Folk song and music, Leicester, UK

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The Leicester Folk Diary (LFD)

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.

Local Venues

Leicester Irish Sessions Bedworth Folk Club Bingham Birmingham Traditional Music Club Black Diamond Brew Town
Chesterfield Folk Club Coventry Traditional Session De Montfort Hall Derby Gaol Farside 2 Grand Union
Great Knight Loughborough Acoustic Loughborough Town Hall The Musician Out of the Vaults National Forest Folk Club
Oxfam Acoustic Specials Pack Horse Phoenix Real Music Club Rugby Roots Scrag End
Styvechale Swan Folk Tiger Warwick Folk Club Y Theatre

Internet Folk Programmes

209 Radio Cape Breton Live Folk Alley Folk Radio UK Hober The Music Well
Radio 2 Radio Derby 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 celticmusic.com Celtic Roots - Radio Scotland Ceolas celtic music archive Comhaltas - Leicester Coventry Folk
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
The Folk Map 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
Shropshire Sing Out Solihull and Birmingham South Yorkshire Traditions Magazine
uk.music.folk FAQ West Midlands West Midland's Folk Federation What's on in Wales Wigan and district - Folkal Point

Lyrics, Tunes, Recordings and Instruments

Bodleian Library Broadside Ballads British Isles and America (Music of) Carpenter Collection Claddagh Records Collectors Folk
Culburnie Records Geordie Songs Green Linnet Guitar Makers (UK) Guitarist's Web Site
Harbourtown Records Hobgoblin UK Mad for Trad Mandolin King - Mandolin links Music hall and humour
Music Obsession Traditional Song Forum Ulstersongs Vaughan Williams Memorial Library

Other useful web resources (Not Folk Music)

Searches: Google All the Web Ask.com Clusty Dogpile ixquick
Mammas Power Search Metacrawler - beta Metagopher Mirago Music Search Search.com Webfetch
Flights: Easyjet Flycheapo Flight Mapping My Travel Lite Ryanair Sky Scanner
Travel: Mappy RAC UK Maps Rail timetables Responsible Travel 5 minutes away
Lonely Planet Timeout Grid Skipper What's on
Accommodation: Smooth Hound Central Reservation Bed and Breakfast Nationwide
British Isles: England Wales 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 21st March, 2008, Peter Burnham.