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This article is from the Celtic Music FAQ, by Ceolas ceolas@celtic.stanford.edu with numerous contributions by others.

1. Where can I discuss celtic music on the internet?

Newgroups:

rec.music.celtic
Chief celtic music group on Usenet. About 30-80 messages per day.

rec.music.folk
Higher traffic than rec.music.celtic and much broader coverage, especially
of American folk. Most of the celtic discussion is cross-posted to
rec.music.celtic.

soc.culture.celtic
soc.culture.irish
soc.culture.scottish
soc.culture.welsh
soc.culture cornish
soc.culture.breton
soc.culture.asturies
soc.culture.catalan
Occasionally deal with musical matters, as well as other celtic questions.

Mailing lists:

Irish Traditional Music
Mailing list on Irish traditional music, oriented towards players and
traditional, as opposed to popular, music. Membership is about 300, with an
average of about half a dozen messages a day. A digest form of the list,
with summaries of the most important messages, comes out every month.
Subscription address: listserv@irlearn.ucd.ie
List address: irtrad-l@irlearn.ucd.ie
List address: irtrad-d@irlearn.ucd.ie (digest)
Gopher archives: irlearn.ucd.ie/1List/IRTRAD-L
Maintainer: Hammy Hamilton (ARMU6001@ivax1.ucc.ie)

Cape Breton Music mailing list
Discusses the music of the Cape Breton area of Canada, which maintains a
strong tradition of celtic music, espcecially in Scottish-style fiddling.
List address: cb-music@chatsubo.com
Subscription: Send message with 'subscribe' or 'subscribe digest' to
list address.
Maintainer listmaster@chatsubo.com (Jamie Foulds and Mike Gurstein)

Folk Music radio shows
This is primarily for hosts of folk/bluegrass/celtic radio shows, but all
are welcome to join. Runs about 5-10 messages per day usually, includes
playlists, band information, Folk Alliance news and chat. Very much US-
based.
Subscription address: listserv@psuvm.psu.edu.
List address: folkdj-l@psuvm.psu.edu
Maintainer: Tina Hay, tmh1@psuvm.psu.edu
(if you are on Bitnet, use the addresses listserv@psuvm and folkdj@psuvm)

American Folk Music
Moderated mailing list, concertrating on American singer-songwriters, more
folk than celtic.
Subscription address: listserv@nysernet.org
List address: folk_music@nysernet.org
Maintainer: Alan Roworth (alanr@nysernet.net)

Celtic Music in Houston, TX
Unmoderated list covering Celtic music events in the Houston, Texas area.
Messages are accumulated and sent out in a digest form once per day.
Subscription address: majordomo@chron.com
List address: celtic-houston-digest
List Maintainer: Chuck Ivy <cei@po.cwru.edu>

 

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