The best, most beautiful, and most perfect way that we have of expressing a sweet concord of mind to each other is by music.
Jonathan Edwards
Music is the universal language that has spoken volumes since the beginning of time. It has evolved over the years to the point of including many different types and sounds. This category is guaranteed to have something for everyone, including alternative, bluegrass, classical, country, and more. Set up your command post before you even sit down, because once you start surfing the sites in this category, you won't want to stop!
Provides articles, record reviews, and links to sites about many different punk rock bands and labels worldwide. Also includes links to skateboarding sites.
http://www.dcs.ed.ac.uk/home/cxl/fall/index.html
Provides articles, interviews, a history, and discography of the UK rock group The Fall. Includes lyric transcriptions, mailing list information, and much more. This site is highly detailed and is of highest recommendation of fans of The Fall or anyone curious about their music.
Provides information about the rock band The Offspring. Includes guitar tabs, lyrics, discography, articles, and interviews. Also provides links to other related Offspring sites.
http://www.emba.uvm.edu/~jross/aonhome.html
Focuses on the techno-pop group Art of Noise. Includes a complete discography with covers of each album above the track titles. Also includes a summary of all information from the liner notes in each album.
http://www.tezcat.com/~andy/bigblack/
Provides a wealth of information about the punk rock bands Big Black, Rapeman, and Shellac, all of which are fronted by guitarist/ recording engineer Steve Albini. Includes articles, lyrics, and a discography. Also includes links to other related sites.
http://www.RepriseRec.com/Boredoms/
Provides official home site for Japanese noise rock band The Boredoms. Site includes discography, pictures, artwork, and sound bytes. Also includes links to other Reprise artists.
http://www.io.com/~jwc/rock/can.html
Provides home for the German progressive rock band known as Can. Includes a band member background, discography, and a history of the group. Includes links to other related sites.
http://www.zephyr.net/users/cave/
An unofficial site dedicated to the gothic blue rock music of Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds. Includes current news, articles, interviews, and links to other related sites. Also provides a complete discography and pictures of Nick Cave.
http://miso.wwa.com/~anaconda/cure2.html
Focuses on The Cure. Includes fan club information, lyrics, images, and more. Also includes a few sound bites and tablatures.
http://www.well.com/user/tcircus/Dcuckoo/index.html
The techno-tribal band made up of six women from Oakland who build and play their own percussion instruments, including 6-foot bamboo "trigger sticks." Features the band's interactive "showtoys" MidiBall and RiGBy.
http://tahoma.cwu.edu:2000/%7Egossardr/dk_html/dk.html
Provides background information, discography, articles, reviews, and ordering information for the punk band The Dead Kennedys. Includes links to other punk and related pages. Includes interviews with Jello Biafra and other members of the band.
Focuses on the eclectic alternative band. Includes lyrics, song parodies, dozens of pictures, and several links to other Depeche Mode resources. Also provides information on how to subscribe to the BONG mailing list.
http://weber.u.washington.edu/~neile/EctoGuide/ectophiles.guide.html
Based on Ecto, the singer/songwriter Happy Rhodes' mailing list. Provides a searchable index of similar music and explains the ectophile phenomenon.
http://www.hyperreal.com/music/artists/brian_eno/
This wonderful site documents the music and artwork of Brian Eno. Includes articles, interviews, a chronology, and discography. Also provides information about Eno's Oblique Strategy Cards. Also includes contact addresses.
Provides information and background on the music of P.J. Harvey. Includes interviews, articles, and lyrics. Also includes mailing lists and other related information.
http://weber.u.washington.edu/d97/lux/
Provides a fan page about the punk-rockabilly band The Cramps. Includes a background of the band, some interviews, and of photos of the band. Site includes links to many other related sites.
Focuses on the band The High Lonesome. Features bios, history, lyrics, photos, sound, ordering information, upcoming gigs, and more.
http://www.rit.edu/~jcs1589/hpr/
Provides a home site for the music of Captain Beefheart and his Magic Band. Includes band bios, articles, album artwork, and links to related sites. Also includes information about Captain Beef heart's paintings and other artwork. This is a well put together site.
An alternative culture site for anyone interested in raves, music, or recreational drugs. Links to music info, sound and graphics tools, and more, including links to other cool sites.
http://www.cs.ucl.ac.uk/external/T.Wicks/ill/index.html
If you like independent-label music, this "way-cool" site is for you. Search for general info, music lists, label info, or follow the links to the featured label of the day.
Provides a wealth of information for the D.I.Y. (do it yourself) independent musician. Includes essays, articles, and links about recording, pressing, mastering, and printing of CDs and LPs. Also includes links to many different independent (non-Major label) magazines, bands, and labels. This site is very well done and filled with vital information for musicians everywhere.
This site provides a wealth of information, sounds, and links to independent musicians worldwide. Includes links to many different labels, bands, online magazines, and other related sites. Also includes a weekly online band of the week contest and contact information.
http://onyx.dartmouth.edu/~dupras/kj/kj.html
Provides articles, interviews, and a discography of the industrial rock band Killing Joke. Includes a band history, photo gallery, lyrics, trivia questions, and links to related sites. Also provides upcoming releases information.
http://wwwtdb.cs.umu.se/~dvlawm/kraftwerk.html
Includes pictures, sounds, and videos, and a collection of Kraftwerk MIDI sequences. Lets you add your name to the list Kraftwerk fans.
http://www.zoom.com/~aeb/beck.html
Provides a home page for alternative rap/rock songwriter Beck. Includes recordings background, sound bytes, a "Karaoke Queen" section, and links to other related sites.
http://www.rocknroll.net/loureed/
Provides information about Lou Reed and more. Includes a bootleg gallery, a couple of guitar tabs, and plenty more.
http://www.students.uiuc.edu/~j-javen/moonshake.html
Provides information about the rock group Moonshake. Site includes sound bytes, discography, song lyrics, a discussion forum, and current band news. Also provides pictures of the group and touring information.
http://www.york.ac.uk/~wjb101/orbital.htm
Provides background, discography, and news for the electronic music group Orbital. Includes live information along with articles about the group. Also includes links to many other electronic music sites.
http://www.dsv.su.se/~mats-bjo/psb/psbhome.html
The European site that provides a huge picture library, fan club information, monthly updates, and sound files. Also includes a FAQ list, news hotlines, biographies, articles, and a pricing guide.
http://www.netzone.com/~simong/polvo.html
Provides information about the rock group Polvo. Includes band background, discography, lyrics, and interviews. Also includes pictures and links to related sites.
http://www2.ucsc.edu/people/liston/pil/theindex.html
Provides background, photos, discography, and lyrics for the rock band Public Image Limited. Includes articles, interviews, and links to other related sites.
http://www.halcyon.com/rem/index.html
Includes notes on the R.E.M. tour, all about Mike Mills, and a Frequently Asked Questions sheet. Offers a discography, lyrics, and guitar chord sheets. Also includes a photo archive.
http://www.cs.utexas.edu/users/jwetzler/rev/revframe.htm
Provides information about the punk/rockabilly music of the Reverend Horton Heat. This extensive site features tour dates, pictures, a discography, lyrics, live reviews, and guitar tabs. Also includes links to other Horton Heat sites.
http://www.music.sony.com/Music/ArtistInfo/ShawnColvin/
Excellent site that offers a ton of information about Shawn, including pics, a bio, lyrics, sound and video clips, and more. Also includes tour dates. A must visit!
http://www.edwpub.com/shoofly/bands/bandstuff/GRIFTERSSTUFF/grifters.html
Provides a home page for the Memphis, Tennessee-based rock band The Grifters. Site includes band background, photos, tour dates, and links to related sites.
http://www.manmade.com/tgc/skylab.html
Provides information on the electronic music group Skylab. Includes a history of the group, album artwork, and links to many related sites.
http://www.xs4all.nl/~bigron/sonic/index.html
Provides lyrics, articles, interviews, and a biography of the New York City-based band Sonic Youth. Includes photos, tour information, and links to many different related sites.
http://www.pacificnet.net/~xibalba/sp3/index.html
Provides a home site for the psychedelic rock group The Spacemen 3 and related offshoot groups. Includes individual pages for Spectrum, The Darkside, Sonic Boom & E.A.R., and Spiritualized. Pages provide discographies, band background, images, and pictures.
http://129.237.17.3/Heads/Talking_Heads.html
Provides Talking Heads information. Spares nothing—includes digitized songs, images, and more. Also includes information on signing up for the Talking Heads mailing list and "The Members: Life After Heads."
http://www-personal.engin.umich.edu/~athaler/TMBG/TMBG.html
Focuses on TMBG. Now lets you dial-a-song online and get previously unreleased material. Includes lyrics, graphics, and FAQs.
Focuses on alternative and underground music in Seattle. Contains many WAV clips and whole songs. Also furnishes a Seattle music calendar and related art.
Provides a very detailed and well put together history, discography, graphics of the Cleveland based "Avant-garage" rock group Pere Ubu. Includes album artwork, articles, interviews, and links to related sites. Also provides ordering and contact information. This is a very cool site.
http://www.cafeliberty.com/sebadoh/
Provides home site for the rock band Sebadoh. Includes answers to frequently asked questions, discography, lyrics, tour dates, and band pictures. Also provides sound bytes and a fan chalkboard.
http://www.msstate.edu/Movies/Oscars/1960_Music.html
Lists music awards and nominees for both song, score, and adaptation. Includes release information about the film and other works of the composer or artist.
Focuses on the 1996 Grammy Awards. Lists all nominees and winners. Includes previous of video and audio files, Grammy trivia, and a hearsay column. Also provides QuickTime files.
Offers information about the Central Texas Bluegrass Association, a non-profit corporation. Includes a calendar of events, as well as workshop and membership information.
http://ccwf.cc.utexas.edu/~docham/
Presents a photo gallery of bluegrass greats.
http://sunsite.unc.edu/doug/DocWat/DocWat.html
Contains a brief biography, a discography, a concert schedule, and a performance by Doc Watson accompanied by his son Merle. Includes links to pages on other bluegrass greats, such as Bill Monroe.
http://140.190.128.190/oldtime/oldtime.html
Enables readers to exchange and sell instruments and discuss banjo playing, fiddling, songs and lyrics, reviews, and anything else regarding American old-time music. Lets you post messages to the Anything Else? page.
Blue Planet Music, organizers of the legendary Telluride Bluegrass Festival, is now online. Contains festival schedule and information, as well as information about Blue Planet recordings and their mail order operation.
http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/8997/
See what's hot in the world of alternative music. View the top 20 of the week, or visit "The Summit" where you can find the best alternative music of all time. Also at the site are quizzes and a chance to vote for the 1996 music awards.
http://www.cluster.com/frontier/chart/chart.html
As the title implies, the top 25 singles and albums in the R&B genre. Statistics for the page are provided by Frontier Entertainment group and reflect what is being bought and listened to in the community. This page is updated biweekly.
http://www.ncf.carleton.ca/~aj627/HomePage.kclatest.html
The details from the latest broadcast of "Casey's Top 40." Includes the top 40 pop songs and their position in the chart last week, as well as the top songs in the other categories such as rock, R&B, and adult contemporary. This site is text only, but contains a link to a graphical version.
http://www.djdoma.com/mychart.html
The top 20 dance club hits, updated biweekly. Many of the songs on the charts have WAV samples available, and DJ Dom A even provides a link to download a WAV player if you don't already have one.
http://www.uic.edu/~robertf/top10.html
A weekly top 10 list of Urban Contemporary music. This site is easy on the eyes with album covers or video stills for each and every song on the chart. DJ Special Blend's comments are insightful and give a feel for how the public accepts both artist and song.
http://www.hype.com/nostalgia/onehit/onehitin.htm
A lengthy list of groups and artists that had one tremendously popular hit and then faded away into obscurity. When it is known, the current fate of the artist is also listed.
http://www.afn.org/~mrblue/ccm/ccm.html#what
Defines contemporary Christian music and serves as a guide to Web-related Christian music sources for all styles of music. Provides links to Christian artists and labels, related publications, and more.
http://www.cmo.com/cmo/index.html
Provides information about different types of Christian music, including contemporary, alternative, praise/worship, and rap. Includes concert dates, artists biographies, and sound files.
Official site of the Christian rock group Jars of Clay. Here you'll find band and tour info, merchandise, sound bites, and more. Great looking page!
http://www.cs.rose-hulman.edu/~schaefsm/mws/
Focuses on contemporary Christian/pop artist Michael W. Smith. Includes information on contacting the fan club and the Michael's Best Friend newsletter.
Music is the wine that fills the cup of silence
Robert Fripp
Official site for Christian composer and musician. Offers lyrics, music, bio information, new release info, song titles, and more. Great site and well organized.
Serves as a resource page for contemporary Christian singer Susan Ashton. Includes the expected Net resources, as well as many metalinks that point to other Christian music resources.
http://www.teleport.com/~allegro/
Allegro bills itself "the largest independent distributor of Classical Music in America." Features sound bytes from recent releases, as well as instructions on how to subscribe to Allegro's catalogs and automatic e-mailing list. This site also provides a link to the Magellan search engine.
This site provides information about the Festival, its concert schedule, tickets, performing groups, master classes. There is also an audition schedule for the Aspen Music School that is a part of the Festival.
http://users.aol.com/balletweb/balletweb.html
Devoted to classical ballet and occasionally to modern dance, this site offers a photo of the week, a gallery of photos, articles from online magazines, reviews, commentaries, analyses, and links to other ballet sites.
http://www.mit.edu:8001/people/jcb/BCE/bce.html
This instrumental group's concerts are devoted to the music from the Renaissance Era to the present day. The BCE is particularly committed to supporting contemporary composers, and therefore holds an annual nationwide composition competition in an effort to expand its interaction with American composers. Learn more about this competition and the BCE's upcoming concert schedule at this site.
http://www.lochnet.com/client/gs/cb.html
Cecilia's admirers are many and vocal (not surprisingly) in singing her praises! A lot of information about this talented mezzo-soprano's recordings and career. You can converse with other fans and view their Web pages. Contains sound and image files, as well as links to other Bartoli pages.
http://www.ultranet.com/~cwholl/cmc/cmc.html
Provides a guide to chamber music conferences for amateur musicians and students. Contains information, schedules, fees, and application forms for more than 30 conferences.
http://www.tezcat.com/~andyhat/music/concerts.html
Features a searchable database that contains classical music concert schedules, including festivals, for the Chicago area. Lets you search by calendar, performer, composer, or work.
This multiple award-winning site provides archives of classical music audio files in MIDI format. Listen to your favorite works by Handel, Brahms, Scarlatti, and Albinoni. If you want to copy some of the sequences for your Web site, you must get the permission of the compiler.
Provides information on classical and early music. Includes a guide to building a basic CD collection, a buying guide for the serious collector, lists of more than 1,850 recommended CDs, and informative composer profiles. Searchable.
http://www.einet.net/galaxy/Leisure-and-Recreation/Music/douglas-bell/Index.html
According to Dr. Douglas Bell, mastermind behind this site, navigating the Internet without a guide is like finding yourself in New York City without a map. With the help of this site, you'll at least be able to find the Internet landmarks of classical music that are equivalent to the Big Apple's Metropolitan Opera! While you're at it, enjoy Dr. Bell's "Ask the Musical Doctor" column.
http://student-www.uchicago.edu/users/achatche/music/Cleveland/concerts.html
Provides a searchable database that contains comprehensive classical music concert schedules, including festivals, for the Cleveland area. Lets you search by time period, performer composer, or work.
http://www.thepoint.net/~raw/dance.htm
Contains an extensive alphabetical list of U.S. and Canadian professional, regional, and school-affiliated ballet and dance companies, with links to their home pages. There are also many links to schools and international ballet companies.
Keep up with your favorite drum and bugle corps' competition schedule and scores as it participates in the Summer Music Games. Includes profiles of the Top Twelve, the Open Class, and the Division II and III corps. Contains links to various member corps' home pages.
http://www.futurenet.co.uk/music/classiccd.html
Contains articles and reviews, a CD finder, and subscription information. Provides a beginner's guide that includes features on classical music in the media, and a history of classical music, plus a classical CD top 100 and an at-a-glance guide to the composers, A–Z.
http://planet-hawaii.com/wanui/svend.cgi/pg15?alKWMV8j;;12
This ensemble performs string quartet music written in the tradition of the 19th century. It has recently released a CD of music written by Queen Liliuo-kalani of Hawaii. You can order CDs from this site.
http://math.idbsu.edu/gas/GaS.html
Wandering Minstrels and Modern Major Generals alike will be enchanted by this multiple-award-winning site devoted to the famous William S. Gilbert/Arthur S. Sullivan collection of light operas. Here you can find out where and when your favorite Gilbert and Sullivan works will be staged. You can also search the complete libretti of all 14 Gilbert and Sullivan operas, and link to Web pages by local Gilbert and Sullivan performing ensembles in the United States, Great Britain, Canada, and Australia.
http://www.music.princeton.edu:80/chant_html/
For the serious scholar, this award-winning site sponsored by Princeton University contains extensive information pertaining to the study of Gregorian liturgical music. There are links to related pages that include sound files of early music compositions. Also included are links to sites of ecclesiastical and musicological interest, as well as downloadable texts and tutorials.
Presents information about IU's renowned music school online, including it's programs, schedules, and concerts. Offers a resource page that can help you find nearly anything related to classical music. Also includes an index of music resources on the Internet.
Contains a history of the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra (ISO) and its present home, the historic Circle Theater. Also features biographical information about conductor/composer/musicologist Raymond Leppard, and the ISO's monthly concert schedule, as well as the schedule of Instrument Petting Zoo—a program sponsored by the ISO that teaches children about musical instrument families by allowing them to handle and play a collection of donated instruments.
http://shrine.cyber.ad.jp/~hartline/labequehome.html
Meet the French sisters who have taken the music world by storm with their interpretations of classical two-piano literature. There's a CD list that also includes their jazz/fusion recordings. A fans and links page connects you with other Labeque lovers.
http://www.webcom.com/musics/guido.html
Title means "Guido's Hand." Guido was a medieval theorist, who supposedly used a diagram of the hand to teach students how to read music. You can see the diagram at this site, maintained by a publishing house that specializes in classical music and CDs by Spanish and Catalan artists. Biographies of the artists are included.
http://server.music.vt.edu/lenozze/lenozzehome.html
Contains information on Mozart's opera The Marriage of Figaro. Offers sections about Figaro's composition, its music, and its dramatis personae.
Players and collectors of classical stringed instruments will find Maestronet's site useful for finding and pricing the Stradivari of their dreams. The Instrument Showroom databases provide listings of instruments from around the world, as well as price information. The Conservatory section includes sheet music in Adobe Acrobat format, which you can download and print. MIDI files of this music are also available, so that your computer can accompany you as you play!
http://www.ncsa.uiuc.edu/SDG/Experimental/vatican.exhibit/exhibit/e-music/Music.html
Presents the music area of the Vatican Exhibit at the Library of Congress online. Contains four "rooms" of art treasures, primarily pages from Medieval and Renaissance illuminated music manuscripts. Provides notes with all the art works.
http://www.webcom.com/~beatlebk/musov/musov.html
If you would like to explore the relationship between music and politics, or simply enjoy the music of Prokofiev, Shostokovitch, or any other classical composer active in the Soviet Union between 1917 and 1991, this site's collection of documents will be of interest to you. There are also links to other Soviet music-related pages.
The home page of one of the most highly respected symphony orchestras in the United States. Provides schedule and ticket information, profiles members of the orchestra, and supplies historical and archival facts about the orchestra and about its home at Avery Fisher Hall.
http://www.fsz.bme.hu/opera/main.html
Offers a searchable database that contains the schedules of opera companies around the world. Also contains basic information on major opera houses worldwide.
http://www.physics.su.oz.au/~neilb/operah.html
Includes a guide to recorded opera, an A–Z guide to composers, an A–Z guide to operas, synopses of operas (you are invited to contribute a synopsis if your favorite opera is not already listed), photos of opera stars, and links to other opera sites.
http://artsnet.heinz.cmu.edu/Artsites/PerformingArts.html
Sponsored by Carnegie Mellon University, this site includes links—carefully chosen for their quality—to opera, theater, Broadway musical, music, and dance pages. If you are looking for a place to stage your performance art, this site also provides links to possible locations.
http://spight.physics.unlv.edu/picgalr2.html
Presents a brief background and picture of classical composers of all nationalities and time periods. The site is searchable by nation or year. This is a very good site for anyone who is a fan of classical music.
http://www.best.com:80/~mccomb/music/
Provides one music writer's recommendations of classical, early music, and world music CDs. Contains informative notes on the different styles of music.
http://homepage.seas.upenn.edu/~jimmosk/TOC.html
Here's where underrated, obscure, and anonymous composers the likes of Nikolai Miaskovski and Robert Fuchs hang out. Most of the biographical sketches say "his music reminds me of so-and-so's" —alas, the fate of those who somehow missed the mark. Appropriately, there's a Special Mystery Moment/Guess the Composer test, and some of the composers have accompanying sound clips. Your contributions are welcome.
http://www.music.indiana.edu/music_resources/
If you are planning on doing any sort of music research online, this is the place to start. Sponsored by Indiana University's Music Library, this site provides an extensive list of music types, performers, and popular/classical musical ensembles. Other lists include schools and departments of music around the world, music industry leaders, and music-related journals and magazines.
http://www.mindspring.com/~acetix/concerts.html
Buys and sells tickets to concerts and other events. Search for concert information by artist, city, or venue. Also features an artist of the week, tour gossip, and information on new and top ten tours.
http://www.oslonett.no/akersmic/musikk/ztv.html
Online CD store. Presents a catalog and other offerings within multimedia, surround-sound, and high-end HIFI. Contains more than 62,000 titles.
Formerly Planet Music. Specializes in thousands of hard-to-find domestic and import CDs. Also sells video tapes and music T-shirts.
http://www.acns.nwu.edu/jazz/lists/stores.html
Serves as a guide to jazz record stores worldwide, arranged alphabetically by location. Includes useful information on shops strengths in terms of formats and new/used, bargains, and more.
http://euphoria.org/home/transmgt/index.html
Provides management and marketing services to unsigned musicians and bands. Includes company background, artist roster, and contact information.
http://www.microserve.net/vradio/
Do you want to hear new music? Here is an online service that does not offer sound byte clips, it offers entire songs. Virtual Radio provides a listener programmable station. Includes index by band with musician biographies and songs. This is a cool site.
Provides directory of musical entertainment artists for hire. Includes artist profiles, site background, and contact information.
Provides a biography, pictures, and discography for country singer Patsy Cline. Includes a vote for the most popular Cline song. Also includes links to other related sites.
http://www.hcc.cc.fl.us/services/staff/dawn/basketc.htm
Offers a personal collection of country-related sites for country western music fans and cowboys. Also provides fan club information and a pen pal list.
Provides tour information, the opportunity to order merchandise and albums. Also provides an e-mail address.
http://www.tecc.co.uk/mparkes/garthbrooks/
Provides news, history, articles, discography, lyrics, concert reviews, and more about country music singer Garth Brooks. Also includes tour dates, video information, and links to related artists and sites.
http://www.roughstock.com/history
Focuses on influential country artists as far back as the beginning of country music itself. Features history on artists such as Roy Acuff, Hank Williams, Gene Autry, Patsy Cline, Charley Pride, and more. Includes country styles such as western swing, urban cowboy, honky tonk, the Nashville sound, and others.
http://www.servtech.com/public/mrs7764/MCC/index.html
Provides a fan page for country/folk singer Mary Chapin Carpenter. Site includes a biography, discography, pictures, and links to other related pages.
http://www.infohouse.com/obviousgossip/home.html
Welcomes you to the official k.d. lang fan club. Lets you investigate the purchase of various k.d. lang paraphernalia and provides the latest album and concert information.
http://www.inlink.com/~brandon/
Provides the latest on country sensation Garth Brooks. Includes world tour information, reviews, chart positions, pictures, and downloadable songs in RealAudio format.
http://www.funzone4mcgraw.com/
Includes information on Tim. Offers a trivia contest.
Contains information on upcoming concerts and special appearances. You can listen to his latest hit single and read bios on Vince and on his band and staff. Also offers the words to many of his hits. Read Vince Gill's thoughts on his latest album.
http://allmusic.com/amg/om/omroot.html
Access All-Music Guide's mega music database. Includes articles and reviews of hundreds of titles and artists from more than 200 freelance writers. Includes information on recent and upcoming releases and reissues, the latest in music news, and discographies. Many feature similar and related artist suggestions as well as artists biographies, their influences, and the time period in which they were popular or active.
http://web2.xerox.com/digitrad
Here you can search the Xerox Palo Alto Research Center's Folk Song Database. Search by keywords, titles, or full text.
http://www.swcp.com/~lazlo/Discographies.html
Indexes many varied discographies of many bands, including Erasure, Falco, Devo, Men Without Hats, and many more. Be sure to check out the Discography Search Engine.
http://www.webcom.com/~friedman/
Freidman Publishing publishes a variety of nonfiction titles and this page provides an overview of their Life, Times, and Music Series. Provides links to jazz, rock, classical, Broadway, weddings, kids, music polls, etc.
Enables you to search for information about artists, albums, and companies. Lets you register to be notified when a particular item you want is mentioned elsewhere in the marketplace.
http://www.hype.com/music/home.htm
Provides a searchable database of music reviews for all genres. Enables you to submit your own review of a CD for inclusion in the database. Includes a list of one-hit wonders.
http://www.pathfinder.com/@@DSzPaQAAAAAAANkP/vibe/mmm/
Contains a directory of music-oriented Web sites. Includes folk, bluegrass, blues, jazz, world, classical, rock, and other styles of music.
http://itg-pc1.acns.nwu.edu/cgi-bin/lyric
Generates random 80s lyrics. Once you start, it's almost impossible to stop!
http://www.terranet.ab.ca/~aaron/band_names.html
Helps you find a name for that band you're starting. Serves entertainment purposes, and generates names that actually come close to some current actual bands. Examples include Bellybutton Fuzz, No Tears of Happiness, and Barking Seagulls.
http://www.rockmine.music.co.uk/
Provides a collection (based on 750,000 text clippings, 7,000 hours of rock video, 25,000 hours of audio material, and various memorabilia) of information about British rock and roll. Includes—among other things—rock film posters and artist information.
Enter the names of your favorite artists to receive a list of other bands or artists in which you might also be interested.
http://american.recordings.com/wwwofmusic/ubl/ubl.shtml
Offers links to information about any genre or style of music. Includes information not only on Web pages, but on newsgroups, mailing lists, and more.
http://www.music.indiana.edu/music_resources/
Hosted by the William and Gayle Cook Music Library at Indiana University. Contains links to almost every imaginable music-related sites—artists/ensembles, composers, genres, publications, the music industry, general and miscellaneous resources, Usenet groups, research, and more.
http://www.eeb.ele.tue.nl/midi/index.html
Introduces novice and advanced users about how to work with MIDI (Musical Instrument Digital Interface). Includes MIDI archives, explanation of GM and GS formats, downloadable MIDI sequences, as well as links to other MIDI sites and newsgroups.
www.magna.com.au/~neilham/how1.html
Provides information on what DJs do and how to go about becoming one. Lessons include an overview of the equipment you'll need and how to use it, as well as how music works.
http://www.intac.com/PubService/uganda/music.html
Documents the songs of the Abayudaya people of Uganda, who converted to Judaism in the 1920s. Contains several audio files of songs, most of which are versions of American-Jewish songs. Also offers photos and information on the history and culture of the Abayudaya people.
http://www.ina.fr/Music/index.en.html
Yes, there's reggae music here, but there's also everything from Afro Funk to Ziglibithy to suit your musical tastes. Explore Africa and the Caribbean by artist, geographical location, and style. If you get tired exploring this site in English, you can exercise your French capabilities by clicking on the French flag. You'll also find a list of African/Caribbean night clubs and restaurants in Paris.
http://mothra.nts.uci.edu/~dhwalker/dixie/
Offers a collection of Irish, Scottish, and English traditional tunes played on the pennywhistle and ocarina. Each tune is presented in AU and AIFF formats. Note: AIFF takes 2 to 3 times longer to download.
http://www.well.com/user/ari/klez/
Focuses on Klezmer music—a blend of traditional Jewish folk music and jazz. Contains articles, artist profiles, CD reviews, concert and festival information, a guide to radio programs, and contact information for Klezmer musicians. There are also links to sites where you can purchase Klezmer CDs.
This goal of this site is to provide information about as many Australian musicians and musical organizations as possible. Currently the site lists over 1160 Australian musicians in all areas of music, with links to over 309 pages. One particularly useful link—Australian Arts and Cultural Sites—contains a wealth of music- and other media-related links.
http://www.execpc.com/~danb/celtic.html
Focuses on Irish music. Contains sheet music for traditional tines, reviews of recent CDs, audio excerpts, and more. If you happen to be in the Milwaukee area and are a Celtic music enthusiast, there's an open invitation to join Dan (this site's creator) in a music session or two at Nash's Irish Castle or the Nomad World Pub.
http://celtic.stanford.edu/ceolas.html
Claims to contain the largest collection of Celtic music information that is available online. Receives about 1,000 visits a day. The concentration is on Irish and Scottish music, though the music of Wales and Brittany is also represented. Provides a guide to Celtic music resources, artist profiles, discographies, reviews, sound samples, concert and festival schedules. Also featured are tune indexes, music software, a guide to musical instruments, and links to countless other sites.
http://vizlab.rutgers.edu/~jaray/sounds/chinese_music/chinese_music.html
Presents an archive of Chinese and Taiwanese music from the pre- and post-liberation eras. Contains many audio samples of traditional instrumental and vocal forms, and music from the folk, ceremonial, and military music genres.
http://www.empire.net/~whatmoug/clanhome.htm
Features a discography, lyrics, images, interviews, sound bytes, and information about the Irish band, Clannad.
http://www.cis.ohio-state.edu/~sundar/
Provides information on North and South Indian classical music, Indian classical dance forms, an FAQ for rec.music.indian.classical, and an eclectic gallery of photos ranging from musicians to Hindu deities to Mahatma Gandhi. Also includes databases of song lyrics and great personalities of Carnatic (South Indian) music.
http://itre.uncecs.edu/music/cuban-music.html
Provides music samples, Spanish lyrics, and English translations of a wide variety of Cuban songs. Most of the audio files are pickups of Cuban radio transmissions collected in the Florida Keys.
http://solea.quim.ucm.es/flamenco.html
Focuses on the flamenco scene in Madrid. Contains useful information for the would-be tourist and flamenco aficionado about where to see live flamenco performances. There are links to other flamenco sites on the Web. Some information is in Spanish.
http://www.cs.wisc.edu/~navin/india/songs/index.html
Focuses on Indian movie songs in the Hindi language. Contains song information and full lyrics. Includes categorized indexes of singers, music directors, lyricists, films, actors/actresses, as well as a searchable song title index.
Contains information about Mandarin, Taiwanese, and Cantonese music and recent CD releases. Also presents an opportunity to browse and shop online. Contains full-track listings and pictures of all CDs.
http://pisa.rockefeller.edu:8080/Bulgaria/sounds/
Provides audio samples of folk music from Bulgaria. Represents all the major regional styles. Includes scenic photos of Bulgaria and links to other Bulgarian sites on the Web.
http://www.umanitoba.ca/indonesian/music.html
Features information on various types of Balinese, Javanese, and Sundanese music and instruments, including the gamelan (Indonesian percussion orchestra) and angklung (a bamboo instrument). Also offers Indonesian song lyrics and links to North American gamelan orchestra pages.
http://www.cs.hut.fi/%7Ezaphod/search/
Provides a searchable database containing the lyrics to more than 300 Irish folk songs. Also provides an alphabetic index for easy browsing.
http://www.interport.net/~laronson/WorldBeat.html
Contains a variety of information on Afro-pop music, particularly Soukous, a variety of pan-African dance music that originated in Zaire and the Congo. Features recommendations on bands, CDs, and other useful information.
http://www.unik.no/~robert/mizik/mizik.html
Presents an eclectic collection of world music information and extensive links to other ethnomusicalogy-related sites. Includes discographies, sound samples, reviews, and more.
http://matisse.net/~jplanet/afmx/ahome.htm
Contains information on African and African-influenced music and musicians from all over the world, including South America and the Caribbean. Includes articles, artist profiles, and sound samples. Also offers links to the home pages of the various countries. Provides text in English and Spanish.
Provides home site and online sale for Rashid Sales Co., which distributes and sells Arabic music. Includes online catalog, artist background, and ordering information.
http://www.leeds.ac.uk/music/Info/RRTuneBk/tunebook.html
Offers a collection of sheet music of traditional tunes, primarily from the Celtic lands and Scandinavia. Enables you to access them by title, country, or type (jig, reel, waltz, and so on).
http://www.acns.nwu.edu/WNUR/drift/faq/
Offers definitions for the terms world music and roots music. Provides basic information on musical styles, notable artists, and musical instruments from a wide geographical area.
http://mars.uthscsa.edu/Russia/Music/
Contains an archive of Russian singers and their songs. Includes photos, discographies, song lyrics, and audio and video clips. Also offers recommended recordings and where to buy them. Includes folk and pop music.
http://www.algonet.se/~johanw/
Focuses on the thriving Brazilian music scene in Sweden. Provides information about current Samba groups and sample some of their music. Offers links to Samba pages, including Finnish and Scottish sites!
http://www.lehigh.edu/sm0e/public/www-data/sami.html
Serves fans of Urdu and Hindi film music. Offers articles on various singers, musical directors, and lyricists, lists of songs indexed by singer, music director, and so forth. Also provides notes and chords of songs and presents many photos.
http://www.teleport.com/~dbullock/shona_music.shtml
Provides information about Shona Music from Zimbabwe, and its typical mix of mbira, marimba, and other indigenous instruments. Contains a directory of Shona musicians and a Shona music bulletin board, and offers many links to other sites with information on Zimbabwe and on African music in general.
http://www.rcp.net.pe/snd/snd_ingles.html
A page from the World Wide Web Server of Peru—Red Cientifica Peruana—this site contains sound files of Andean flute music as well as links to related Peruvian music topics.
Offers a wide variety of Jewish music selections. Provides an online catalog, sound clips, and jumps to other Jewish music links.
http://www.rootsworld.com/temple/
Provides home site and online ordering for Temple Records, which specializes in Scottish traditional music. Includes online catalog, artist descriptions, and ordering information.
http://www.ece.ucdavis.edu/~darsie/tunebook.html
Provides an archive of traditional tunes of mostly Celtic (Irish, Scottish, Breton), American, and English origin. Provides complete sheet music for all the tunes, with audio excerpts for many. Categorizes by tune type (jig, reel, hornpipe, and so on).
http://vizlab.rutgers.edu/~jaray/sounds/turkish/turkish.html
Hosgeldiniz! This site presents a Turkish music archive and index to other Turkish music sites. Includes articles on Turkish music genres, audio files, discographies, and links to classical, folk, religious, and other music styles from Turkey and Cyprus.
Provides schedules and ticket information for world music concerts and festivals happening in Boston. Also supplies short but informative biographies of the performers.
http://theory.lcs.mit.edu/~wald/calendar.html
Offers a calendar of concerts, festivals, and events, organized by month, for folk fans in the New England area. Also contains a guide to other print and electronic folk calendars.
Provides information on Creation, the nation's largest Christian festival, held annually in Mt. Union, Pennsylvania. Includes what visitors can expect, festival history, schedules, performers, speakers, directions, children's events, and volunteer and merchandise information.
http://nimitz.mcs.kent.edu/~cstone/lolla.html
Focuses on what Lollapalooza was and is. Includes details about the multiband festival for every year since 1991. Includes links to the individual home pages of featured bands.
http://webpages.marshall.edu/~bennett7/thestation/cqc.html
Includes information on dates, rules, and previous winners of the MBNA Collegiate Quartet Contest. Provides contacts for general information and ways to get involved.
Provides information about the Kerrville Folk Festival (held in Texas), a major United States folk festival that continues for 25 days starting every May. Contains performance schedules, ticket information, upcoming events, and their limited edition 10-CD set.
A "this week" of events in rock 'n' roll history. Includes charts for the number one songs of the 50s, 60s, and 70s, as well as links to featured artists.
http://www.interlog.com/~ufojoe/
Provides information and schedules for dozens of Canadian folk music festivals. Also features a festival discussion group and links to other festival information.
Lend me your ears and I'll sing you a song, and I'll try not to sing out of key.
John Lennon and Paul McCartney
http://medinfo.labmed.umn.edu/Docs/.www/fasola_homepage.html
Provides information resources for Sacred Harp (a form of early American three- and four-part a cappella folk music that traces its roots back to Reformation and Renaissance England) and other American Shape Note traditions of singing.
http://www.eit.com/web/folk/folkhome.html
Covers every aspect of folk music: artists, albums, commercial resources, concerts, and folk music on the radio. Also contains information on ftp sites, mailing lists, and Usenet newsgroups, as well as links to many other folk music sites.
http://www.hidwater.com/folkdj/folkdj.html
Provides information on folk and bluegrass music on the radio, submitted by the programs' disk jockeys. Contains station lists, show profiles, and playlists.
http://www.cgrg.ohio-state.edu/folkbook/
Contains all sorts of information about folk music and folk musicians. Provides information on venues, festivals, and concerts, artist profiles, discographies, record labels and distributors, song lyrics, tablatures, and more. Also contains links to Usenet newsgroups of interest.
http://www.sony.com/Music/ArtistInfo/MaryChapinCarpenter.html
Provides all the latest and most accurate information about what's coming up. Includes a biography, discography, and tour information.
http://ils.unc.edu/barba/sfc.html
Contains archives of Southeastern American tradition-derived music that includes numerous photographs, interviews, oral histories, video and film documentaries, books, and periodicals. Contains pages on music and musicians in the following categories: early country music, old-time string bands, gospel and spiritual song, and southeastern blues traditions, all illustrated with photos.
http://www.atw.fullfeed.com/~bix/prine.htm
Up close and personal with John Prine, this site provides an interview with the popular musician. Also contains "The Prine Times," a question and answers session, lyrics, tour dates, and a digitized version of an autographed photo.
http://www.cs.cmu.edu/afs/cs/user/phoebe/mosaic/accordion.html
Provides information on accordions, concertinas, and all free-reed instruments. Includes where to purchase instruments, where to study, and where to get accordion music. Also includes a bibliography of books about accordions.
http://www.autoharp.org/harppage
Brought to you by the Cyberpluckers, this site tells you everything you want to know about the autoharp, including publications, recordings, concert and festival schedules, and how to buy and get started playing an autoharp.
http://www.panix.com/~mittle/bodhran.html
Focuses on an Irish musical instrument, the bodhran, a goat-skin drum. Includes everything from making, buying, and caring for a bodhran to learning how to play. Provides information on bodhran players, recordings, and concerts.
Electronic version of this magazine for electric bassists. Features articles for the practicing electric bass player. Contains all back issues. Also offers photos of musicians and links to various bassists' home pages.
http://funnelweb.utcc.utk.edu/~tkoosman/boxlinks.html
The concertina is a free-reed, bellows-operated instrument related to the accordion. This site contains links to Web sites for concertina or would-be concertina players. Includes information on associated music forms, such as Irish and Morris Dance music, as well as links to tune books.
http://www.well.com/user/nhunter/didj/index.html
Provides information about modern musicians who use the digeridoo—an Australian aboriginal instrument—in their music. Contains artist biographies, discographies, and record labels.
Targets the active drummer or percussionist in all genres of music. Offers transcriptions of drum and percussion pieces, a searchable list of percussionists on the Net, a directory of drum and percussion-related organizations, assorted articles and bibliographies, FAQs, jokes, and links to other drum sites.
http://www.netcentral.net/guitar/index.html
Offers instruction via the guitar chord of the week (including sound clip) for those learning guitar. Lets you ask Abe Wechter questions. Also provides access to many files from the Online Guitar Archives.
http://www.bekkoame.or.jp/~mshige/
A harmonica page located in Japan. Provides harmonica photos and sounds, as well as information on harmonica players, CDs, concerts, even a harmonica festival. Represents all styles of music, although blues and classical predominate.
http://www.tns.lcs.mit.edu/harp/harp.html
Targets the harp or folk harp enthusiast. Includes information on harp societies, publications, and events, as well as links to various harpists' home pages and shops where you can obtain harps.
http://www.tns.lcs.mit.edu/harp/HHS/
Promotes the appreciation and use of historical harps (i.e. non-modern, folk and art music harps). Contains details about the Society's history, purpose, membership, and—of special interest to historical harp enthusiasts—information about the Annual Historical Harp Conference and Workshop.
http://www.io.com/~rboerger/IHSfaq.html
Provides answers to commonly asked questions about the French horn. Here, you can find lists of horn music, manufacturers, and dealers, as well as tips on performance techniques and information about horn summer camps and other horn-related Web sites.
International Double Reed Society online. Provides information for double reed players (oboists, bassoonists). Contains information on the society, its conference, and membership. Also offers online editions of their two publications, the Double Reed and the Journal of the International Double Reed Society, which contain many articles of interest to practicing musicians, from current and back issues.
http://www.mhs.mendocino.k12.ca.us/MenComNet/Business/Retail/Larknet/larkhp.html
Provides information on music instruments for the performance of all types of acoustic music. Provides a wide selection of instruments, books, recordings, and videos for purchase. Also contains various informative articles.
http://www.execpc.com/~danb/mandolin.html
Focuses on mandolins and related instruments (citterns, octave mandolins, bouzoukis, and more). Features instrument guides, historical information, and images of mandolins. There is also a list of the creator's favorite mandolin recordings.
http://www.primenet.com/~musikit/
Displays online catalog of instruments, providing descriptions and sound samples with each image.
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Contains a collection of banjo tablatures and a variety of other banjo and bluegrass-related information. Also includes Tab Transcriber, a program that transcribes MIDI files for you.
http://www.prairienet.org/arts/ptg/homepage.htm
Advice and suggestions on everything from buying a piano to its maintenance and service needs. Includes information on humidity control, voicing, and more. Also features the Piano Technicians Guild.
http://www.lightlink.com/violette/
Marti Violette is a builder of custom electric basses. You can view and order his products from this site. There are also many other bass-related links here.
http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute/lute.html
Offers a collection of lute information. Includes a gallery of old lute art works and photos of new lutes, as well as additional photos of various harps and bagpipes.
http://www.the-matrix.com/jazz/aljazz.html
Contains information about the organization whose stated mission is "to foster, encourage, educate, and cultivate a general appreciation of the medium of jazz music." Includes information on jazz events, their museum, instrument recycling, and the Jazz In Schools Program.
http://ernie.bgsu.edu/%7Ejeffs/ayler.html
Presents a well researched, well written account of the free jazz music of Albert Ayler. Includes a very lengthy essay about Ayler's life and music. Also provides sound examples, album artwork, and a discography. This site has been put together by someone who loves Ayler's music and is well recommended.
http://www.infomagic.com/~azjazz/index.html
Offers complete schedules and ticket information for this fairly new jazz and blues event held in Flagstaff and brought to you by the organizers of the famous Telluride Jazz Festival. Also provides information on travel and accommodations.
http://copper.ucs.indiana.edu/~mherzig/beeblebrox.html
Provides home site for the Bloomington, Indiana based jazz quintet BeebleBrox. Site includes a band bio, tour dates, recording background, and links to other related sites.
http://www.geocities.com/Hollywood/2251/frisell.html
Includes a lengthy discography, articles, and an biography of jazz guitarist Bill Frisell. Provides links to other Frisell and jazz related sites.
http://www.siba.fi/~eonttone/mingus/
Provides a great deal of information and background on the jazz bassist and composer Charles Mingus. Includes a discography, articles, interviews, and other features. Includes links to other jazz and related sites.
Features paintings and sound samples of blues and jazz greats.
http://www.mbnet.mb.ca/~mcgonig/hardbop.html
Serves as a complete guide to jazz in Canada. Includes concert and festival information, jazz on the radio, jazz publications, CD reviews, and more.
http://www.harmolodic.com/begin.html
Provides home page for Ornette Coleman's Harmolodic productions. It includes background information about Ornette Coleman's music and philosophies of free jazz. Includes contact information, liner notes, and a Coleman discography. This site is a great source of information for jazz fans.
http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/7831/
Provides a tribute home page to jazz bassist Jaco Pastorius. Includes a detailed discography that also outlines Pastorius' session work. Also includes articles, pictures, and links to other bass and jazz related sites.
http://www.jazzcentralstation.com
Features worldwide club, concert, and festival information, interactive reviews from JazzTimes magazine, recent and upcoming releases, artist reviews, the Jazz Cafe, and the Jazz Market. Also includes official site for the International Association of Jazz Educators.
http://gopher.adp.wisc.edu/jazz/
Presents a series of articles for a course on jazz improvisation, taught at the University of Wisconsin. Serves as an introduction to the subject. Includes many images of musical notation and photos of jazz musicians.
Surveys the entire French jazz scene, including festivals, magazines, musicians, jazz on radio and TV, and jazz awards. Provides texts in English and French.
http://www.dnai.com/~lmcohen/index.html
Your guide to jazz on the Internet. Offers weekly updates and reviews of new jazz sites, as well as links to jazz-related sites.
http://sd.znet.com/~bydesign/coltrane.john/
Presents the music and the man that is John Coltrane. Includes many different pictures, sound bytes, album artwork, and a very complete discography. Provides many different articles, interviews, and stories about Coltrane and his music. Also provides links to other Coltrane sites and links to other jazz sites. This site is highly recommended to any music fan.
http://www1.sanderso.org/sanderso/coltrane.html
Includes many quotes from the jazz giant and a lengthy detailed thesis of Coltrane's music. Provides links to other jazz sites, a bibliography, and a gallery of photos. This is a well put together site.
http://mars.superlink.net/marko/jz.html
This is a well done unofficial site dedicated to the avante-jazz music of John Zorn. Includes articles, essays and liner notes from Zorn releases. Also includes links to other related sites.
Don't play the saxophone. Let it play you.
Charlie Parker
http://miles.rtvf.nwu.edu/miles/milestones.html
Provides a thorough discography, articles, and photographs of jazz great Miles Davis. Includes interview sound bytes, album artwork, and links to other Davis and jazz sites. This site is a great introduction to the art of Miles Davis.
http://www.speakeasy.org/nwjazz/
Contains a potpourri of jazz information, pertaining to the northwestern United States (mostly Washington). Includes area artists and their recordings, concert and festival schedules, jazz publications, and visual art.
http://www.cs.ut.ee/~andres_d/mclaughlin/home.html
This site is dedicated to the music of jazz guitarist John McLaughlin and the Mahavishnu Orchestra. Includes discography, tour dates, album reviews, articles, and sound bytes. This site is lovingly put together and is recommended to fans and neophytes alike.
http://www.gilman.com/Metheny/home_page.html
This is the official home page of jazz guitarist and composer Pat Metheny. Includes upcoming tour dates and releases information. Also provides a complete discography, articles, and answers to frequently asked questions. This site is very well done.
http://www.mingusmingusmingus.com/
Provides the official Charles Mingus Internet site. Includes a letter from Sue Mingus and detailed articles about the life and music of Charles Mingus. Also provides Mingus' writings and listings of authorized recordings. This is a great site for any jazz fan.
http://www.achilles.net:80/~howardm/tsmonk.html
Provides a history, discography, and pictures of jazz pianist and composer Thelonius Monk. Includes current news, album reviews, and links to other jazz related sites.
http://www.best.com/~kquick/dixie.html
Focuses on Dixieland music. Provides information on the bands, festivals, publications, societies, and places to hear Dixieland on the radio all over North America. Offers many links to newsgroups, mailing lists, and other jazz Web sites.
http://yatcom.com/neworl/jfest/jfesttop.html
The New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival. Provides complete performance schedules, notes on the different musical styles, accommodation information, a survival guide, and a decade of festival posters.
The memory of things gone is important to a jazz musician. Things like old folks singing in the moonlight in the back yard on a hot night or something said long ago.
Louis Armstrong
http://www.tulane.edu/~lmiller/JazzHome.html
Contains oral history interviews, recorded music, photographic collections and film, sheet music and orchestrations, and numerous files containing manuscript materials, clippings, and bibliographic references. Contains information about the archive, photos, sound clips, and a complete index to the oral history interviews.
Contains information on jazz. Includes essays on the different styles of jazz (accessible from a unique hypermap that reveals their interrelationships), artist bios, discographies, and reviews. Also offers information on festivals, venues, regional concerts, instruments, jazz in the media (radio, television, press), jazz art, and various jazz resources. Continually updated.
Features the history of karaoke, FAQs, and a glossary of terms. Also includes order information for karaoke tunes of all genres from PRO SING and information on karaoke equipment.
http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/karaoke/
Dedicated to karaoke education. Send for your karaoke catalog and information on ordering karaoke DJ shows. Includes links to cyberspace karaoke sites.
http://www.mcs.net/~bingo/lyrics.html
A site devoted to misunderstood lyrics from all genres. The line, "Sing us a song yellow pian man," is a misunderstood line from Billy Joel's "Piano Man" that goes "Sing us a song, you're the piano man." Contains hundreds of lyrics as well as information on how to submit your own.
http://archive.uwp.edu/pub/music/lyrics/
Search for lyrics by selected text, artist, or song title. Results return full text of songs, including titles and artists.
Bob Rivers as Weird Al Yankovich. Features downloadable hits such as "Strawberry Rehabs Forever" and "I Shot the White House."
To stop the flow of music would be like the stopping of time itself, incredible and inconceivable.
Aaron Copland
Includes interviews with artists like Lou Reed, Iggy Pop, and Neil Young. Provides columns by rock critics, including Dave Marsh and Greil Marcus. Offers daily rock news reports. Serves as a guide to rock spots on the Web. Also offers album reviews with sound bytes, movie reviews, rock book reviews, and music and technology columns. Use RealAudio to listen in on Radio ATN, one of the Internet's only real-time audio radio stations.
http://www.seacoast.com/~c/audible-evolution.htm
This site is a boon to all fans of electronic music. Audible Evolution is an online magazine dedicated to all categories of electronic music. Includes reviews, articles, graphics, wave form music files, and much more. Provides links to many different other related electronic music sites and much more. A well organized great site that is highly recommended.
http://www.serv.net/cosmikdebris/
Presents articles, features, and interviews with a wide array of musical artists. This electronic magazine focuses on all sorts of music including rock, electronic, jazz, blues, and much more. Provides album reviews, upcoming releases information, and much more. This is a good site with allot of information and is recommended to all music fans.
Features everything you'd expect in a magazine, including articles, artist profiles, and an events calendar. Includes reader comments and bluegrass want ads. Also includes a guide to magazines and newsletters and offers links to other bluegrass sites.
http://www.pathcom.com/~rapallof/emagic.html
Online edition of the fan magazine and rated "the best" Zeppelin site on the Net. Features photo and article archives, a video vault, information about the band's appearance on the MuchMusic special and the Montreux concerts, plus much more.
http://www.indieweb.com/flipside/index.html
Provides online site for Flipside magazine which covers punk and independent rock bands. Site includes a record and fan 'zine catalog with ordering information. Also includes magazine advertising rates and contact addresses and numbers.
Presents an online collaborative publishing effort that covers rave culture and electronic music. Provides links to a myriad of different rave and electronic music sites. Includes an archive of various sound samples, artwork, articles, and more. This site is very extensive and is highly recommended to fans of the genre and to neophytes.
Based on the printed publication and offers free trial subscription. ICE Provides information and exclusive articles on upcoming album releases. Also includes release dates that are updated weekly.
http://www.NeoSoft.com/~offbeat/
Online edition of the monthly print magazine of the same name, "New Orleans' and Louisiana's only music and entertainment magazine." Features interviews, articles, reviews, polls, and more on the New Orleans jazz scene, as well as club, concert, and festival information, and classified ads.
http://www.cityscape.co.uk/users/ah98/
Online edition of British folk music magazine. Features CD, book, and concert reviews, interviews, concert and festival schedules, news, and more.
http://www.isisnet.com/spacelab/synthesis/index.html
A bi-monthly, online magazine format that emphasizes alternative and dance-oriented sounds, including the rave/techno scene, electropop, house, new beat/hard beat, industrial, and experimental music. Also features the Force One Music service where you can purchase import CDs.
http://www.aussiemusic.com.au/underworld/
This electronic magazine based out of Australia covers a wide range of rock and other styles of music. Includes articles, interviews, reviews, and links to many different related sites.
http://home.dti.net/warr/WAreview.html
Provides reviews of thousands of records, mostly rock and pop. Includes links to hundreds of other related sites. Includes some music book reviews, rock timelines, and other assorted features. This is a good site for any rock music fan.
A summary of the musical's story line, a complete libretto, a variety of sounds and images from the musical, a list of tour dates and the list of the musical's credits. This site also provides information about the Victor Hugo novel that inspired the musical.
http://artsnet.heinz.cmu.edu:80/OnBroadway/
Here you can find a list of plays and musicals that are currently performing on Broadway, off Broadway, and even off-off Broadway. The site also maintains a year-by-year listing of Tony award winners dating back to the 1940s.
A bevy of information about Webber and his musicals which include Cats, Jesus Christ Superstar, Evita, and Sunset Boulevard. Find out when the shows are touring, read background information on the shows, purchase show related merchandise, or enter a trivia contest to possibly win tickets.
news:rec.arts.theatre.musicals
A Usenet newsgroup devoted to the discussion of musicals. Here you can find stimulating conversation about famous musicals like Cats or Les Miserables, the New York cabaret scene, or anything else related to musicals and those who are involved with them.
Presents the Web site "of the six senses_ where sight, hearing, smell, taste, touch, and intuition" serve as the focus.
http://bau2.uibk.ac.at/perki/Vangelis.html
Provides information about the man and his music and movies (Bladerunner being the most popular so far). Contains an array of pictures, sounds, and digitized film sequences, as well as a page with links to all of the Vangelis fans in the world.
Nonprofit contemporary music information and resource center. Provides lists of scores, opportunities for composers and performers, information on grants, and links to music indices and AMC publications.
Lets you explore the universe of music and download sound samples, pictures, and videos of various artists. Provides much of the information in German.
http://www.interverse.com/clubzigzag/
Club ZigZag is an "online night club presenting an eclectic mix of performance and presentation from around Cyberspace and beyond."
Serves the entertainment industry "through a number of services designed to increase the quality and efficiency of music and audio producers, publishers and record companies." Contains information about music, video and Web services, and previews of artists and bios of Alabama music achievers.
The non-profit organization "dedicated to American music and the people who bring it to us." Features a newsletter, press releases, the American Music Calendar, and links to music sites of all types. Also offers gift shop that includes a cookbook with recipes provided by your favorite country musicians.
http://www.teleport.com/~rfrederi/
Presents the Wolverine Antique Music Society. Focuses on the preservation of music originally recorded for 78 rpm records. Offers much to the 78 collector and early jazz aficionado. Contains many articles on the music, collecting, and all sorts of technical and resource information pertaining to antique audio. Also contains information on the early record labels, 78 album cover art, and sound clips.
http://itchy.faa.uiuc.edu/elton.html
The site for Elton John fans. Features the Elton John AIDS Foundation, bibliography of books about Elton and Bernie Taupin, and information on third-party publications. Links to "A Most Excellent Discography."
http://studentweb.tulane.edu/~mark/bacharach.html
Provides lyrics, biography, news, audio files, lyrics, chord sheets, and news about songwriter Bert Bacharach. Includes articles, pictures, and a list of hit songs. Also provides links to site where Bacharach's music can be purchased.
http://www.sirius.com/~funnyguy/
Serves as a source for all the ABBA lyrics. Also includes pictures and links to other ABBA pages on the Web. Contains information on bootlegs and post-ABBA projects.
Provides a home page dedicated to Canadian singer Alanis Morrisette. Includes song lyrics, photos, articles, concert reviews, and interviews with Morrisette. Also includes a chat room and links to other Alanis related sites.
http://www.intercenter.net/~jnu/pg/
Offers a collection of goodies about Peter Gabriel. Includes lyrics, pictures, and sound bytes. Also includes excepts from his authorized biography, recent news, B-side titles, updates on his "Real World" theme park, and Mojo.
http://www.nando.net/BeastieBoys/
Contains all conceivable data regarding the 80s hard rock band, along with more that you probably haven't conceived of.
http://www.umich.edu/~geena/boygeorge.html
Presents information about Boy George in the form of a fan magazine. Includes a discography with all lyrics, pop chart information, photo gallery, sound bytes, and articles and interviews.
http://www.glue.umd.edu/~xiaoqin/music/adams.html
Offers lyrics, reviews, pictures and more. Also provides charts and statistics from around the world.
Includes resources for finding Jimmy Buffett on the Net. Offers tour dates, pictures, sound bytes, and the National Parrothead Raffle to benefit the Alzheimer's Association.
http://www.mcs.net/~nation/home/cpn.htm
Serves as a resource for Chicago-area O(+> fans and collectors about the Artist Fomerly Known As Prince and his new wife, Mayte. Also shows the entire Former Prince community what Chicago has to offer.
http://www.idiscover.co.uk/paul/rob/clash.html
Features a complete discography of all Clash albums and the lyrics to every track. Also offers a chart history of all the hits that made it big.
http://bliss.berkeley.edu/elp/
Provides Emerson, Lake & Palmer (ELP) information. Includes online back issues of the ELP digest and links to other ELP sites.
http://www.east.isx.com/~schnitzi/elvis.html
Focus on Elvis Costello, this site includes mailing lists, concert reviews, lyrics, interviews, photos, guitar tablatures, and a complete discography. Also features a page of closely related artists.
http://www.stud.his.no/~joarg/Enigma.html
Provides information on Enigma. Provides a discography of the band and its founding father, Michael Cretu. Also provides mailing list information, a picture gallery, and reviews of Enigma.
This well designed and set up site provides a wide array of information about the English pop group Everything But The Girl. Includes biographies, tour dates, sound bytes, video clips, and more. Also includes tour diaries, a discussion forum, and a museum of guitars and synths.
http://www.cs.rulimburg.nl/~antal/fgth/fgth-home.html
Presents Frankie Goes to Hollywood, the band, online. Provides numerous FGTH resources.
http://pantheon.cis.yale.edu/~ariedels/seal.html
Includes an image oasis, the Seal FAQ file, a lyric library, and more. Includes transcriptions of online conferences with Seal.
http://www-leland.stanford.edu/~clem/
Provides information about Olivia. Offers links to SoulKiss, the ONJ Internet Mailing list, movie information, videos, and a photo collection. Also offers information on how to join the fan clubs.
http://www.almetco.com/estefan/gloria-1.html
Features Gloria and the Miami Sound Machine. Features background information, photo galleries, album lists, and where to read articles about the artist. Also contains video information, recent news, and fan club and mailing list info.
http://www.ids.net/~lrobbins/moodys.html
Serves as a site for people who believe that all the best music was written 25 years ago. Offers links to information about the Moody Blues, including pictures and a discography. Also contains links
to Alan Parsons Project information.
http://www.mit.edu:8001/people/jwb/Madonna.html
Serves as a means to finding any of a myriad of pages about Madonna on the Web. Includes a link to the Madonna Lyrics Archive, a complete discography, and Madonna's Top 10 List from the infamous Letterman episode. Also includes many pictures.
http://www.mit.edu:8001/people/tobye/mwh/mwh.html
Offers all the latest discoveries about this 80s band. Includes a complete discography and a few pictures.
http://www.eecis.udel.edu/~markowsk/beatles/
Includes a metaindex of other Beatles resources. Provides all the information you need about the Fab Four, including sounds, pictures, lyrics, merchandise, backwards messages, MIDI files, bios, bootleg records, and close encounters stories. Even non-fans will enjoy this site.
http://www.primenet.com/~infomas/natalie.html
Provides an unofficial home page for former 10,000 Maniacs lead singer and songwriter Natalie Merchant. Site includes song lyrics, touring information, and a biography. Also includes concert reviews and links to other related sites.
http://web2.iadfw.net/jkinney/
Features Stevie Nicks, former singer of Fleetwood Mac. Contains Stevie news, album and video information, song lyrics, photos, and more. Also includes several links to other Stevie-related pages.
http://biogopher.wustl.edu/audio/mariah.html
Targets the Mariah Carey fan. Includes many pictures, links to other Mariah pages, and audio and video files. Also provides fan club information.
http://sunsite.unc.edu/elvis/elvishom.html
Everything you ever wanted to know about Elvis. Reports recent sightings and lets you download some pictures and sounds. Brings Graceland to the Net. Includes lyrics, a collectors' page, a copy of Elvis' will, and links to other Elvis sites. Also lets you make an Elvis connection and find an Elvis pen pal on the Net.
http://www.gla.ac.uk/~gkrx11/Bruce/
Provides many pictures, lyrics, and more. Links to people who are willing to help you create your own bootleg collection and suggests a way to bring your bootlegs to life by making your own covers.
http://web.mit.edu/afs/athena/user/a/g/agoyo1/www/janet2.html
Focuses on Janet Jackson. Includes the latest news, tour information, sounds, image gallery, lyrics, and more.
http://www.knoware.nl/music/diana/ross1.htm
Focuses on singer Diana Ross and includes plenty of reminiscence about the Supremes. Also provides information on how to subscribe to ROSS, the official Diana Ross fan club magazine, as well as how to join the fan club.
http://babylon.caltech.edu/roxette/roxette.html
Offers information about some tour information, an interactive discography, and many pictures. Also includes information on soloists Marie Fredriksson, Per Gessle, and Gyllene Tider.
http://www.engr.ukans.edu/~jrussell/music/sinead/sinead.html
Contains an official discography, a biography of Sinead, pictures (including two photos of Sinead with hair), quotations, and additional Sinead information. Serves as a master index to all sorts of goodies.
Focuses on Sting. Provides the usual information such as lyrics, images, and sounds. Also provides information on Sting's non-musical projects, his work with charity organizations, and his artwork. Includes a personal letter to Sting from the Web page's author.
http://www.mit.edu:8001/people/nocturne/tori.html
Includes a special link to Really Deep Thoughts, a mailing list digest about the music of Tori Amos. Also includes many pictures and sounds, and a few QuickTime videos.
Provides an unofficial fan home page for pop parody musician/comedian Weird Al Yankovic. Site includes a bio and information about upcoming releases. Also includes links to other Weird Al sites on the Internet.
http://www.music.sony.com/Music/ArtistInfo/MichaelJackson.html
Serves as the official Sony page for Michael Jackson. Includes graphics and considerable information and depth of thought.
Possibly everything you ever wanted to know about the blues. Offers news, CD reviews, a great selection of audio files, photos, extensive biographies of musicians, articles, links to other blues sites, and more.
http://www.cis.ohio-state.edu/hypertext/faq/usenet/music/bluenote/top.html
Contains the FAQs from the Usenet newsgroup rec.music.bluenote. Contains basic information on blues and jazz.
http://dragon.acadiau.ca/~rob/blues/blues.html
Contains biographies of musicians, an archive of photos (many previously unpublished), a feature on teachers, and many informative articles. Lets you leave your comments in the guest book. Offers links to other major blues sites.
http://www.intelus.com/dcblues/
Provides information on concerts, events, and venues in the Washington, D.C. area. Lets musicians submit information regarding their own concerts to include in the schedule. Features sounds, pictures, and reviews of D.C. area musicians. Also provides information on the DC Blues Society.
http://www.cs.tut.fi/~p116711/hiphop/hiphop.html
Provides a listing of artists, magazines, businesses, home pages, and other related hip hop/rap links. This site is great for anyone trying to find out information about hip hop/rap music.
Offers QuickTime virtual reality scenes. Includes concert schedules, music and video samples, blues bios, and more.
http://virginrecords.com/jlhooker/
The official site for the blues music of John Lee Hooker. Includes upcoming release information, biography, and a real audio slide show. Also includes many pictures, articles, and ordering information.
http://www.primenet.com/~steamin
Introduces Steamin' Stan Ruffo to the Internet community as a singer, songwriter, blusician, world-renowned harmonicator, as well as producer and host of the blues radio show, Blues On Tap, on Visalia's K100 99.7FM. Also offers links to other music and nonmusic-related sites.
http://www.duke.edu/~tmc/pfunk.html
This is an unofficial fan page for George Clinton, Parlament/Funkadelic, and related releases. Includes a lengthy list of answers to frequently asked questions, articles, and P-Funk images. Also provides a full discography and P-Funk samples. This is a great site for fans of funk, rock, and soul music.
http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/pjebsen/
This is the home page for the official George Clinton Parlament/Funkadelic newsletter. Includes a lot of cool graphics, articles, and details of upcoming releases. Also provides tour dates, related links, contact and ordering information.
http://ernie.bgsu.edu/~adavoli/otis.html
Provides a biography, song list, lyrics, and pictures of soul singer Otis Redding. Includes links to many other R&B sites.
http://www.ici.net/cust_pages/bad/nrbq.html
Provides home page for the traditional rock and blues band NRBQ (New Rhythm and Blues Quartet). Includes band biography, song lyrics, tour dates, photo album, and fan club information. Also includes quotes from many various famous musicians, such as Paul McCartney and Bonnie Raitt, about NRBQ.
http://louis.ecs.soton.ac.uk/~rvn95r/public_e/pe.html
Provides profiles, discography, lyrics, and the history of the seminal rap group Public Enemy. Also includes links to many different hip hop sites worldwide.
Provides artist background, pictures, album artwork, and catalog for 2.13.61 Records. The labels artists include Matthew Shipp, Henry Rollins, Mark of Cain, Alan Vega, and many more. Site also includes a chat pit and ordering information.
http://www.numenet.com/sc/about_time/
Provides direct information and sales of the acoustic instrumental based About Time Music Catalog. Also provides background about the artists and sound byte samples of music on the label.
Provides a catalog of traditional and non-traditional folk and world music. Includes background of the label and its artists, including tour dates.
Provides label background, artist history, sound clips, and ordering information for this small, independent "cyber-label." Musicians on Alternet Sonic vary from Australian techno to east coast United States alternative rock.
Provides background and history of the label and their artists. Includes detailed essay about Chip Davis the leader of Manneheim Steamroller, Fresh Aire, and American Gramaphone Records. Also provides tour and lecture dates.
http://american.recordings.com/
The label that publishes acts such as Frank Black, Julian Cope, Pete Droge, Slayer, Lords of Acid, and more. Includes discographies, audio and video clips, tour schedules, online chat with the artists and more.
http://hyperreal.com/music/labels/axiom/
Home site for Bill Laswell and Axiom records. Includes label catalog, upcoming releases, Bill Laswell discography, and links to related musical sites. Also provides extensive history of Laswell's career in music that covers all grounds in rock, funk, experimental and beyond. Fans of eclectic music and those looking for something different would do very well to visit this site.
http://www.opendoor.com/badcat/BCR_Home.html
Provides home site foor Badcat Records. Includes label catalog, artist photos, and downloadable music samples of their records. Provides many choices of information players.
http://www.iuma.com/Bedazzled/
A label that publishes eclectic bands such as Mistle Thrush, Siddal, Viola Peacock, and more. You can request a copy of the entire catalog to be e-mailed to you or download samples recorded in MPEG format, some of them complete songs.
http://users.aol.com./brcny/home.html
To fight the notion that all black artists must play either R&B or hip-hop, the BRC have put out compilation albums containing all rock and roll songs recorded entirely by black groups and artists. Check out an overview of the coalition, reviews of their albums, and interviews with progressive black artists, writers, and industry leaders.
http://mercury.stumpworld.com/bluenote/
Provides label history, discography, and ordering information for this classic jazz and blues label. Includes profiles and background on artists such as McCoy Tyner, Ron Carter, Mose Allison, Cecil Taylor and many others. Includes record reviews and sound bytes.
Provides home site for BMG records classical music division. Site includes artist profiles and sound samples for artists such as David Helfgott, Alexander Nevsky, and James Galway. Also includes online catalog and ordering information.
Founded in 1979 by a local guitar shop owner, this label puts out a variety of albums. Check out the records, download some audio clips, and then purchase them online.
http://www.iuma.com/Boy's_Life/
Provides sound samples, cover art, and catalog for Los Angeles-based label. Includes ordering information. Boy's Life Records artist's music is described psychedelic rock.
Provides online catalog, label biography, artist profiles, and ordering information for C/Z Records. The labels artists include Silkworm, Built to Spill, Engine Kid, and many more.
http://www.hollywoodandvine.com/
Provides online site for Capital Records whose artists include The Beatles, George Clinton, The Beastie Boys, Sammy Davis Jr. and many more. This very extensive site includes artist profiles, sound bytes, video files, tour dates, upcoming release and ordering information. Also includes contests, discussion rooms, and links to many of Capitol artists' sites.
A very animated Web page containing band biographies, audio and QuickTime video clips from bands such as Engine 88 and Ben Folds Five, and e-mail access to the bands and various departments of Caroline Records.
Provides home site for this Illinois-based independent, alternative label. Includes band promos and reviews for such acts as Turkish Delight, Splashdown, and sirensong. Also includes sound bytes, album artwork, and ordering information.
Provides home site for Caulfield Records and their bands. Includes sound bytes, album cover artwork, tour dates, and upcoming releases information. Also includes the Caulfield Web Board for use as newsgroup.
Provides home site for British label China Records. Includes label catalog, current news, band background, and ordering information. Also provides tour dates, reviews, and sound bytes for such artists as The Levellers and Blameless among others.
Provides home site for Curb Records that specializes in, but is not limited to, country and traditional American song forms such as blues and zydeco. Artists on the Curb catalog site include Tim McGraw, Wynonna, Junior Brown, Hank Williams Jr., Lyle Lovett, and Kool and the Gang to name a few. Includes artist background, tour dates, record catalog, lyrics, sound bytes, and ample information on Curb artists. Also includes ordering information. This is a nice music site and is highly recommended for fans of the above artists.
http://www.grfn.org/~earthdog/drr/
Provides home site for Death Row records, home of rap artists such as Snoop Doggy Dog, Tupac, and N.W.A. Includes artist profiles and album artwork.
Provides label background, artist profiles, tour information, and much more for the Def-Jam label. Artists on Def-Jam include Public Enemy, LL Cool J, Warren G, and much more. Site includes sound bytes and video clips.
A very well-put-together page from the giant recording label. Features a variety of information about its various artists including QuickTime video clips, AU sound files, biographies, rare photos and more.
A Record Company and link from the World Square home page. Links to recording artists and CD ordering information. Click on the CD or song title and download for your viewing and listening pleasure.
http://www.southern.net/grandroyal/
The recording label of the Beastie Boys, "where you're sure to find plenty of beats, rhymes, threads and snaps." Check out information on the various bands published by the label including Luscious Jackson, Noise Addict, and Ween.
http://www.interlog.com/~hibias/
A Canadian-based record label, originally developed by DJs and music enthusiasts, producing CDs and music videos. Provides links to their catalog, artists, new releases, features, club hibias, etc.
Provides online site for Hollywood Records. Site includes tour dates, label catalog, artist profiles, and upcoming release information. Also includes information about sound track releases and the U.S. distribution of the British Acid Jazz label.
Originally a rave organizer based in Holland and in Germany, now provides CD releases, album info, DJ info, fashion and party info to the alternative music enthusiast.
http://www.china.co.uk/china/indochina/
A listing of new releases on the Indochina record label, a sort of ambient, house, hip-hop kind of sound. Descriptions of and links to new releases.
If you like the music of Bob James, Jazz Stuff, the Island Dwellers, or any other jazz-like sound, check out this site. Links to the home pages of many jazz musicians.
http://www.netads.com/netads/arts/music/marathon/
A group of indie bands who decided to put their pages together on the Internet. Links to alternative bands' pages such as Able Cain, Animator, Fairwell to Juliet, Sunny Day Roses, Soulstice, and others.
Matador's Records Central provides home site for the label and their artists, which include The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, Liz Phair, Pavement, Silkworm, and many more. Provides links to band pages, articles, reviews, and sound bytes. Includes touring information and a bulletin board.
http://www.iuma.com/Metal_Blade/
If you like Metallica, check out this Web site of heavy metal, gothic, and doom bands. You can also browse and order from their mail order catalog.
http://www.primenet.com/~tripmon/
Another page for all you indie music lovers. Includes artwork, CD reviews, sound clips, ordering info, tour dates, and related music links.
Musical compilations not often found on top 40 labels. Includes ambient, techno, house, and many more. Links to bands and releases.
http://www.mutelibtech.com/mute/
The Web site of Mute Records, with links to an artist database including Depeche Mode and Erasure, music news, and a full color catalog.
http://www.nettwerk.com/artists/index.html
A label based in British Columbia that is home to Sarah McLachlan, Skinny Puppy, Barenaked Ladies and other lesser-known artists. The site features discographies and biographies, although there were no sound clips to be found.
Record label formed by John Prine. Contains pages devoted to John and Heather Eatman. Includes discographies, lyrics, pictures, mail order catalogs and more. Also covers Red Pajamas Records and Blue Plate Music.
http://server.tt.net/onusound/
Provides a home site for On U Sound, a label headed by music producer Adrian Sherwood. The label carries genre bending groups such as Dub Syndicate, African Head Charge, Revolutionary Dub Warriors, and much more. Site includes artist profiles, album previews, and cover artwork.
http://www.camtech.com.au/popgun/
Provides home site and online sales for Pop Gun Records, a small independent record company based in Adelaide, Australia. Specializes in 7-inch vinyl singles and groove-based rock music. Includes catalog and online ordering information.
http://www.w2.com/docs2/b/propulsion.html
Provides home site for Propulsion Records. Includes online catalog, sound bytes, album artwork, and artist background. Also includes ordering information.
Provides home site and online ordering for Rage Records, a New York City-based hip-hop label. Includes company catalog, artist profiles, and sound bytes.
Provides home site for RCA Victor, home of many great artists from jazz to classical and rock. Site features new releases information, links to artist sites, and sound bytes.
http://monsterbit.com/reservoir/reservoir.html
Provides home site for Reservoir Records. Includes catalog, artist profiles, and ordering information.
Provides online site for Restless Records. Includes artist profiles, video clips, sound bytes, upcoming release information, and company catalog. Catalog includes artists like the Sex Pistols, Jack Logan, Wire, and many more.
Search for your favorite artist or song in their 2000-plus title catalog, check out the upcoming releases, chat with an artist, order Rhino merchandise, read the online version of the Retroactive newsletter, and enter the monthly contests for free stuff.
http://www.sjoki.uta.fi/~latvis/levy-yhtiot/Rockadillo_Records
Provides home site for Rockadillo Records based in Finland. Includes company catalog, artist profiles (not all are Finnish), and contact information. Rockadillo focuses upon rock with jazz, ethnic, and country overtones.
Provides home site for Rykodisc Records and their other subsidiary labels Hannibal and Gramavision. Site includes information about artists such As David Bowie, Frank Zappa, Throwing Muses, and Bob Mould. Also includes artist profiles, album artwork, real audio files, and links to many related sites.
http://www.tumyeto.com/tydu/music/labels/silver/silver.htm
Provides home site and ordering information for Silver Girl Records based in San Diego, California. Includes company catalog, record artwork, and descriptions for such bands as Everready, Fluf, and Ruby Falls.
http://www.denizen.com/trout/slumberland/
Provides home site and online ordering for Slumberland Records. Includes label catalog, artist profiles, upcoming releases, and contact information.
http://www.music.sony.com/Music/MusicIndex.html
Provide home site for Sony Records and their affiliated labels. Includes information on such artists as Aerosmith, Miles Davis, Oasis, Shawn Colvin, and many more. Presents tour dates, artist profiles, pictures, sound samples, and links to their artists sites. Also includes upcoming release information.
Provides home site for Squealer Music. Includes online catalog, artist profiles, tour dates, label news, and links to other independent labels and 'zines.
Provides home site for Sub Pop records whose artists include Sebadoh, The Grifters, Six Finger Satellite and many others. Site includes artist pages, an online catalog, and ordering information. Also includes links to many different related music sites.
http://www.intr.net/supernova/
Provides home site for Supernova Records based in Arlington, Virginia. Includes background and ordering information for Supernova's two artist compilations. Also includes links to many band, zine, and tour dates.
http://www.professionals.com/~surfdog
Provides home site for Surfdog Records. Includes artist profiles, label catalog, and contact information. Surfdog artists concentrate on the surfer music styles including reggae and instrumental guitar rock.
http://www.mindspring.com/~brydaguy/verb.html
Home site for the Verb Audio label that specializes in electronic dance music. Includes label profile, philosophy, catalog, DJ booking information, and information about the Atlanta dance scene. This site has some unbelievable graphics. Very cool.
http://www.verveinteractive.com/
Provides a home page for the legendary jazz, blues, and rock label. Includes profiles, sound bytes, for artists such as Herbie Hancock, Ornette Coleman, Ella Fitzgerald, and many more. Includes concert dates and links to related sites.
http://www.rootsworld.com/rw/villagepulse/outpost.html
Provides home site for Village Pulse, a record label that specializes in Mandinka drum music and other West African drum artists. Includes label catalog, artist background, photos, and contact information.
http://www.virginrecords.com/homepage.html
Provides home site for Virgin Records America which carries artists such as The Smashing Pumpkins, The Rolling Stones, Sex Pistols, and many more. Includes artist profiles, sound files, pictures, tour information, and a chat room.
http://planet-hawaii.com/wanui/
Provides home site and label information for Wa Nui Records based in Honolulu, Hawaii. Includes artist profiles, label catalog, sound bytes, and contact information. Also includes links to other Hawaiian sites.
Provides home site for Warner Brothers Records and artists. Includes information about groups such as Van Halen, k.d. lang, Ministry, Lou Reed, the artist formally known as Prince, and many, many more. Also includes discussion groups and links to related sites. There are quite a few famous musicians on Warner Brothers.
Provides home site for Windham Hill Records. Includes artist profiles, sound bytes, tour dates, label catalog, and ordering information. Windham Hill artists include George Winston, Michael Hedges, Tuck & Patti, Timbuk 3, and much more.
Provides home site for K Records, a punk and love rock label based out of Olympia, Washington. Includes label discography and a listing of distributed records. Provides profiles of artists such as Beat Happening, Dub Narcotic Sound System, Fitz of Depression and many more. Includes contact and ordering information.
Everything you need to know about to turn a profit from your musical talents. Features marketing and sales secrets, and tips on improving composition and song writing. Also includes the S.U.R.V.I.V.A.L resource guide and a one-year free subscription to Musician's Business Building Bookshelf.
Serves as a music resource for artists and new music fans around the world. Offers home pages and Internet marketing help for independent artists and labels.
I'm going on down to Yasgur's farm, I'm going to join in a rock 'n roll band.
Joni Mitchell
http://coos.dartmouth.edu/~joeh/
Focuses on Aerosmith. Includes pictures of the band and downloadable sound bytes. Provides tour dates, concert tickets, quotes from lead singer Stephen Tyler, and other recent Aerosmith news. Also offers tabs and chord charts.
http://bubblegum.uark.edu/Bigstar/
Provides information about the rock group Big Star. Includes guitar tablatures, song lyrics, band biography, and links to other related sites. Also includes many different pictures of the group.
Provides tour dates, background, sound bytes, photos, and merchandising for the Dave Matthews Band. Includes current band news and links to other Matthews' sites.
http://www.main.com/~persails/
Provides a fan site for the rock group The Smithereens. Includes band biography, discography, tour dates, pictures, upcoming news, and more. Also includes fan club information and links to other related sites.
http://liber.stanford.edu/~torrie/Bowie/BowieFile.html
Chronicles the life of David Bowie. Provides information about his albums, movies, and videos.
http://weber.u.washington.edu/~jlks/pike/DeathRR.html
Contains samples from Jeff Pike's book of the same name. Features "Untimely Demises, Morbid Preoccupations and Premature Forecasts of Doom in Pop Music." Sections include heroin deaths, famous death dates, and "Beatles Bugouts."
http://www.cs.cmu.edu/afs/cs.cmu.edu/user/mleone/web/dead.html
Helps you keep your Eyes on the Dead. Includes everything from lyrics, pictures, and sounds to song chords, rumors, and Dead icons. Offers links to Garcia memorial pages, set lists, and tape trading networks. No need to keep surfing down the Web feelin' bad.
Focuses on the band Green Day. Also offers links to plenty of other Green Day Net resources and links to other bands that sport a similar sound.
http://www.princeton.edu/~nieder/defleppard/def.html
Focuses on this 80s band that defined modern metal. Provides all you might need to complete your collection. Includes complete lyrics, band history, images, and sounds. Also presents a guest book and survey to fill out so you can express your opinion about the band.
http://virginrecords.com/iggy_pop/
Provides discography, lyrics, current news, and articles about rock singer/songwriter Iggy Pop. Includes a biography, photos, and links to related sites. Also includes video clips, sound bytes, and much more.
http://www.cs.tufts.edu/~stratton/maiden/maiden.html
Offers a collection of album covers and a running commentary on the meaning and value of each album. Includes many pictures.
http://www.links.net/vita/muzik/janes/
Contains the latest facts on the bands. Provides detailed discographies, pictures, and sound samples from both Jane's Addiction and Porno for Pyros. Also contains links to many other Web pages (like Woodstock '94) and ftp sites.
http://remus.rutgers.edu/JethroTull/
Focuses on the band Jethro Tull. Provides information about the band and its whereabouts. Includes lyrics to all the band's songs, tour dates, a comprehensive FAQ list, and more.
Provides song lyrics, pictures, articles, and a discography for the rock band The Pretenders. Includes Chrissie Hynde's writings and links to other related sites.
http://hobbes.it.rit.edu/kinks/kinks.html
Includes everything from pictures, sounds, and videos to a complete discography and lyric database.
http://www.otaku.net/kissotaku.html
Details on KISS conventions, the reunion tour and tribute bands, and fan 'zines. Features a fan finder, sound files, trade pages, and photos (including candid shots and Beavis and Butthead as Gene and Paul).
http://www.net101.com/rocknroll/page2.html
Contains L.A.-area maps, addresses, and pictures of hangouts where you can run into or reminisce about your favorite musicians and bands. Visit Chateau Marmont, former "home" of the Doors' Jim Morrison, or The Rainbow, the hangout of the likes of Led Zeppelin, Keith Moon, and John Lennon.
http://www.is.co.za/andras/music/lp/
Presents pictures, guitar tablatures, and discography for rock singer/songwriter Liz Phair. Also provides links to other Phair related pages.
Provides the official web site for the Los Angeles based folk rock group Los Lobos. This lovingly done site includes articles, interviews, album artwork, and much more. Also includes sound bytes and a comments page.
http://Www.Utech.Net/Chico/Manson.Htm
Provides information about the gothic horror rock group Marilyn Manson. Includes a Web chat transcript, sound bytes, album reviews, and articles about the group. Also includes many different graphics, pictures, and links to other sites.
http://www.unc.edu/~hondo/mazzy.html
Focuses on Mazzy Star. Includes an "unofficial" discography and an ever-growing picture page. Also includes a video clip from the Jesus & Mary Chain.
Offers information on the band Meat Puppets, including photos, sound files, interviews, band art, discography, and guitar tabs.
http://www.wp.com/Merger/home.htm
Presents Merger, an original rock-and-roll band in the Los Angeles, California area.
Features photos, tablatures, links to other Metallica sites, and information about the band—including the members' favorite beers.
http://nothing.nin.net/op.html
Targets the intense fan. Provides photos, lyrics, and frequently asked questions. Also offers chords, interviews, and reviews.
Provides song lyrics, tour information, news, and articles about the rock group Pearl Jam. Includes a fan voting booth, contact information, and links to other related sites. Also provides a chat room and a photo album.
http://www.odyssee.net/~ricjoly/ononet.html
Provides information about the life, art, and music of Yoko Ono. Includes pictures, discography, articles, and interviews. Also includes commentaries and links to other related sites. This site is very extensive and is recommended to fans of Ono's or John Lennon's artwork.
http://www.hardmedia.com/paulk/
Provides artwork, lyrics, and a discography for the Lexington, Kentucky based rock band Paul K and The Weathermen. Includes band news, tour dates, and upcoming release information.
http://www.sony.dreammedia.com/EpicCenter/docs/artistupdate.qry?artistid=129
Provides the official Epic Records Pearl Jam home page. Includes album artwork, photos, ordering information, and much more. Also includes tour dates and current band news.
http://www.csc.liv.ac.uk/~micks/only/
Provides information about the rock group The Only Ones and the solo career of lead singer/songwriter Peter Parrett. Includes band history, discography, liner notes, pictures, lyrics, and more. Also includes reviews and current news.
http://humper.student.princeton.edu/floyd/
Includes many pictures, lyrics, a discography, and more. Also offers transcribed interviews with band members. Also offers a downloadable Pink Floyd screen saver.
http://www.stack.nl/~patrick/pixies/
Provides pictures, lyrics, and interviews for the rock band The Pixies. Also provides articles and links to related sites.
http://www.rockhouse.com/radish/
Presents RADISH, an original rock band from Greenville, Texas (just east of Dallas), that plays original rock music as well as other classic rock. Introduces RADISH band members, Ben Kweller, Lauren Hamilton, and John David Kent.
http://www.visuallink.com/kevon/raveon.html
Provides a fan page for great 1950's rock and roll hero Buddy Holly. Site includes song lyrics, discography, tour background and a story about "The Day the Music Died." Also provides guitar tabs, interviews, and links to other sites.
Includes a complete discography, articles, and answers to frequently asked questions. Provides information about Frank's sons Dwezil and Ahmet's musical endeavors. Also includes ordering information for Zappa's label Barfko Swill Records.
http://pathfinder.com/@@VwQROsNXPgIAQJ@8/people/hall/
Features "performers who deserve a very special place on the mantelpiece—right up there with, say, your mood ring collection." Categories includes the Kings Of Shame (Milli Vanilli), Lyrical Letdowns, Haute Rocks, and Flops on Film.
Contains a vast collection of sounds, pictures, and interviews. Includes a few pages especially for the new HotJava browser by Sun Systems.
http://www.wavenet.com/~jhendrix/index.html
Provides many Jimi goodies. Sponsored by the Jimi Hendrix Foundation. Includes information about the "On the Road Again," traveling exhibition, astrological charts, the "Searching for Jimi Hendrix" documentary, a personal memoir and the Virtual Museum.
http://www.sgi.net/soundgarden/
Provides an unofficial home site for the Seattle based rock band Soundgarden. Site includes a band history, discography, tablature, lyrics, articles, and much more. Also includes a song of the month sound feature and a multimedia page.
http://www.fwi.uva.nl/~heederik/zappa/index.html
An unofficial fan page of Frank Zappa that provides many different articles, photos, and interviews. Includes a lengthy discography, lyrics, and a list of answers to frequently asked questions about Zappa and his music. Also provides many different stories and links to other Zappa related sites.
http://www.thewild.com/jngonzo/nuge.html
Provides information about the Nuge. Includes a complete discography, pictures, articles, reviews, tour dates, FAQs, lyrics, and information on the fan club. Also features his "Spirit of the Wild" television show.
http://members.aol.com/mjwood777/oasis.htm
Provides information about the rock group Oasis. Includes lyrics, band news, articles, sound bytes, and much more. Also includes a fan chat room and a place to vote for your favorite Oasis song.
http://www.ugcs.caltech.edu/~hedlund/tom_petty/index.html
Provides an unofficial fan page of the rock music of Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers. Includes album artwork, lyrics, images, and upcoming tour dates. Also provides guitar tablature, a fan list, and links to other related sites.
http://sunsite.unc.edu/elvis/elvishom.html
Includes a tour of Graceland, photos, lyrics, articles and much more on early rock and roll star Elvis Presley. Also includes links to related sites and an Elvis TV schedule.
http://www.harbour.sfu.ca/~hayward/van/van.html
Provides lyrics, discography, reviews, and articles about the Irish soul and rock singer Van Morrison. Includes information about Van Morrison's songs and sidemen. Also provides interviews and a bibliography.
http://sushi.st.usm.edu/~hamorris/zevon.html
Includes reviews, tour dates, and a rough guide to the life and music of rock songwriter Warren Zevon. Provides links to other related sites and a "Top 10 Things Not to Say to Warren Zevon."
http://www.teleport.com/~boerio/gnr-home.html
Features information about the band Guns 'n' Roses. Includes a complete discography, lyrics, image gallery, and tour information. Also includes guitar tabs and interviews with the band.
