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Last Update - January, 2004
Northern
Journey Online Links
If it ain't here, it's probably there
Artists
- Musicians
Record Companies
& Distributers
Great Canadiana
Radio
Canadian Folk Sites
Other Folk Oriented
Sites
Musicians'
Homepages
Randy
Bachman's Guitarives Site
Danny
Bakan - the banjo bard of Riverdale
BLACKIE
& THE RODEO KINGS - Colin Linden, Tom Wilson
& Stephen Fearing
Brian
Blain
- the colour blind guru of the blues
Lenny
Breau - The Web Site
Rodney
Brown
-
Thunder Bay Singer Songwriter
The
Cash
Brothers - Andrew and Peter Cash
Celtic
Offspring - from western Ontario
BRUCE
COCKBURN NEWSLETTER @ GAVIN'S
WOODPILE
Corb
Lund Band - Porcupine Award winners from Alberta
DaisyDeBolt-
the Canadian Songstress with a cattle prod
Carlos
Del
Junco - the best harmonica player anywhere
Bob
Egan
- Blue Rodeo inductee
Stephen
Fearing
- his official web site
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
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
Ivan
Hicks
- Maritime Fiddle Champ
Bill
and Sue Hillman - country
duo from way out west
Jerry
Holland
- Cape Breton Fiddle Master - good web site
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
Greg
Lawless - Toronto based Singer/songwriter
Tom
Lehrer
-
Master of satyre, satire, sa-atire or whatever
Gordon
Lightfoot
- Canadian Icon
Natalie
MacMaster
- Cape Breton's best Ambassador at the moment
Magoo
- From the Richmond Inn to Blue Skies - there is only one
Brent
Mason
- New Brunswick Singer/Songwriter
Harry
Manx
-
veena playing blues man from BC
The
Mighty Mohawks - great Montreal based country
band
Randy
Morrison
- Canadian Fiddler
Muddy
Waters
- Grandaddy of the Blues
Jory
Nash
- Toronto based singer / songwriter
David
Newland
- Toronto Singer / Songwriter
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
Samantha
Robichaud
- excellent teenage fiddler from Nouveau Brunswick
Jim
Stewart
- composer of the Marco Polo
Pierre
Schryer
- Canadian fiddle champ
Sirens
- from London, ON
Gordon
Stobbe
- Nova Scotia based fiddler
Stompin'
Tom Connors - the original Canadian folk hero
Margaret
Stowe
- great Canadian guitarist
Brenda
Stubbert - Cape Breton Fiddler
Derek
Swain - Singer/Songwriter from Newmarket - also
with Rodeo Records
Swamperella
- Toronto based Cajun Band
Tamarack
- the best band from Guelph with over 2,000,000 kms
of travel
Tanglefoot
- the highest energy folk-band in the world!
Cyril
Tawney
- wonderful submarine songwriter in the UK
Cindy
Thompson - excellent fiddler in Midland
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
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
Borealis
Recording Company
Caribou
Records - Yukon based recording company
Festival
Distribution
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
Mille-Pattes
- Record label in Joliette, Québec for La Bottine
Souriante, Danielle Martineau, Michel Faubert, etc.
Minuit
dans la cuisine
- Independant trad recording co. in Quebec
Northern
Blues Music - New Toronto-based Canadian Blues
label
Pacemaker
Entertainment - great Canadian 60s re-issues
Pigeon
Inlet Enterprises - Newfoundland folkloric label
by Kelly Russell
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
Great
Canadiana
Cape
Breton Fiddlers - a
great resource with excellent data base material
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
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
Bill
Elliot-
Fiddle Enthusiast
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
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
Quinte
Arts Council - Belleville, ON
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
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
Canadian
Folk Sites
ABC
Fiddle Tunes
Acoustic
Traditions -
Folklore
and Music resource
Calgary
Folk Music Site
Canada
Council
Canadian
Blues
The
Canadian Grand Masters Fiddling Championship
Canadian
Society Of Musical Traditions
Cranford
Publications - Cape Breton books on culture and
tunes
Eaglewood
Folk Festival - and Tim Harrison
Emma
Lake Fiddle Camp - learn fiddle from the masters
in Saskatchewan
Fiddle
and Fire - Bill Elliot's Web site for Fiddle Camp
and good links
Fiddle
Tunes in ABC Format
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
Kelly
Russell's Collection - Great collection of Newfoundland
Fiddle tunes
Maritime
Fiddle Festival
Memoire
et Racine - Festival of Traditional Music, Joliette,
Quebec
B.
Murray Agency - fiddlers, stepdancers and singers
Old
Chesnuts Newsletter
Ontario
Council of Folk Festivals
Orangeville
Fiddle & Step-Dance Camp
Chris
Ricker's Fiddle Place - The Man from North Bay
Rogue
Folk Club - Vancouver, BC - Steve Edge
Shelburne
Fiddle Contest - Canada's top Fiddle Contest Home
Page
Sussex
Avenue Fiddlers - of New Brunswick
Uptown
Folk Club - Edmonton, Alberta
The
Vital Spark Folk Club - 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
FiddleNet
- one of the largest fiddle oriented web sites around
Fiddler
Magazine - a US publication dedicated to its title
Great
Country song index - words, chords and more
Isle
of Jura Distillery
Laughing
Gravy - UK web site links
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
Songs
for Environmental Education
Washboard
Players - Known to Exist in the Universe
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