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.
Focuses on The Cure. Includes fan club information, lyrics, images, and more. Also includes a few sound bites and tablatures.
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.
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.
Based on Ecto, the singer/songwriter Happy Rhodes' mailing list. Provides a searchable index of similar music and explains the ectophile phenomenon.
Offers links to Seattle-area bands page, including Phat Sidy Smokehouse, Kilgore Trout, and Ganja Farmers. Also includes show times and audio samples.
Focuses on the band The High Lonesome. Features bios, history, lyrics, photos, sound, ordering information, upcoming gigs, and more.
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.
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.
Includes pictures, sounds, and videos, and a collection of Kraftwerk MIDI sequences. Lets you add your name to the list Kraftwerk fans.
If you're looking for something out of the ordinary, this is it. Listen to their refrigerator tracks (yes, they put a microphone in a refrigerator and recorded), ambient treatments of the moon landing, and many more experimental tracks.
Provides information about Lou Reed and more. Includes a bootleg gallery, a couple of guitar tabs, and plenty more.
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.
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.
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."
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.
All the latest Tom Waits news, plus an encyclopedic collection of references. Includes album cover art for all Waits' records, song lists, band member lists, interviews, reviews, links to song lyrics & guitar tablature, and much more.
Provides links to alternative, independent music sites. Includes record labels, band sites, and online zines. This site offers many cool links for fans of all types of music under the tag "alternative."
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 reviews of bluegrass-related recordings by Archie Warnock III, originally published in Bluegrass Unlimited Magazine.
Offers information about the Central Texas Bluegrass Association, a non-profit corporation. Includes a calendar of events, as well as workshop and membership information.
Presents a photo gallery of bluegrass greats.
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.
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.
Lawrence Birks picks for the top 20 in music. Most of the songs on the chart are alternative, and he has a good ear for them. Most bands listed have hyperlinks to the band's home page, while songs listed might contain links to the song's lyrics.
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.
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.
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.
Cast your vote for your favorite album of all time and see what the results are. Votes are taken from all over the world and the results are presented in the form of the top 100 list, available in table or plain text form. There is also an archive of the previous lists.
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.
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.
The site to find out about music charts—Internet Top 30, Casey's Top 40, Personal Top 20, Rick Dees' Weekly Top 40, Billboard, MTV Top 20 Music Videos, and many, many more. Features reviews and links to other music sites.
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.
The online version of the top 40 list that is currently aired on over 500 radio stations across the United States. Links are provided to the artists' home pages, and you can participate in Rick Dee's Weekly Top 40 Challenge online.
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.
Provides information about different types of Christian music, including contemporary, alternative, praise/workship, and rap. Includes concert dates, artists biographies, and sound files.
Focuses on contemporary Christian/pop artist Michael W. Smith. Includes information on contacting the fan club and the Michael's Best Friend newsletter.
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.
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.
Non-profit contemporary music information and resource center. Provides lists of scores, opportunities for composers and performers, and information on grants, as well as links to Web music indices and Internet newsgroups.
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.
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.
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 com-posers. Learn more about this competition and the BCE's upcoming concert schedule at this site.
Having trouble deciding what recording of Beethoven's Fifth to buy? This page offers you some tips on classical record collecting. It also reviews certain selected well-known classical works. There's a lot of reading involved here, so be prepared.
Cecilia's admirers are many and vocal (not surprisingly) in singing her praises! Lots 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.
Provides a guide to chamber music conferences for amateur musicians and students. Contains information, schedules, fees, and application forms for more than 30 conferences.
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.
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.
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.
Focuses on live opera. Features Current Opera Digest, a "daily gleaning of highlights from opera discussions on the Net," an article about a "conspiracy" to prevent a little-known composer from receiving his due, and links to other opera resources on the Net.
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.
Features several dozen audio files, primarily of Renaissance dance music played on various MIDI instruments.
Contains useful information for the novice classical music lover. Answers questions on how to select recordings, which books to read to learn more, how to identify a classical piece heard on the radio, TV, or in a movie, what distinguishes different genres of music, how to pronounce names of composers, performers, and conductors, and more.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 secion 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!
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.
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.
Offers a searchable database that contains the schedules of opera companies around the world. Also contains basic information on major opera houses worldwide.
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.
Provided by BMG Music, this site offers a thorough synopsis, complete with sound clips, of such opera favorites as Aida, Carmen, and Madama Butterfly. Also includes historical information about featured operas and their respective composers. Opera afficionados will find the recommended recordings of great interest. There is also a Classics World search engine of classical music composers, conductors, and ensembles.
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.
Lets you see and hear the instruments that make up a typical Renaissance consort. Provides photographs (accompanied by audio clips) of recorders, crumhorns, flutes, viols, and more.
Society for Creative Anachronism, online. Focuses on Renaissance dance and dance music. Includes dance "cheat sheets," a discography of Renaissance dance music, a collection of articles taken from the society's newsletter on Renaissance dance, articles on troubadours and bardic songs, and many links to other Early music and dance sites.
Provides one music writer's recommendations of classical, early music, and world music CDs. Contains informative notes on the different styles of music.
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.
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.
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.
Online CD store. Presents a catalog and other offerings within multimedia, surroundsound, 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.
Contains new releases, charts, and reviews of CDs and videos. Also contains a Canadian Indie Music Archive.
Serves as an auction for record lovers. Offers thousands of hard to find LPs, 45s, and 78s. Also offers posters, buttons, and other music memorabilia. Includes instructions on how to bid, and lets you submit bids by e-mail, fax, or the postal system. Also invites you to send an order or a want-list to Hot Platters.
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.
Presents a catalog for a variety of independent labels including bluegrass, pop, alternative, Celtic, Latin sounds,and more. Features sound samples from recordings of several of their most popular artists. Also features artist profiles and discographies.
Provides management and marketing services to unsigned musicians and bands. Includes company background, artist roster, and contact information.
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 biographys and songs. This is a cool site.
Provides directory of musical entertainment artists for hire. Includes artist profiles, site background, and contact information.
Offers a personal collection of country-related sites for country western music fans and cowboys. Also provides fanclub information and a pen pal list.
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.
Welcomes you to the official k.d. lang fan club. Lets you investigate the purchase of various k.d. lang paraphenalia and provides the latest album and concert information.
Provides the latest on country sensation Garth Brooks. Includes world tour information, reviews, chart positions, pictures, and downloadable songs in RealAudio format.
Provides a wealth of Reba resources. Tells you how to join Reba's International Fan Club. Offers the latest Reba news, a schedule of appearances, Reba's Special Events, and more. Also lets you add your favorite Reba pictures.
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.
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.
Here you can search the Xerox Palo Alto Research Center's Folk Song Database. Search by keywords, titles, or full text.
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.
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.
A firm that develops Web sites for the entertainment industry. Use this to search for your favorite artist, band, label, merchandise, tours, music software, and other cool music sites.
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.
Contains a directory of music-oriented Web sites. Includes folk, bluegrass, blues, jazz, world, classical, rock, and other styles of music.
Generates random 80s lyrics. Once you start, it's almost impossible to stop!
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.
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.
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.
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.
Focuses on freeware that introduces ear training, music theory and history, and note reading. Also includes lists of instructional materials, online sheet music, and a Music Instruction Video of the Week. Features a brief introduction to Braille music.
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.
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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.
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.
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.
Presents National Public Radio's popular African/world music program online. Features a station guide and program listings, as well as concert schedules, suggested disc lists, artist photos, and even recipes.
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.
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.
Contains information on gamelan music in general (a form of Indonesian orchestral music characterized by gongs, chimes, and percussion), and Balinese and Javanese gamelan in particular. Also offers some technical information on musical scales and structure and a glossary of Indonesian music terms.
This award-winning site provides information about the Batish Institute, located in Santa Cruz, California, as well as information about Hindustani (North Indian) and Carnatic (South Indian) music. An online journal—RagaNet—includes lessons in sitar and tabla performance.
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.
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 isntruments, and links to countless other sites.
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.
Features a discography, lyrics, images, interviews, sound bytes, and information about the Irish band, Clannad.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Features an introduction to Indian classical music, excellent biographies of master musicians, and some detailed information about the different ragas and styles of music. Also offers links to online catalogs of Indian CDs and to other Indian music sites.
Serves as an online source for CDs of Indian music. Claims to be able to get anything in print and carries over 1,000 titles. Also offers a gallery of Indian musicians featuring photos, biographies, and audio selections. There is also a gallery of music instruments that offers illustrations, descriptive material, and sound samples.
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.
Provides a searchable database containing the lyrics to more than 300 Irish folk songs. Also provides an alphabetic index for easy browsing.
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.
Presents an eclectic collection of world music information and extensive links to other ethnomusicalogy-related sites. Includes discographies, sound samples, reviews, and more.
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.
This site claims to be the definitive guide to Canadian folk music. Covers excerpts from the book Northern Journey: A Guide to Canadian Folk Music, contains information about Canadian folk artists and folk festivals, and reviews some new and recent Canadian folk CDs. There is also a Northern Journey online journal.
Provides home site and online sale for Rashid Sales Co., which distributes and sells arabic music. Includes online catalog, artist background, and ordering information.
Offers a collection of sheet music of traditional tunes, primarily from the Celtic lands and Scandinavia. Lets you you access them by title, country, or type (jig, reel, waltz, and so on).
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.
Offers news, CD reviews, articles, and special features, such as ethnomusicologist Philip Blackburn's Voices of Vietnam essay. There is also a great guide to the music and musicians of Finland.
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.
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!
Serves fans of Urdu and Hindi film music. Offers articles on various singers, musical directors, and lyricists, lists ofsongs indexed by singer, music director, and so forth. Also provides notes and chords of songs and presents many photos.
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.
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.
Provides home site and online ordering for Temple Records, which specializes in Scottish traditional music. Includes online catalog, artist descriptions, and ordering information.
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).
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.
This year's "Summit Worldwide of World, Roots, Folk, Ethnic and Traditional Music" will be held in Copenhagen, Denmark. WOMEX is a combination of conference, trade fair, and musical showcase. Provides the complete history of WOMEX, a conference schedule, and registration information.
Provides schedules and ticket information for world music concerts and festivals happening in Boston. Also supplies short but informative biographies of the performers.
Covers an international jazz festival held annually in Montreux, Switzerland. Contains general festival information, programs, artists' photos and bios, band lineups, a catalog of festival merchandise, and more.
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.
Focuses on 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.
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 an international concert calendar for folk, bluegrass, blues, and world music performers, organized alphabetically by artist. Also, add your own concerts.
Presents the Australian folk festival. Provides information on the festival, including schedules, performers, tickets, and food and lodging.
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.
Contains an eclectic variety of music and the presents the "Strawberry Way" to produce "the finest festival of its type, anywhere."
Provides information and schedules for dozens of Canadian folk music festivals. Also features a festival discussion group and links to other festival information.
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.
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.
Provides information on folk and bluegrass music on the radio, submitted by the programs' disk jockeys. Contains station lists, show profiles, and playlists.
Presents a directory of information for folk musicians and people designing and building folk and experimental musical instruments. Covers catalogs, books, and periodicals for a wide variety of instruments, including hammered dulcimers, folk flutes, and many others.
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.
Provides all the latest and most accurate information about what's coming up. Includes a biography, discography, and tour information.
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.
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.
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.
Dedicated to karaoke education. Send for your karaoke catalog and information on ordering karaoke DJ shows. Includes links to cyberspace karaoke sites.
Provides information on accordians, 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.
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.
Contains five-string banjo tablature archives in a variety of musical styles, including classical, bluegrass, and jazz.
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.
The concertina is a free-reed, bellows-operated instrument related to the accordian. 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.
Provides information about modern musicians who use the digeridoo—an Australian aboriginal instrument—in their music. Contains artist biographies, discographies, and record labels.
Focuses on didjeridu players around the world. Contains myths, legends, and literature related to this Australian aboriginal instrument, audio samples, CD reviews, cover photos, information on building and repairing didjeridus, lessons and tips on playing, and a didjeridu player's resource guide.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Displays online catalog of instruments, providing descriptions and sound samples with each image.
Provides information on hammered dulcimers, including workshops, festivals, publications, photos, sound samples, musicians, and information on building or buying an instrument.
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.
Advice and suggestions on everything from buying a piano to its maintenance and service needs. Includes informatoin on humidity control, voicing, and more. Also features the Piano Technicians Guild.
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.
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.
Will is principal bass player with the Omaha Symphony. This page offers some of his favorite music links—such as to the International Society of Bassists—and miscellaneous information about playing classical or jazz styles on the double bass.
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.
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.
Features paintings and sound samples of blues and jazz greats.
Serves as a complete guide to jazz in Canada. Includes concert and festival information, jazz on the radio, jazz publications, CD reviews, and more.
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.
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.
Your guide to jazz on the Internet. Offers weekly updates and reviews of new jazz sites, as well as links to jazz-related sites.
Provides information on the early jazz masters, such as Fats Waller and Benny Goodman. Includes photos, bios, band members, discographies, and other information on the artists' careers.
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.
Presents Tom Morgan, alternative radio station director, freelance writer, and author of From Cakewalks to Concert Halls: An Illustrated History of African-American Popular Music 1895–1930. Features several articles and columns on blues and jazz. One of the best collections of record companies on the Web with links to more than 100 recording labels.
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.
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.
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.
A summary of the musical's storyline, 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.
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.
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.
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.
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."
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.
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.
Online edition of the fan magazine and rated "the best" Zeppelin site on the Net. Features photo and article archives, a video valult, information about the band's appearance on the MuchMusic special and the Montreux concerts, plus much more.
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.
Northern Journey: A Guide to Canadian FolkMusic, the online edition. Claims to be "the definitive guide" to Canadian folk music. Overviews excerpts from the book, contains information about Canadian folk artists and folk festivals, and music, book and video reviews. Also features the electronic version of Maple Roots, a publication of the Canadian Caucus of the North American Folk Alliance.
Online edition of the monlthly 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.
Online edition of British folk music magazine. Features CD, book, and concert reviews, interviews, concert and festival schedules, news, and more.
A bimonthly, online magazine format that emphasizes alternative and dance-oriented sounds, including the rave/techno scene, electropop, house, new beat/hardbeat, industrial, and experimental music. Also features the Force One Music service where you can purchase import CDs.
Presents the Web site "of the six senses_ where sight, hearing, smell, taste, touch, and intuition" serve as the focus.
Provides pictures, sounds, translations of the Irish lyrics, the popular Enya Pages, transcripts of interviews with Enya, QuickTime movies and sound files.
A Canadian booking agency and record label for acoustic musicians. Download your free sample of Real Audio to listen to the music samples provided. Also order music after browsing their database.
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.
Club ZigZag is an "online night club presenting an electic 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.
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 per-taining to antique audio. Also contains information on the early record labels, 78 album cover art, and sound clips.
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 information on Amy Grant, including lyrics, the Friends of Amy Newsletter, an articles index, video clips, and the CDLink Voyager page, which lets you play your CDs in a whole new way.
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.
Contains all conceivable data regarding the 80s hard rock band, along with more that you probably haven't conceived of.
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.
Offers lyrics, reviews, pictures and more. Also provides charts and statistics from around the world.
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.
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.
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.
Provides Counting Crows information. Offers a complete discography, pictures, and an extensive FAQs file. Tells you who "Mr. Jones" really is.
Provides information about Belinda Carlisle and the Go-Gos. Includes a large image bank.
Provides Emerson, Lake & Palmer (ELP) information. Includes online back issues of the ELP digest and links to other ELP sites.
Focuses on on Elvis Costello. Includes mailing lists, concert reviews, lyrics, interviews, photos, guitar tablatures, and a complete discography. Also features a page of closely related artists.
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.
Includes INXS biographies, discographies, lyrics, pictures, guitar tabs, digital songs, and more.
Provides biographies, pictures, and information on the band's obsure releases. Features a Questions and Answers Page as well as a Merchandise Mart, and more.
Presents Frankie Goes to Hollywood, the band, online. Provides numerous FGTH resources.
Includes an image oasis, the Seal FAQ file, a lyric library, and more. Includes transcriptions of online conferences with Seal.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Offers all the latest discoveries about this 80s band. Includes a complete discography and a few pictures.
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.
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.
Targets the Mariah Carey fan. Includes many pictures, links to other Mariah pages, and audio and video files. Also provides fan club information.
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.
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.
Focuses on Janet Jackson. Includes the latest news, tour information, sounds, image gallery, lyrics, and more.
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.
Offers Simon & Garfunkel and some Paul Simon solo stuff containing many guitar tabs and some information on the duo. Contains a picture gallery and lyrics.
Contains information about the 80s band Simple Minds. Includes a full discography, lyrics, FAQs files, rumors and facts, an auction, biographies, and bootlegs. Also includes many links to other Simple Minds resources on the Net.
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.
Offers information about some tour information, an interactive discography, and many pictures. Also includes information on soloists Marie Fredriksson, Per Gessle, and Gyllene Tider.
Focuses on the music and activities of Sarah McLachlan. Includes a biography of Sarah, concert descriptions, FAQs, and links to other must-visit McLachlan sites.
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.
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."
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.
VH1 online. Features the latest information on various artists, from biographies and videographies to news updates and special features such as down-loadable files. Also spotlights the videos and specials playing on VH1. Provides special coverage of events in music culture, a sounding board, and a multimedia library.
Serves as the official Sony page for Michael Jackson. Includes graphics and considerable information and depth of thought.
Lionizes the Paula Abdul, complete with sound bytes, QuickTime videos, and plenty of pictures. Also includes personal information about Paula.
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.
Offers a tour through delta blues country, introducing the blues immortals along the way. Includes photos and biographies accompanied by a road map of the route you take. Also lets you enter comments and read those of others who have traveled the blues highway.
Contains the FAQs from the Usenet newsgroup rec.music.bluenote. Contains basic information on blues and jazz.
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.
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.
Offers QuickTime virtual reality scenes. Includes concert schedules, music and video samples, blues bios, and more.
Introduces Steamin' Stan Ruffo to the Internet community as a singer, songwriter, blusician, world-reknowned 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.
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-tradional 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.
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.
Provides news, reviews, and ordering information for this music production company and record label based out of Danbury, Connecticut. Includes audio samples, performance dates, group backgrounds, and photography. Record label concentrates on progressive rock.
Biographies on most of the label's recording artists, online chat with famous artists, tour dates, and "Stereo-Type," Atlantic's new newsletter for gays and lesbians.
Eclectic is the self-described philosophy of San Francisco, California's Asphodel Records. Provides record reviews and artist descriptions. If strange music is your tune, this might be your site.
Home site for Bill Laswell and Axiom records. Includes label catalog, upcoming releases, Bill Laswell discograpy, 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.
Provides home site foor Badcat Records. Includes label catalog, artist photos, and downloadable music samples of their records. Provides many choices of information players.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Yet another indie label that publishes such bands as Weba World, Mechanical Sound Orchestra, and Gynomite. Read press clippings about the bands and download sound clips of some of their works.
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 recording and music books catalog along with ordering information for Changing Tones Records. Also provides event calendar and links to music lists and newsgroups. Changing Tones Records and books concentrate on jazz, blues and traditional rock and roll.
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.
An independent label that provides a large number of sound clips from their bands which include Go To Blazes, Blood Oranges, and Bottle Rockets. CDs can be purchased online.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
A growing independent label whose Web site provides audio samples in WAV format, products such as T-shirts and stickers, a guide to Omaha's indie music scene and a listing of indie record stores throughout the U.S. and Canada.
Formerly Breakfast Records, this is an independent label that publishes such alternative acts as Orbit, Kent 25, Damn You Peter Pan and more. Depending on which act you want to check out, you can access bios, sound clips, reviews, home pages and more.
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.
Christ Analogue's official Web site, an industrial band from Seattle, Washington. Find out about their upcoming releases and touring information.
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.
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.
Another page for all you indie music lovers. Includes artwork, CD reviews, soundbytes, 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.
The Web site of Mute Records, with links to an artist database including Depeche Mode and Erasure, music news, and a full color catalog.
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.
Provides home site for PolyGram Records and artists. Includes links to artist sites including Blues Traveler, P.J. Harvey, Rusted Root, Brian Adams, and many, many more. Also includes world wide tour dates, upcoming releases, and online ordering information.
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.
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.
Provides home site for Red Phraug Modern Medium label collective. Specializes in ambient and house dance music. Includes company catalog, sound bytes, and ordering information.
Provides home site for Reservoir Records. Includes catalog, artist profiles, and ordering information.
Provides online site for Restless Records. Includes artist profles, 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.
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 and online ordering for Sesha Press Records. Includes artist profiles and album artwork for groups like Luxo Crush and Granite Path. Also includes sound bytes, tour dates, and ordering information.
Provides home site and ordering information for Silver Girl Records based in San Diego, California. Includes company catalog, record artwork, and discriptions for such bands as Everready, Fluf, and Ruby Falls.
Provides home site for Sin-Drome records. Includes artist background, sound bytes, cover art, and ordering information. Also includes record reviews and a mailbox for Sin-Drome artists.
Provides home site and online ordering for Slumberland Records. Includes label catalog, artist profiles, upcoming releases, and contact 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 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.
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.
Provides home site for TeenBeat Records. Includes online catalog with artist and sound discriptions. Also includes label news and contact information.
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.
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.
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.
Contains information about Patrick's musician's referral service and Web page service. Also provides information about Patrick's band and offers links to other regional/unsigned bands of all types.
Provides marketing information for independent labels and alternative groups. Includes catalog services with price lists and sound bites, online ordering information, and links to promotional sites.
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 songwriting. 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 indpendent artists and labels.
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.
Chronicles the life of David Bowie. Provides information about his albums, movies, and videos.
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."
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.
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.
Represents every album as a separate page with images and lyrics to every song. Contains a growing collection of images besides those found on the albums.
Offers a collection of album covers and a running commentary on the meaning and value of each album. Includes many pictures.
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.
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.
Includes everything from pictures, sounds, and videos to a complete discography and lyric database.
Details on KISS conventions, the reunion tour and tribute bands, and fanzines. Features a fan finder, sound files, trade pages, and photos (including candid shots and Beavis and Butthead as Gene and Paul).
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.
Focuses on Led Zeppelin. Includes links to the Digital Graffiti mailing list, plenty of pictures, a discography, lyrics, and guitar tabs. Also offers a link to a Zeppelin page written in French.
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.
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.
Contains general information about the band Mötley Crüe, as well as sound and video clips and a discography. Links to other Mötley sites.
Targets the intense fan. Provides photos, lyrics, and frequently asked questions. Also offers chords, interviews, and reviews.
Leave thoughts of Wilson behind as you enter this world of FAQs, photos, graphics, and show reviews, then run like an antelope through links to phan pages, the Helping Phriendly Book, and more. Stay up-to-date on tour info and band rumors. Unite, Lizards, and free Gamehendge!
Includes many pictures, lyrics, a discography, and more. Also offers transcribed interviews with band members. Also offers a downloadable Pink Floyd screen saver.
Includes an art gallery, lyrics and discography, video samples, audio samples of classic tracks, and reviews. Discussions on Queen's last album, "Made in Heaven," information on the upcoming Queen game, and frequently updated news.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
