Old Time Music Resources
A list of other Old Time Music Resources that might be useful to an Old Time Mandolin player Please forgive me for any oversights or omissions. Please send suggestions to Paul at paul@oldtimemandolinmusic.com.
Click on a title below to whisked away to the appropriate website.
Old-Time Music Websites
- The Magazine for Traditional Music Throughout the world
CD Companies Supporting Old-Time Music
- Burning Wolf Records - small Old-Time Music label
- Smithsonian Folkways Records - The complete Folkways catalogue and more.
- Vigortone Records - Old-Time and Fiddle Music from the Midwest and beyond.
- Voyager Records - The VR website includes reviews of their CDs, CD liner notes and recording techniques used in making of each recording.
Old-Time Music Organizations, Clubs, Groups, and Conspirators
- Austin Friends of Traditional Music
- Bloomington Old-Time Music and Dance Group
- Bluff County Gathering - Old Time Music Camp
- Brandywine Friends of Old Time Music
- The Chicago Barn Dance Company
- The Fiddlers Assocation of Iowa
- The Florida State Fiddlers Association
- Friends Of American Old-Time Music and Dance
- Iowa Friends of Old-Time Music
- Minnesota Bluegrass and Old-Time Music Association
- The Nashville Old-Time String Band Association
- Santa Clara Valley Fiddlers Association
Old Time Music Broadcasters
- WMMT 88.7 - Chek out wmmt’s broadcast schedule for OTM shows
- WDVX - Rebroadcast of Joe Bussard's Country Classics radio broadcast
- Joe Bussard's Country Classics Archive
Other Old-Time Music Related Links:
- The American Folklife Center - From the Library of Congress. A wealth of information for OTM fans.
- Appalshop - is a multi-disciplinary arts and education center in the heart of Appalachia producing original films, video, theater, music and spoken-word recordings, radio, photography, multimedia, and books.
- Berea College Hutchins Library Special Collections - A wealth OTM transcriptions, recordings, biographies, etc. can be found here.
- Digital Library of Appalachia - Links to all things (photos, music, etc.) from the Appalachia’s that have been digitized. An excellent resource for OTM. Brea C0llege (the link above) is member of the DLA.
- Henry Reed Collection at the Library of Congress
- Henry Reed Memorial - Website devoted to the memory of Henry Reed
- Honking Duck - Listen to Old Time Music 78s online.
- Juneberry78s.com - More OTM 78’s to listen to online.
- Music for the Nation - 19th Century digitized sheet music from the Library of Congress
- Old-Time Banjo Tab - This site actually serves as the archive for Greg and Jere Canote’s Old Time Stringband class. There many, many, many mp3 recordings of OTM tunes they teach by ear. It’s a great place to learn a new tune or two. Oh yeah. There’s some banjo tab on the site also.
- Old-Time Music in Portland, Oregon - All OTM happenings in the Portland, OR area.
- Southern Folklife Collection
- Southern Music in the 20th Century
- Stefan Wirz American Music - Extensive discography of American Music
- Wood Songs Old Time Radio Hour - While this radio broadcast is not completely devoted to Old-Time music, it does present many OTM bands. The broadcast is worth taking a look at for OTM content.
Overalls - Standard issue clothing for all OTM musicians.
- Carhartt - makers of premium workwear for over 119 years.
- Key Overalls - Est. 1908
- Pointer Brand - American made since 1913