. (CKNX Saturday Night Barn Dance host)
  • Borealis Recording Company
  • Caribou Records - Yukon based recording company
  • Cordova Bay Entertainment Group
  • Festival Distribution
  • Hostbaby - web hosting for musicians - 500 mb site like this one
  • Indiepool - destributer for the blackflies, Kitty's Kitchen, Mark Haines & Tom Leighton and others. Good web site to check out too.
  • Linkhorn Music - Handsome Ned and Jim Masyk
  • Maple Music - all-Canadian, Canadian-Canadian label
  •  Mille-Pattes - Record label in Joliette, Québec for La Bottine Souriante, Danielle Martineau, Michel Faubert, etc.
  • Northern Blues Music - New Toronto-based Canadian Blues label
  • Pidgeon Inlet - Newfoundland and Labrador Folk label
  • Smithsonian Folkways - incredible database catalogue
  • Rounder Records - excellent catalogue, includes great Canadian fiddlers
  • Second Avenue Records - Tim Harrison's web site and record company
  • Shaggy Mane Music - Derek Swain's web site
  • Stony Plain Records - Holgar's Empire
  • Thirty Below Zero - Trente Sous Zéro - The Best Québécois music available is on-line at this great site of Guy Bouchard
  • True North Records - home of Bruce Cockburn, Bernie Finkelstein and other great music
  • Voyager Records - American Label with some Canucks on it
  • Canadian Fiddles
  • The Canadian Grand Masters Fiddling Championship
  • Cape Breton Fiddlers - a great resource with excellent data base material
  • Bill Elliot- Fiddle Enthusiast
  • Fiddle and Fire - Bill Elliot's Web site for Fiddle Camp and good links
  • FiddleNet - one of the largest fiddle oriented web sites around
  • Fiddler's Companion - A Descriptive Index of North American and British Isles Music for the Folk Violin and Other Instruments
  • Fiddler Magazine - a US publication dedicated to its title
  • Ivan Hicks - Maritime Fiddle Champ
  • Jerry Holland - Cape Breton Fiddle Master - good web site
  • Maritime Fiddle Festival- now in its 56th year
  • Sandy MacIntyre - Toronto's resident Cape Breton fiddler
  • Natalie MacMaster - Cape Breton's best Ambassador at the moment
  • Orangeville Fiddle & Step-Dance Camp
  • Brian Pickell - mandolin player who writes amazing fiddle tunes from Paris (ontario)
  • Chris Ricker's Fiddle Place - The Man from North Bay
  • Samantha Robichaud - excellent teenage fiddler from Nouveau Brunswick
  • Kelly Russell's Collection - Great collection of Newfoundland Fiddle tunes
  • Pierre Schryer - Canadian fiddle champ
  • Shelburne Fiddle Contest - Canada's top Fiddle Contest Home Page
  • Gordon Stobbe - Nova Scotia based fiddler
  • Brenda Stubbert - Cape Breton Fiddler
  • Sussex Avenue Fiddlers - of New Brunswick
  • Calvin Vollrath - Great west Canadian fiddler
  • Scott Woods - Canadian Fiddle Champ from Fergus, ON

    • Great Canadiana
  • Capital Find - The National Capital Region (Ottawa) musician link page
  • Canada 411 - Sympatico Find A Person Directory
  • Canada's 60's Garage Bands
  • Canadian Archival Resources
  • Canadian Blues - everything to do with that subject is here
  • Canadian Country Music Association - links page to many Canadian country music artists web sites
  • Canadian Encyclopedia of Pop Music
  • Canadian Space Agency - The Canadian Space Agency
  •  Charlies Music - best store for Cape Breton Music in Cheticamp
  • Country Music News - Canadian Country Music Gazette
  • CRTC - The Canadian Radio and Television Commission
  • GENERAL STORE PUBLISHING HOUSE - Mac Beattie's book; many other books about Ontario, the Ottawa Valley, folklore, baking, trees, tourism in the north, history and all kinds of really neat things in General.
  • Glenbow Museum of Art - Great resource material here - music and otherwise! from Calgary
  • Glenora Distillery - Canada's first single malt distillery - call it Scotch!
  • Hugh's Room - Great Toronto Music club booked by Holmes Hooke
  • Juno Awards - Canada's prestiegeous Music awards
  • Mike's Ontario Ghost Towns
  • Minerva - the folk opera - by Suzanne Pasternak & Tom Leighton
  • Northern Journey Links
  • Northern Ontario Country Music
  • Northern OntarioMusic Directory
  • Online Resources for Canadian Heritage
  • Ottawa Valley Bluegrass Association
  • Ottawa Valley Country Music Hall of Fame
  • Ottawa Valley Music Association
  • Pianoguy - Jim Kinnear's piano and fiddle site - tribute to Bill Kinear
  • Prince Edward County Arts - centred around Picton area
  • Quinte Arts Council - Belleville, ON
  • Raymond Accordions - May be the largest collection of accordions in Canada
  • Royal Winter Fair - Toronto's Great annual November event
  • Shannon Guitars - Canadian luthier
  • SOCAN - the Canadian Performing rights organization
  • Sudbury Arts Council
  • Ted Reeve Hockey Association- the west Toronto house league
  • Temagami - the olden days of Grey Owl
  • Tribute - a great site for movie information
  • The Toronto Blues Society - great downloads of Free Canadian public domain recordings
  • Virtual Gramaphone- hundred of Canadian recordings that are public domain to download in Real Audio or MP3
  • Vizou - graphic design, recording co. and musical artists from coeur de Quebec

    • Radio Websites
  • CBC Radio
  • CIUT FM 89.5 - University of Toronto Radio Inc. - home of Atlantic Ceilidh, Global Rhythms, Acoustic Workshop and Club Ned.
  • Folkdj-l - Folkdj Central - all the folk shows and more
  • Northern Lights Lights Radio Hour - CKLU 96.7 FM, Sudbury
  • CHCR - radio Killaloe / Wilno - great little 50 watt community station


    • Canadian Folk Sites


     
  • Acoustic Traditions - Folklore and Music resource
  • Calgary Folk Music Site
  • Canada Council
  • Canadian Blues
  • Canadian Society Of Musical Traditions
  • Cranford Publications - Cape Breton books on culture and tunes
  • Eaglewood Folk Festival - and Tim Harrison
  • The Flying Cloud Folk Club - Toronto's traditional music place
  • Groovy Mondays - Toronto based folkus showcases
  • Harbourfront Centre - Toronto's cultural jewel by the lake
  • Hugh's Room - Toronto folk oriented club
  • Memoire et Racine - Festival of Traditional Music, Joliette, Quebec
  • B. Murray Agency - fiddlers, stepdancers and singers
  • Old Chesnuts Newsletter
  • Ontario Council of Folk Festivals
  • Rogue Folk Club - Vancouver, BC - Steve Edge
  • The Vital Spark Folk Club - Started by Bobby and Allison Watt, Holms Hooke and others in the Oshawa Whitby Area
  • The Woods Music & Dance Camp - A week of tremendous opportunity to learn to do what folk do
    • Other Sites
  • Ballad Tree - Great folk music site, from 101 to legal downloads
  • Buffalo Friends of Folk Music - from Buffalo, NY
  • Buttonbox - recordings of accordion music of all kinds
  • Cajun & Zydeco Radio Guide
  • The Buxrud Collection - links to everything great about Scotch Whiskey
  • Great Country song index - words, chords and more
  • Isle of Jura Distillery
  • Multi-link - The Banjo Players Paradise
  • Ohek - great old time band links
  • Rambles - Cultural Arts Magazine
  • Rhythm Bones Society - a site dedicated to the playing of The Bones
  • Rough Guide - Music from around the world in great compilations
  • Songs for Environmental Education
  • Trad Magazine - it's in French and it's from France but very interesting!
  • Washboard Players - Known to Exist in the Universe

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