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Blue Highway
http://www.thebluehighway.com
Nicely laid-out site with essays, radio, links, photos and blues chat.
Blues Net
http://www.bluesnet.hub.org
Biogs of blues people, special feature of ‘mentors’ allocated to artists, who you can email with queries.
Junior’s Juke Joint
http://www.deltablues.net
Cheerful site, put together by blues fan Junior, who lives in Mississippi and offers info on where to eat, drink, see music and find local places of interest. Want to find where the Southern crosses the Dawg? This is the place.
Delta Snake
http://deltasnake.com
Blues newsletter with news, reviews, articles and links.
Document Records
http://www.document-records.com
Good online store and information centre for obscure and vintage blues and gospel.
Classical Net
http://www.classical.net
Lists of composers, works and recordings. Fairly dull, but does the job.
MusicWeb
http://www.musicweb.uk.net
Cluttered site, with emphasis on British composers but also info on international ones. Interesting essays on a variety of subjects such as ‘Gastronomy and Music’.
The Classical Music Pages
http://w3.rz-berlin.mpg.de/cmp
Well-designed and interesting site with lots of interlinking. Includes info on musical forms, composer biogs, bibliography, sound clips and a history of Western music.
Music Scores
http://www.music-stores.com
Invaluable resource with free classical sheet music and music files, plus book store, classifieds, teacher information and links.
Country Music Club
http://country-music-club.com
Eclectic country music links database.
The Roughstock Network
http://www.roughstock.com
Get past the Shania Twain and Garth Brooks links to find a great History of Country Music section and the fantastic COWPIE archives of country lyrics and chords.
Flamenco World
http://www.flamenco-world.com
Attractive and vibrant site, an overview of all things flamenco. Includes encyclopedia of artists, videos, MP3s, dance courses, books and much more.
English Folk & Traditional Music on the Internet
http://web.ukonline.co.uk/martin.nail/Folkmus.htm
Exhaustive guide to UK folk sites, venues, organisations, books, instrumentsyou name it, it’s here. Look no further for pages on Sea Shanties and Rapper Sword Dancing.
Folk Music Index
http://folkindex.mse.jhu.edu/index.html
Index of recorded resources in folk music. Search by song, artist or keyword. Simple and clear layout. Also has info on music publishers etc.
FolkLib Index
http://www.folklib.net
Confusingly designed but informative site, with detailed coverage of folk and blues artists as well as more technical info, such as folk-style guitar tunings.
See also Guitar Tutor sites
Red Hot Jazz
http://www.redhotjazz.com
Pre-1930 jazz discussed in all its glory: essays, band line-ups, detailed discographies, further reading, even videos for those whose modems can support the download.
A Passion For Jazz!
http://www.apassion4jazz.net
Naff name, great site. Jazz styles, history etc as well as technical advice including jazz piano chord charts & progressions and virtual keyboard chord finder.
Jazz Review
http://www.jazzreview.com
Good combination of jazz past and present with plenty of interaction. Quizzes, listening room, photos, interviews, competitions, links, reviews, biogs.
All About Jazz
http://www.allaboutjazz.com
A jazz site with a sense of humour! Try the page on how the stars got their nicknames. Also helpful for beginners in a genre that can be rather elitist: pages on how to begin a jazz collection and get a grip of the basics. Plus interviews, artist profiles etc.
Metal UK
http://www.metaluk.com
Newsletter, one of the few metal sites you can actually read as it is not all in black and red. Tours, news, reviews, interviews, links, forums etc.
Heavy Shit
http://www.heavyshit.co.uk
Well-meaning site showcasing new bands and providing links to more established ones. Includes radio station and chat room. Healthy interest in user feedback.
Jammin Reggae Archives
http://niceup.com
There are probably millions of other reggae sites. You won’t be needing them.
Rockmine
http://www.rockmine.music.co.uk
Fascinating mixture of news, features and bizarre details. You can view Kurt Cobain’s suicide note, for example. Also, detailed rock encyclopedia and more.
Classic Rock Revisited
http://www.classicrockrevisited.com
For all your classic rock needs. Interviews, reviews and news, rather than archive-based.
Rock & Roll /Rockabilly/Doo Wop
Rockin’ Country Style
http://rcs.law.emory.edu/rcs
Fantastically geeky database of 50s music. Admire the sheer amount of time and work that must have gone into it, even if you’ve never heard of half of the artists.
Hottest Links The Fin-A-Billy Page
http://www.pcuf.fi/~tapiov/links.htm
Good list of rock & roll and rockabilly links.
Black Cat Rockabilly
http://www.rockabilly.nl
Impressive European site with history, lyrics, reviews, books, info, memorabilia. Highly recommended for fans of 50s music.
History of Rock N Roll
http://history-of-rock.com
Covering all aspects of music 1954-63, including related subjects such as teenage culture, Payola scandal and Brill Building, as well as detailed artist biogs.
Doo Wop Cafe
http://www.doowopcafe.net
Curious site with radio station and ‘jukeboxes’ containing music files. Interesting articles, including a history of Harlem vocal groups.
Bim Bam Records
http://www.bim-bam.com
UK online store with huge variety of rock & roll, rockabilly, doo wop, hillbilly and more, available at reasonable prices. Also gig information etc.
The Rhythm & Blues Music Primer
http://www.rhythmandtheblues.org.uk
Good site covering R & B as was, with biogs, history, recommendations, starter pack and interactive elements such as R & B games and Desert Island Disc lists.
Soul-Patrol
http://www.soul-patrol.com
‘A celebration of great black music’. Covering soul, jazz, funk, blues and black culture with reviews, MP3s, news, biogs & interviews.