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This selection includes good Folk/Traditional song and music sites.



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Folk Music

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The English Folk Dance and Song Society



The Mudcat Café


Folk Song Archive par excellence

A Traditional Music Library

Archive of folk tunes from England, Scotland, Ireland including the invaluable pub session tunebook - Sheet music with MIDI notation available

The Digital Tradition Mirror

Same content as the Mudcat Café, but with sheet music for those dot-readers amongst you

Richard Robinson's Tunebook

Archive of folk tunes from England, Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Sweden and Denmark plus a few unusual ones - Sheet music or ABC notation available

Eric Foxley's Music Database

A collection of over 1,000 traditional British related folk tunes in PDF, GIF or MIDI


Folk Archive Resource North East

Tune books preserving Northumbrian music from the 17th Century to date - at present no content but once up to date should be a useful resource


The Max Hunter Folk Song Collection
Folk Songs of the Ozark Mountains in Missouri and Arkansas - searchable archive with MIDI files

Pete Loud's Collection of Northumbrian, Tyneside and other Traditional Tunes for the Fiddle

Does exactly what it says on the tin - Sheet music only

Ann Winnington's Tune Book

Scanned tunebook dating from the 19th Century with around 70 tunes

Folksong Index / Volkslieder Verzeichnis

Folksongs from England, Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Germany, Austria, France and the USA

William Calvert's Tunebook

Another 19th Century tunebook with around 70 scanned folk tunes


Shanties and Sea Songs


The Bitter End
A good source of information on Shanties and Shanty events