A
Guide to the Irish Flute (www.firescribble.net/flute/index.html)
Great information, including advice for obtaining a suitable flute, by
Siamsa teacher Brad Hurley.
Andy's Front
Hall (www.andysfronthall.com) A great, searchable selection of
books, recordings, and music paraphenalia.
Ardglen
Bodhrans & Bones (http://www.ardglen-bodhrans.com/)
Hand-made instruments for discerning drummers. These bodhrans are
skillfully produced by Fred Graham. Fred teaches the advanced bodhran
class at Siamsa.
Brother
Steve's tin whistle page (www.rogermillington.com/siamsa/brosteve/index.html)
A wealth of material for whistle players, including photos and tips for
Siamsa whistle students, by whistle teacher Stephen Jones. Sign the
guestbook!
Ceolas
celtic music archive (www.ceolas.org/ceolas.html) Claims to house
the largest online collection of information on celtic music, including
hundreds of links. Here you will find include profiles, links and
discographies of hundreds of musicians and groups, tour schedules,
festivals, sessions and places to hear the music around the world, books,
magazines, mail-order sources, radio shows, and links, links, links,
reviews & sound clips of new and classic recordings, information on
celtic-style instruments, hundreds of traditional tunes in different
formats, along with software and tune indexes, and celtic dance related
sites.
Chris
Walshaw's The abc musical notation language (http://www.walshaw.plus.com/abc/)
Explains ABC notation, an alternative to normal music notation which is
very popular in traditional music.
Comhaltas
Ceoltóiri Eireann (http://comhaltas.ie/) This is the largest
international traditional Irish Music organization, with branches all over
the world. Notable in their website are contacts for every branch,
information about central and regional musical archives (in Ireland), a
schedule of sessions in Ireland, and biographies (billeog) of important
musicians who have moved on to the next world. Check out the downloadable
mini-videos
Cranford
Publications (www.cranfordpub.com) All publications from this Cape
Breton Island publisher are of the highest quality. Selected first-rate
recordings of Cape Breton, Irish, or Scottish styles are for sale online.
The site offers an introduction to ABC notation, a 'tune of the month',
many high-quality sound clips, and more. Many hidden delights, eg, the
home page and several articles by Siamsa's first fiddle teacher, David
'Papper' Papazian.
Danseurs et Musiciens de
l'Île Jésus (http://www.dmij.net) Music recordings, for which
you must register to get access.
Fiddle
Farmers (www.siegelproductions.ca/fiddle.htm) Good collection of
links and resources by Siamsa session-goer Lois Siegel.
irish-music.net
(www.irish-music.net) General resources and links for all kinds of Irish
music and dancing.
Irish Set
Dancing Study Notes for Set and Figure Dances (www.setdanceteacher.co.uk)
This uncluttered, solid site by Joe O'Hara gives detailed instructions for
80+ set dances and 10 'figure' (what we call 'ceili') dances.
Les Danseux (www.lesdanseux.org)
un groupe d'animation en danses traditionnelles québécoises composé de
danseurs amateurs passionnés voulant éveiller votre curiosité,susciter
votre intérêt pour notre musique et nos danses en redonnant une place de
choix à notre culture.
Ottawa
Irish Music Blog This webpage provides links to primarily
Ottawa Valley, and Irish Traditional Music (ITM), activities in, or within
a few hours to a day's drive, of the Ottawa / National Capital Region of
Canada. Music is a shared experience between musicians and the audience.
Roger
Millington Publishing www.rogermillington.com) Multi-talented
Stephen Jones, a former Siamsa teacher, produces this web home of Packie
Manus Byrne. You can learn all about Packie and sample the various books
about him.
St-Patrick's-Day.com
(www.st-patricks-day.com) General resources and links for many Irish
interests including dancing, geneology, travel, shopping, and a dating
serrvice.
Whistle &
Drum (www.whistleanddrum.com) Good-quality online vendor of
whistles, Irish, flutes, bodhrans, banjos, celtic jewelry, music books,
and more.
Virtual
Session (www.bbc.co.uk/radio2/r2music/folk/sessions/) VERY COOL
SITE lets you log on and play along for a session! Of course, you're
better off going to a real session, but maybe you're too far or too shy.
This has nice steady playing, with music sheets for those who like so see
the notation.
VoulezVousDanserAvecMoi.ca
(VoulezVousDanserAvecMoi.ca)
a bilingual site that lists all the venues where one can go partner
dancing in Montreal. Updated daily ! Répertoire
des endroits où danser en couple à Montréal.
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