The stories behind the songs that tell the story of the U.S.

A site maintained by Stefan Wirz with discography and other information for a number of American folk musicians. There's also Yazoo and Kicking Mule Records discographies, and lots of other good information.
The site gives information on the work of Roy Book Binder, Ramblin' Jack Elliott, Paul Geremia, Fred Gerlach, Jo Ann Kelly, Steve Mann, John Miller, Dick Rosmini, Patrick Sky, Mark Spoelstra, Dave van Ronk, Eric von Schmidt, the Even Dozen Jug Band, and others.

Songs on The Heron Smiled reflect Annie's Anishinaabe Ojibwe heritage and vision with a foundation in Native American and folk music. The Heron Smiled has been nominated for four Native American Music Awards, including Best Folk Album and Best Record of the Year.

East Tennessee State University’s Center for Appalachian Studies and Services documents and showcases Appalachia's past, celebrates its cultural heritage, and promotes an understanding of the influences that shape its identity.

Art's camera was witness to the Great Folk Scare of the 1960's. See it as it was.

A history of minstrels, mostly in 19th Century US

Cowboy Poetry. What's not to like? Australia has bush ballads, but the U.S. has cowboy poetry.

Fascinating photos from the life and experiences of Guy and Candie Carawan.

Site unobtainable. An archived page from 2006 can be seen at:

http://web.archive.org/web/20060127015939/http://photo.ucr.edu/projects/carawan/

(edited by Will Fly)

Insurgent Country, Americana, Amercian Roots Music. Songbook with lyrics and chords also with folksongs.

Site unobtainable. An archived page from 2005 can be seen at:

http://web.archive.org/web/20051231153808/http://www.insurgentcountry.net:80/

(edited by Will Fly)

The John and Ruby Lomax 1939 Southern States Recording Trip Collection is now available online through the Library of Congress American Memory Web site. This multiformat ethnographic field collection includes 686 sound recordings, as well as photographic prints, fieldnotes, dust jackets, and other manuscripts documenting folksingers and folksongs during a three-month, 6,502-mile trip through eight Southern states.

An online feature of Sing Out! Magazine

Online music magazine about Americana and Roots Music.

Two OLD TIME MUSICIANS, known as THE TRAVELIN' TROUBADOURS OF OHIO are mostly staying home now and operating the midi/audio web site and home business of selling Looms to weavers. Hope you will stop by, enjoy my sequencing efforts and make a new friendship! Bill will be celebrating his 80th Birthday this year on Nove. 11th and I hope you'll send him some messages! Thanks, Bill and Diane Marshall
Site closed in 2002, but an archived page can be seen here:

http://web.archive.org/web/20020810201224/http://www.geocities.com/ohioweaver.ge

Home Page for Phil's discography, lyrics, etc.

The Music of the American Civil War (1861-1865); Music of George Frederick Root (1820-1895); Henry Clay Work (1832-1884); Henry Tucker (1826-1882); and Stephen Foster and many others -lyrics and MIDI files (new URL - updated October, 2000)

Interesting studies of American musicians of all genres.

The Cumberland Trio originated at the University of Tennessee in 1962 and won the National Collegiate Folk Festival in Jacksonville, FL in 1963. The Trio made three appearances on the ABC-TV Hootenanny prime time Saturday night Folk Music Series in 1964, and performed concerts at colleges and universities across the nation. A 23 song CD of their music, mostly recorded in 1964 at RCA in Nashville, TN, produced by Chet Atkins, was released in October, 2001 and is available on their above website. The Trio disbanded in 1965 as a result of bad luck on their recording contract as well as the effect the British Invasion-Beatles et al- had on the sales of folk recordings. Mike Kirkland of the original Brothers Four has stated that The newly released Cumberland Trio CD, digitally remastered from their previously unreleased recordings is terrific folk music and as good as anything recorded in the folk era of the '60s. The Trio performed a Reunion Concert November 9, 2001 before an entusiastic packed house at the historic Bijou Theatre Center in Knoxville, TN, which will be released on digital Video, DVD & CD in March of 2002. The original group reunited in 2001 and is performing selectively at concert halls and music festivals througout the Southeastern U S.

This site is dedicated to the folk and protest singers of the folk boom from the late 1950s through early 1960s.

Site unobtainable. An archived page from 2017 can be seen at:

https://web.archive.org/web/20170226171642/http://www.zipcon.com/~highroad/folks

(edited by Will Fly)

Gary Eller's studies of songs about Idaho.

The Fabulous Limeliters Homepage Lou, Glenn, Alex - and their successors

Fascinating bibliographies of cowboy songbooks. I haven't explored the site completely, but it looks like a real gold mine.
-Joe Offer-

U. S. Folk trio located in west central Vermont - Sandy Morse (bigchuck), Peter Cady (Midchuck), and Kristina Cady - perform a mix of traditional folk, cowboy songs, almost-bluegrass, and composed songs that we happen to like...