Folk song and music, Leicester, UK

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The Leicester Folk Diary

The schedule for quarterly printed versions is as follows: As an alternative to above, Sounds Alive gives a broader perspective of live music in and around Leicester. Below are links to web sites for local venues; Internet Radio Programmes providing folk song/music; online folk magazines, organisations, regional and national 'whats on' guides; lyrics, music, tunes, instruments and recordings; and then a set other useful links for searching the web, arranging travel and accommodation and various other activities.

And don't forget the local radio folk programmes are:

Local Venues

Leicester Irish Sessions Bedworth Folk Club Bingham Black Diamond Brew Town Britannia
Chesterfield Folk Club Coventry Traditional Session De Montfort Hall Derby Gaol Farside 2 Grand Union
Great Knight Hinckley Act Loughborough Acoustic Loughborough Folk Club Loughborough Town Hall Maudsley
The Musician National Forest Folk Club Nottingham Playhouse Oxfam Acoustic Specials Phoenix Redmile
Real Music Club Rugby Roots Scrag End Styvechale Swan Folk Traditions at the Tiger
Tump Folk Club Vernon Arms Warwick Arts Centre Warwick Folk Club White Horse Woodlark Folk Club Y Theatre

Internet Folk Programmes

209 Radio Cape Breton Live Celtic Music Radio Folk Alley Folk Radio UK Hober The Music Well
Radio 2 Radio Derby Radio Shropshire RTE - Ireland Travelling Folk (Thurs 19:00, Sat 22:00) Worlds of Trad WUMB Folk Radio

Folk Magazines, Organisations, What's On Guides and music on the Internet

Around England Celtic Roots - Radio Scotland Ceolas celtic music archive Comhaltas - Leicester Coventry Folk
Cumbria Derby and East Midlands Folk Pages Doc Rowe Archive EFDSS English folk music
Durty Linen Filofolk Fol-de-rol Folk Directory The Folk Book Folking Community
Folk and Roots FolkFax Folk London Folk Roots Folk West
Folkworld World Music FROOTS Festival Guide Herefordshire Irish Emigrant Ltd, Galway King Laoghaire's Irish Ballads and Booze
Lincolnshire Living Tradition Mr Red's Mid West (cresby.com) Mudcat Cafe Musi-Cal
Musical Traditions Norfolk Folk Directory North East of England folk info Peterborough Real UK Music
Sing Out Solihull and Birmingham South Yorkshire uk.music.folk FAQ
West Midlands West Midland's Folk Federation What's on in Wales Worcester Traditional Music

Lyrics, Tunes, Recordings and Instruments

Bodleian Library Broadside Ballads British Isles and America (Music of) Carpenter Collection Collectors Folk Culburnie Records
Geordie Songs Green Linnet Guitar Makers (UK) Guitarist's Web Site Harbourtown Records
Hobgoblin UK Mandolin King - Mandolin links Music hall and humour Music Obsession
Northumbria Anthology Take 6 Archive Traditional Song Forum Vaughan Williams Memorial Library Yorkshire Garland

Other useful web resources (Not Folk Music)

Searches: Google Kosmix Bing Dogpile Mammas Power Search
Wolfram Alpha All the Web Ask.com Clusty ixquick Metagopher
Flights: Easyjet Flycheapo Flight Mapping Ryanair Sky Scanner
Travel: FRIXO Road Traffic Reports Grid Skipper Lonely Planet Mappy UK Maps
Rail timetables RAC Responsible Travel Schmap Travel Guides Timeout What's on
Accommodation: Smooth Hound Central Reservation Bed and Breakfast Nationwide Leicester City Centre Hotels
British Isles: England Wales Visit Scotland and Travel Scotland Ireland Window into Britain
Reference Information Britannica.com whatis.com BabelFish Translator Google Translator
Wikis Wikinews Wikipedia Wikisource Wikiquote Wiktionary
IT Related Web Page Validation Link Checker Search Engine Watch Bare Bones HTML Google Pack
Whales Whales and Dolphins Conservation Society Sightings form
Music links The abc home page ABC2Win 2.0 Shareware Information ABC tutorial Tweaks Home Recording Guide
News BBC News British Media Online Google News Aggregator Newser aggregator CNN
Other Proops DIY tools British Library: Online Services DIY Fix It Scottish FAQ ArtLinksList.com - Arts Directory


Last Updated 3rd January 2010 Peter Burnham.