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Clubs_&_Societies	Artists	Festivals
Media & Magazines	Instruments,_etc.	Morris/Dance Teams
Lyrics and Tunes	Recording Companies	Folk Music Retailers
Agencies	Music Hall	Miscellaneous_

Clubs & Societies Table updated 16/01/2012
Accrington Town Hall	Hungry Horse Acoustic
Acoustica	The Lancashire Society
Acoustic Music Scene	Liverpool Philharmonic Hall
Akoustik Anarckhy	Longridge Folk Club (currently no website)
Ashington Folk Club	Maghull Folk Club
Black Swan Folk Club - York	Mr Kite Benefits
Bothy Folk Club	Nantwich Folk and Roots
Brewery Arts Centre, Kendal	National Sound Archive
Broken Token Folk Club	Northwich Folk Club
Bush Acoustic Music Club	Open Door Folk Club
Buskers Ball	Palatine Fiddlers
Citadel, St Helens	Parkgate Folk Club
Country Dance And Song Society (USA)	Playhouse2
English Folk Dance & Song Society	Prospect Inn Folk Club, Runcorn
Everyman Folk Club, Suffolk	Railway Folk Club, Lymm
Folk at the Manor	Raven, Chester
Folk in the Barn	Room at the Top Folk Club, Newburgh, Lancashire
Folk In Education folk resources	Royal National Institute for the Blind
Folk on the Moor	Ryburn 3 Step Folk Club
Folkus	Sale Folk Club
Folkworks	Sandbach Unplugged
Furness Tradition	Scarborough Folk Club
Gregson Lane Folk Club	Swinton Folk Club
	The Rose Theatre New Link

Artists Table Updated 24/6/2011
Acoustic Collective	Jon Harvison
Alistair Russell	Joyce Gang
Amy Wadge	Judy Cook
Anthony John Clarke	Kate Howden and Paul Jones
Avalon Boys	Kathryn Roberts and Sean Lakeman
Bandersnatch	Kathryn Tickell
Battlefield Band	Keith Kendrick
Beggars Row	Ken Nicol
Bernard Cromarty	Les Barker
Bernard Wrigley	Liz Doherty
Bill Malkin	LocTup Together/Four 'n' Aft
Billy Bragg	Malinky
Bob Fox	Marianne Grittani (Canada)
Bogtrotters	Mark Dowding
Bram Taylor	Martyn Wyndham-Read
Brian Peters	Mary Humphreys
Brian Preston	Mat Dickson
Brian Willoughby	McCalmans
Britannia Bluegrass Band	Mick Hanly
Buskers Ball of Bolton	Mike Harding
Camine	Mike Nicholson
Calasaig	Mooncoyn
Cathryn Craig	Moorland Folk
Chris and Siobhan Nelson	Niamh Parsons
Chris While and Julie Matthews	Oldham Tinkers
Cockersdale	Old School Band
Coope Boyes and Simpson	Penny Black
Damien Rice	Pete Castle
Darren Poyzer	Pete Coe
Dave Webber & Anni Fentiman	Pete Watkinson
Derek Gifford	Peter Paul & Mary
Dogwatch	Phil Brown
Dougie McClean	Phil Hare
Eddi Reader	Phil McGinity
Eileen McGann	Ralph McTell
Elaine Samuels	Reckless Elbow
Elbow Jane	Richard Thompson
Emily Slade	Sam Pirt
Firebrand	Sara Grey
Flying Toads	Saw Doctors
Gallimaufry	Scold's Bridle
Gary and Vera Aspey	Stan Rogers
Graham and Eileen Pratt	Stationary Willberries
Halfe Pannikin	Steve Morris
Harvey Andrews	Strawhead
Hilary Spencer	Stray Dogs
His Worship and the Pig	Taggart & Wright
Houghton Weavers	Tanglefoot
Jake Thackray	Tim Laycock/New Scorpion Band
Jake Walton	Tim Readman
Janet Russell	Tom & Barbara Brown
Janet Lillian Russell (Canada)	Tom McConville & Pauline Cato
Janis Ian	Tom Napper Tom Bliss
Jez Lowe	Triptych (Youthquake)
Jim Moray	Trouble at t' mill
Jim Ronayne	Two Left Feet (Barn Dance Band)
JIVA	Vikki Clayton
Joe Broughton	Vin Garbutt
Joe Stead	Waterson : Carthy
John Conolly	Wheat in the Barley (Canada)
Johnny Collins	Wurzels
John O' Connell

Festivals Table updated 1/11/2010
Black Horse Festival - E Sussex	Saddleworth Folk Festival
Dent Folk Festival	Sedbergh Folk Festival
Fylde Folk Festival	Stonehaven Folk Festival
Gainsborough Folk Festival	Strawbear
Ingleton Folk Weekend	Upton Folk Festival Association
Ireby Folk Festival	Upton Riverside Folk Festival
Manchester Irish Festival	Wirral Folk on the Coast
Middlewich Folk and Boat Festival

Media & Magazines Table updated 13/03/2011
About Folk Music	Lancashire Folk
BBC Folk Music Website	Living Tradition
Celtic Roots	Liverpool Acoustic
Completely Lanky	Manchester Music
Fiddle On Magazine	Mudcat Cafe
Folk Links Library - index	Musical Traditions Online Magazine
Folk Music	Net Rhythms
Folk Music on the Internet	North Cheshire Folk Club Diary
Folk Orbit	Real UK Music
Folk Talk - Lincs & E Yorks	R2 Magazine
Folking.com - Online Database	Scottish Folk Arts Group
Folkus	South Yorkshire Folk
fRoots Magazine	Stortfolk Music Club
Green Man Reviews	Sussex Folk Guide
Spiral Earth	Trouble At T' Mill
	Vaughan-Williams Memorial Library

Instruments, etc. Table updated 8/11/2010
Hobgoblin Music	Wheatstone Concertinas
Pub Prop
Sterner Capo Museum

Morris /Dance Teams Table updated 8/11/2010
Argarmeles Clog	Poynton Jemmers
Horwich Prize Medal Morris Men	Southport Swords
Mainly Morris Dancing

Lyrics and Tunes Table updated 8/11/2010
Al Jolson Songs	Lyrics Library 1
Australian Folk Songs	Lyrics Library 2
Ballad Archive	Melody Lane
British Songs	More Folk Song Lyrics
Child Ballads	More Sea Songs
Compass Rose Music - Lyric Links	Richard Robinson's Tunebook
Flanders and Swann Lyrics	Songs of the Sea
Folk Song Lyrics	Traditional Music Library
Geoff Grainger's Lyric Site	Various Lyrics
Irish Songs
Kids' Songs

Recording Companies Table updated 8/11/2010
Fellside	Topic Records
Harbourtown Records	Cock Robin Music - email Chris Harvey for details

Folk Music Retailers Table updated 8/11/2010
Abbey Records	Music Scotland.com
Fellside	Offspring Records
Listening Post	Woven Wheat Whispers - Folk Download Site
Little Pot Stove

Agencies Table checked 8/11/2010
AmandaLynne Music Agency

Music Hall Table updated 8/11/2010
Footlight Notes (Music Hall Link)	Music Hall Performers
Obscure Stages - Music Hall, etc, Bibliography	Sounds of the Music Halls - a discography

Miscellaneous (Archives, Museums, etc. Things that might be of interest) Table updated 13/03/2011
Copyright Protection Site	Sagem Crafts (Paul Metsers)
Friends Reunited (Find your old school)	The Instrument Workshop
Lancashire Link List	The Pump House Museum
Museums of North West England	Working Class Movement Library
North West Film Archive	Dave Brunton - Photographer
Manchester District Music Archive

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