So, Nigel and Jon (and others), do you like what we've done with our Song Origins & Info database? I've been building a similar set of thread groups for songwriters, and all I have to do is talk Max into making a similar database for songwriters. Should I nag him until he sets one up?

For many years, Jon hosted a Website called folkinfo.org, which I think of as an ideal song database. He closed it in 2012, but there's and archive copy at my Website, http://www.joe-offer.com/folkinfo/.

Reinhard Zierke uses a different format at his "Mainly Norfolk" Website. It, too, is excellent. https://mainlynorfolk.info/folk/

Mudcatter "Richie" is Richard Matteson, Jr. Mel Bay has published a number of his books, and they're terrific. Richie's Website, http://bluegrassmessengers.com/, is an interesting collection of song studies. He does excellent work.

Sometime Mudcatter Lesley Nelson-Burns ran the contemplator.com Website, with lots of good MIDI arrangements of songs and the remarkable arrangements by Barry Taylor. Contemplator is down, but it is stored at archive.org. http://web.archive.org/web/20160303170720/http://www.contemplator.com/

I emailed Lesley to see what's happening with the Website, but haven't heard back. Lesley, if you see this, please contact me at joe@mudcat.org.

I'm curious about a Website called "A Traditional Music Library," http://www.traditionalmusic.co.uk/ - I've never encountered Rod Smith, who runs the site, but he offers a lot of interesting folk music resources.

And then there's The Jack Horntip Collection, http://www.horntip.com/ - it has been known by many names and has been found at many locations, but the horntip address is the one that's good right now.

Mudcatter Steve Gardham is another remarkable song collector and researcher. You can find examples of his work at the British Library, http://sounds.bl.uk/World-and-traditional-music/Steve-Gardham-Collection - we're lucky to have him.

Another Mudcatter who has done extraordinary work in folk song collecting and research is Jim Carroll. Jim has done a number of interesting online projects.

Another Website I like is this one: https://afolksongaweek.wordpress.com/

Every time I make a list like this, I know I leave out a number of remarkable pieces of work. This list is mostly of Websites built by regular or sometime Mudcatters. They've done wonderful things, and we've tried to incorporate at least some of their ideas into Mudcat.

Malcolm Douglas had a Website with some of his wonderful research work. Is it gone forever now? It was something like East Riding or South Riding Network.

-Joe-