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This article is from the Celtic Music FAQ, by Ceolas ceolas@celtic.stanford.edu with numerous contributions by
others.
2. What are the major online sites for celtic music?
Ceolas
This is the largest and most complete site dedicated to celtic music.
Many sections are mentioned elsewhere in this list, but there is a lot
else besides.
WWW: http://celtic.stanford.edu/ceolas.html
FTP: celtic.stanford.edu /pub/catalog
Latest updates: finger ceolas@celtic.stanford.edu
Here are some examples:
/pub/artist
/artists.html
Background information on over 50 celtic groups and musicians
/pub/instruments
/instruments.html
Resource guides and bibliographies for many instruments used in celtic music
/pub/mail-order
/mail-order/
List of mail-order sources for celtic music
/pub/radio.list
/pub/thistle.list
/pmurphy/thistle.html
A list of the three hundred or so US stations that air the Thistle
& Shamrock weekly program of celtic music and a list of about 80 other
celtic music radio programs around the world.
All-Music Guide
This is a listing of almost a quarter of a million albums by the biggest
names in almost every genre of music, including celtic. It is available in
book, CD-ROM, and online form. The listings have most of the albums by the
group/artist, along with a brief descriptive note, rating of most of the
albums and some details for each album.
Gopher: allmusic.ferris.edu (port 70)
This service is currently in transition and is for the moment being hosted
by CDNow
http://cdnow.com
Internet Musical Archives
This is the single largest internet musical archive, containing lyrics,
discographies, reviews and other information, sorted alphabetically by
artist. It's so huge, it can be difficult to search completely: a partial
list of celtic artists covered by this archive is available by FTP from
celtic.stanford.edu as /pub/uwp-list
FTP: ftp.uwp.edu
Maintainer: Dave Datta (datta@cs.uwp.edu)
The archive is often overloaded, it may take several attempts to get
through.
Sunsite Gaelic archive
This archive has a lot of information on gaelic and celtic matters,
including the bagpipes archive and information and sound samples for a few
north american celtic musicians.
WWW: http://sunsite.unc.edu/gaelic/gaelic.html
FTP: sunsite.unc.edu/pub/academic/languages/gaelic
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