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<Links to the many artists who have appeared at the club can be found on the diary pages> |
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| All Music Guide | Find biographical information and recording history of your favourite artist, whether it be folk, blues, rock, rap, gospel, world, reggae etc etc | |
| Basic Music Theory Elements | These basic elements are the structure and framework for which music is formed. Knowing these elements is what allows you to study, play, compose, re-harmonize, and work with other musicians in a common language. | |
| Beesweb | This is the Official Richard Thompson Site. Worth a visit, just to be impressed by the site. Whilst you're there, try the Song-O-Matic. | |
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The official site for Dylan Aficionados. |
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| Bromsgrove Folk Club | Good friends of the Woodman, the resident band, Fairfield Folk, are resident players in the award winning Woodman Pantomime. Oh no they're not ... Oh yes they are! | |
| Celfyddydau Mari Arts | Home of the Llantrisant Folk Club and various other Welsh connections. A nicely laid out site. | |
| Chord House | All the guitar chords and scales your ever likely to need with a very nifty graphical interface. You've got the Guitar Room (Easy), the Guitar Room (Advanced) and also the Piano Room. Very clever. | |
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This is a good site for Chris Smither devotees. Hear the songs, get the lyrics, buy the merchandise and most important, find out when he's next in the UK! |
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| Delta Blues Museum | If you are a blues aficionado and visit the USofA, then this is a must. Alternatively just browse the site ... check out the merchandise | |
| Dominic Ward | Dominic Ward is a local folk musician and songwriter living in Sedgley, Dudley. You can check out his music, which is free to download from his website. | |
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For all you American Pie fans out there |
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No, this isn't Paul's home page it's the Folk & Roots Online Guide which contains an incredible number of links all over the world. |
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A wonderful site! Pictures of many artists, lots of links - what's on, local radio etc etc |
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A link to the Folk Roots Magazine |
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| Folk World | Lots of links to European world and folk music through this European Folk Magazine | |
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A west Midlands Site with some local information, particularly in the Bedworth Area. |
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They describe themselves as a "Folking good site" and it is! News, videos, mp3 files and the Dave Burland Radio Show. |
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Drool, you guitarists, drool! |
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| Guitar Noise | Online guitar lessons, from tuning up, to using a capo to soloing / improvisation and songwriting. A pretty comprehensive site. | |
| Guitar Site - Tuition | This tuition page has got everything from how to tune up for slide to the "anatomy" of a classical guitar. Book a page in your diary to visit - you'll be there a long time! | |
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This is an excellent site for learning to play the Blues Harp. My first thought was for Paul.... |
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An excellent resource for lyrics, nicely presented with a few midi files thrown in for good measure |
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You've hung around the stand at the festivals, now you can browse the on-line store - PLUS lots of links |
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| Ian Pittaway | Ian Pittaway's site - Traditional and early music on voice, guitars and period instruments | |
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Last time Keith Hancock visited the club he told us that Leonard Cohen was in a monastery. Well he had been, but he came back down the mountain in 1999 with armfuls of poems and songs. |
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All sorts of Martin Simpson stuff here - including merchandise. |
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An on-line folk magazine which will keep you busy for hours and hours! A must-visit site. |
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| Open Tunings Tutorial | An excellent introduction to the exciting world of open guitar tunings | |
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Ralph McTell's Official Home Page |
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The poems of Robert Service are sometimes featured by folk performers and others. From the comic-macabre "Ballad of Blasphemous Bill" to the poignant WW1 poems of his "Rhymes of a Red Cross Man", you'll find something to make you stop and think ...... and maybe shed a tear or two. |
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| SIMM07TS's Channel - YouTube | You've probably seen Pete Simmonds at various folk festivals filming the artists for his YouTube channel. Well worth browsing through and finding your favourite artists. | |
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Find out what frequently asked questions there are about storytelling and get the answers! |
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| Surge Music | Online live music guide for the Midlands | |
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A German site with lyrics of English and German songs. To give you an idea of how thorough this site is ... have you found the complete lyrics of Alice's Restaurant posted anywhere else - Apart from, maybe, Arlo's site? |
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One of the best Folk-Rock bands around - and a very nice web-site, too! |
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It may not be folk music, but Steve Earle's songs often get played in sessions. Here's where you can learn about him as well as picking up some lyrics and guitar tabs |
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The Sandpiper
Folk Club |
The Sandpiper Folk Club gets together every fortnight on Wednesday evenings throughout the year. It opens at 7:30 p.m. ready to start the evening's entertainment at 8:00 p.m.. | |
| Tom Lehrer Songs | Tom Lehrer published all of his songs, copyright free, on this website in 2022. Here you can find lyrics, sheet music and mp3 files, all of which can be downloaded. Note the warning on the site which suggests you download anything you want quickly before the website is shut down. | |
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Tom Rush was/is one of the US Folk/Blues greats. Here you can have a nostalgia trip through his recordings and catch up with what he's doing now. |
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| Tradfolk.co | Tradfolk.co was put together to celebrate traditional folk culture now. It was built on the back of a blog called Grizzly Folk, which existed for a couple of years between 2017 and 2019. | |