Access is a weekly magazine distributed each weekend with our local newspaper (The Montgomery County [MD] Journal), Each week, they mention the best web sites for eight or ten categories. This week (dated November 7, 1999), they covered song lyrics. They mentioned (1) Harry's Blues Lyrics Online [tinpan.fortunecity.com/kowalski/112]; (3) Lyrics World [www.summer.com.br/~pfilho/summer.html]; (4) Untimate '80s Songs [www.afn.org/~afn30091/80songs.html]; (5) BBHQ: Music Room Lyrics [www.bbhq.com/lyrics.htm]; AND... (2)....

The Mudcat Café
www.mudcat.org
This outstanding lyrics database of blues and traditional folk songs boasts a search engine and resources to help lyric-searchers find background material. The Blues Museum contains photographs and articles on such legends as Leadbelly and Mississippi John Hurt. For answers to more obscure questions, visit the Forum, where adults can follow the eclectic topic threads that usually relate to music. The Mudcat Café for Kids explains how to make simple instruments like Dooley sticks and gourd rattlers. [Four stars out of four=rating of excellent; (ratings are based on content, graphics, and ease of use)]

I thought I should share this wonderful print-medium review of the Mudcat with everyone.

--Charlie Baum