http://www.edtags.org/ http://www.edtags.org/css/EdTags.jpghttp://www.edtags.org/bookmarks.php/all/folk music Recent bookmarks posted to Edtags.org 60 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GE1-rbi9Y2M Fiddle champion Daniel Carwile talks about the history of Sally Goodin and performs the legendary tune complete with variations galore. This is a real contest setting so you can hear the audience encouraging him. lcinstitute Tue, 29 Jul 2008 02:08:43 +0000 rags riffs and reels video fiddle folk music http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cioR7ufsWC4 Watch a casual fiddling jam session featuring Shirley Metzler performing Jesse Polka. lcinstitute Sat, 26 Jul 2008 01:52:50 +0000 rags riffs and reels fiddle folk music video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MioAXwagthc A medley of traditional fiddle tunes played by the noted three-sisters band from Texas. You can hear the virtuosity in their playing and see how they harmonize and share the spotlight. A bass and guitar accompany. lcinstitute Sat, 26 Jul 2008 01:25:14 +0000 rags riffs and reels fiddle folk music video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KWZDTJEwQ7w A sung and fiddled performance of Lady Be Good by the South Austin Jug Band, featuring some amazing solos… You won’t believe your ears! The smoothness of the classic jazz standard tune by the Gershwin brothers blends with a fiddling style. lcinstitute Sat, 26 Jul 2008 00:58:58 +0000 rags riffs and reels fiddle folk music video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c2uEuQ3R1FQ Cotton Patch Rag performed by two very young fiddlers on the television show "Nashville Now." Their smooth melodic execution belies the hours of practice their flawless technique must have required. Watch the rapid-fire use of the bows! lcinstitute Sat, 26 Jul 2008 00:57:48 +0000 rags riffs and reels fiddle folk music video http://profile.nus.edu.sg/fass/geokongl/pihg19.pdf This essay from the National University of Singapore draws an explicit connection between traditional music and location. The author argues that a place and its musical culture are inseparable and that the study of one will necessarily inform and enrich the study of the other. This link opens a PDF file. lcinstitute Fri, 27 Jun 2008 02:24:28 +0000 rags riffs and reels folk music http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/collections/reed/index.html This amazingly comprehensive Web site from the Library of Congress is a multi-format ethnographic field collection of traditional fiddle tunes performed by Henry Reed of Glen Lyn, Virginia. Along with extensive historical background and field notes, the site houses 184 songs and audio clips recorded by folklorist Alan Jabbour in 1966-7, when Reed was over 80 years old. lcinstitute Fri, 27 Jun 2008 02:23:21 +0000 rags riffs and reels fiddle folk music audio http://www.esflamenco.com/palos/enfandango.html A definition of the fandango style of dance and music, from esflamenco.com. lcinstitute Fri, 27 Jun 2008 01:28:20 +0000 fandango folk music http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fandango This Wikipedia entry traces the origins and character of fandango, a style of folk and flamenco music and dance that arose as a courtship ritual in 18th-century Spain. lcinstitute Fri, 27 Jun 2008 01:27:51 +0000 fandango folk music