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- Folk Music of Tamil Nadu Tamil Nadu is a well known South Indian state. It has a celebrated record of history for several thousand years. Folk Music of Tamil Nadu is having 2000 years...
- American Folk Music, Past, Present and Future I'm making this page about "American Folk Music, Past, Present and Future" because folk music is probably the most overlooked genre in America today. Folk m...
- Negro Spirituals, Earliest American Folk Songs I'm making this page about Negro Spirituals because Negro Spirituals are both beautiful and meaningful and they form an important part of our American musical...
- Little Boxes - Weeds theme - Malvina Reynolds I remember first hearing the theme to Weeds, "Little boxes on the hillside, little boxes made of ticky-tacky" and being completely drawn to the voice and th...
- Joan Baez and Judy Collins, My Favorite '60's Folksingers Two of my favorite female folk singers when I was growing up in the 60's and 70's were Joan Baez and Judy Collins. I had many of their albums and still have...
- Sandy Denny Folk Singing At Its Best Sandy Denny was an amazing female singer-songwriter. She is certainly one of the best ever female folk singers. A beautiful British folk singer she is easily...
- Joni Mitchell: Ten Best Albums Joni Mitchell: ten best albums - my favorite Joni albums and a difficult choice to narrow it down. From my teenage years, when I first heard Clouds and the...
- Protest Songs from the Vietnam War The decade spanning our active involvement in the Vietnam war was a time of turmoil, both socially and politically. Politicians continued to send more and m...
- Traditional Appalachian Mountain Dulcimer The Appalachian Dulcimer is a plain and simple folk instrument, a member of the zither family of stringed instruments. It's history goes back to the Appalachian...
- Strumming the Autoharp The name Autoharp would lead you to believe that the instrument is in the harp family, but it's actually related to the Zither. Most likely the many strings...
- Buying a New or Used Autoharp I love my Autoharp. The Autoharp is easy to learn to play, a popular folk instrument. How and where to buy a good Autoharp is the focus of this page. I hope...
- America: The Band - A Music Video Showcase The English/American folk rock group America became popular during the early 1970s. Their first hit was the smash Horse With No Name, reaching Number 1 on the...
- The Alice's Restaurant Massacree by Arlo Guthrie For me, it wouldn't be Thanksgiving without listening to this classic performance piece by Arlo Guthrie, released in 1967. The Alice's Restaurant Massacree...
- Songs about Home and Houses We're here to think about home. We love it, we leave it and we go back to it. So many songs are written about home. Home is used as metaphor for different things...
- An Ex-Hippie Remembers: Long-Haired Hippie Music Yep, I was a commune living hippie back in the 70's. And as time has rolled on, I am finding very little to like about today's modern music. Ack, I'm repeating...
- Mandolin Buyer's Guide Considering buying your first mandolin? If so, the sheer number of mandolin types, brands, and price ranges may be somewhat daunting. I have purchased two mandolins...
- Top 100 Best Celtic Songs Celtic music has no particular definition.But,Broadly Celtic music is defined as the 'Music of Celtic People'. Celtic People or Popularly known as The Celts...
- Irish Fiddle: Traditional Irish Instrumental Music You'll surely be hearin' some Irish music on March 17, and if you're listening to traditional Irish music, you'll almost certainly hear a fiddle. St. Patrick's...
- Traditional Music of Minangkabau In the Indonesian dictionary of music, talempong is said to be a musical instrument from Minangkabau, West Sumatra, which is made from metal, bronze or iron,...
- Folk Bands|Modern Folk|Neofolk|Medieval and Pagan Folk Music Folk music as we know it is the oldest one in history - it comes from the times when people were just starting to explore the horizons of musical art and folklore,...
