THE MAMMALS
One of my favorite band in the world. Tao Rodriguez Seeger, Ruth Ungar, Mike Merenda, Chris Merenda, and Jacob Silver. They are awesome!

THE MAMMALS YAHOO GROUP
A group I put together for fans of The Mammals

RUTH UNGAR
A girl with the most beautiful voice in the world, also the best fiddle player I have ever met.

MICHAEL MERENDA
The absolute best songwriter I have ever met in my entire life. A great friend of mine as well

SPOUSE
My friend Mike Merendas rock band!

PIERCE WOODWARD
A wonderful musician who writes political songs as well as other beatiful masterpieces

UNCLE EARL
An all girl bluegrass band that is tearin up a storm across the country and maybe world.Featuring my friend the lovely Ms. Kristin Andreassen on Guitar as well as Kc Groves, Rayna Gellert, Abigail Washburn, and Sharon Gilchrist

UNCLE EARL YAHOO GROUP
A group for fans of Uncle Earl

UNCLE EARL STREET TEAM
Help out Uncle Earl by promoting their shows near you!

KIRSTIN ANDREASSEN
Another wonderful talented musician who is featured in the band Uncle Earl

KC GROVES
A wonderful multi instrumentalist and vocalist who is also featured in Uncle Earl

LAURA CORTESE
A fiddler based in Boston and is also part of Footworks Percussive Dance Enslemble, The Jolly Bankers, The Laura Cortese Band, and Halali she has a heavenly voice I must say!

HALALI
My friend Laura Cortese's fiddle band

THE JOLLY BANKERS
Kristin Andreassen, Pierce Woodward, and Laura Cortese, They sing a lot of political tunes.

RIP OFF CON ARTISTS
Lydia, Emily, Claude Martin, and Pat Ruffner make up this blend of traditional music with an edge

LEA GILMORE
The most soulful singer I have ever heard!

HOT SOUP TRIO
Sue Trainor, Christina Muir, and Jennie Avila (spelling?)

DR. LOCO'S ROCKIN JALAPENO BAND
A wonderful Latino band based out of California

FOOTWORKS PERCUSSIVE DANCE ENSEMBLE
What can I say? They are the most

amazing dancers I have ever seen. They do appalachan dance.

MARK SCHATZ
Great multi instrumentalist who is now playing Bass with Nickelcreek

MAUREEN BERRY
A beautiful dancer, a pro in many different styles including clogging and irish dance

BOB LUCAS
Great songwriter

ZOE SPEAKS
Wonderful husband and wife duo who sing folk songs and are great songwriters

DAVID ROTH
Really neat folk artist who writes some silly songs and some serious ones too.

STEVE GILLETTE AND CINDYMANGSEN
Two of the greatest songwriters in the country

COSY SHERIDEN
A wonderful songwriter and soulful folk singer

COMMON GROUND ON THE HILL
My favorite place in the whole world, it is a music and arts camp that has the purpose of bringing cultures together through the traditional arts, bringing them together on Common Ground, hence the name!

COMMON GROUND SCOTLAND
The same camp but in SCOTLAND! Another one of my favorite places on Earth!

CROOKED STILL
A wonderful stringband with a rockin sound

DROMEDARY
These two guys play all kinds of weird funky instruments from around the world, its great!

HIGH ON THE HOG
Another great stringband that features my friendDan Rose on the bass, not reallytouring much right now, but the music they made is still great

HIGH ON THE HOG YAHOO GROUP
For High on the Hog fans!

HOT TUNA
Features my favorite mandolinist Barry Mitterhoff (the one who inspired me to play) who was my first ever mandolin teacher.

SANKOFA
An african dance theater, very inspiring! I sat on the edge of my seat in amazement the first time I saw Sankofa eleven years ago!

STEP AFRIKA
An african stepping troop based out of D.C. they are wonderful!

SALLY ROGERS
A folk singer

SCOTT AINSLIE
A soulful blues artist

GUY DAVIS
A very very wonderful blues musician

SARAH LEE GUTHRIE AND JOHNNY IRION
A folk husband and wife duo, check out their new album Exploration! They are great believe me!

TOM CHAPIN
The best childrens songwriter I have ever known!

JAMMIN MUSICIANS YAHOO GROUP
A music group for any musicians who just love to play!

TEEN GRASS YAHOO GROUP
A group to teenage musicians who play bluegrass and old time.

HAMPSHIRE COUNTY ARTS COUNCIL
The local Arts Council who put on many great concerts.

BANDS/SOLO MUSICIANS

These are just a bunch of wonderful bands and solo artists that I have discovered over the years, I hope you atleast find something that you like! Which I am POSITIVE that you will!

FOGHORN STRINGBAND
An awesome band from Oregon

THE RED STICK RAMBLERS
A really cool cajun band, won the 2005

Non-Traditional band contest at the Appalachain Stringband Festival

THE DUHKS
A really neat Canadian stringband

JAKE ARMERDING
Off the hook Boston fiddler

LISSA SCHNECKENBURGER
Really great fiddler who is featured in the fiddle band Halali

HANEKE CASSEL
A great fiddler who is also featured in Halali

ABIGAIL WASHBURN
A really great banjo player who can sing folk songs in Chinese!

AOIFE O' DONOVAN
A soulful singer in Sometimes Why, Crooked Still, the Wild Band of Snee, and The Wayfaring Strangers

ARLO GUTHRIE
A Folk Legend, son of Woody Guthrie

LONESOME RIVER BAND
An awesome bluegrass band

BELA FLECK
World renowned banjo player

FLECKTONES
Bela Fleck's band

DWIGHT DILLER

West Virginia banjo legend

HIT AND RUN BLUEGRASS
Awesome Bluegrass band

HOT BUTTERED RUM STRINGBAND
A great band

KING WILKIE
A band full of hotties, what more can a girl ask for?

JAMES LEVA
A wonderful fiddler

MUTUAL ADMIRATION SOCIETY
Nickelcreek and Glen Phillips' make up this society

NATALIE MACMASTER

An energetic Celtic fiddler

MIKE MARSHALL
A master manodlinist

NICKELCREEK
An awesome band featuring Chris Thile, Sara Watkins, and Sean Watkins and also features my friend Mark Schatz on Bass

OLD CROW MEDICINE SHOW
A great stringband (who are also full of hotties)

OLD SCHOOL FREIGHT TRAIN
An awesome group of guys

RAYNA GELLERT
An inspiring fiddler who is also a member of Uncle Earl

RUSHAD EAGGLESTON
A great bass player who is a member of Crooked Still

SEAN WATKINS
The guitar player for Nickelcreek, shows some of his solo stuff which is awesome

STEPPIN IN IT
A celtic band that I heard about from the Mammals

ANNE HILLS
A wonderful folk singer who I have been a fan of since I was a kid

THE GREENCARDS
A stringband made up of Europeans, who woulda thought?

THE LAZY STRING GANG
A wonderous stringband

TWO HIGH STRINGBAND
Another awesome band

YONDER MOUNTAIN STRINGBAND
An awesome stringband

JOHN PAUL JONES
The mandolinist from Led Zepplin who has been getting in on the folk scence!

THE WILD BAND OF SNEE
Made up of some wild and fun musicians

FESTIVALS/CAMPS

APPALACHIAN STRING BAND MUSIC FESTIVAL
Clifftop...a festival dear to my heart....go and enjoy tons of jamming, workshops, and contests

AUGUSTA HERITAGE CENTER
A summer that has blues, old time, bluegrass, singing, and lots more

NEW SONGS FESTIVAL
A festival put on by Mountainstage of West Virginia Public Radio at Shepherd University in Shepherdstown, West Virginia

MERLEFEST
A big bluegrass Festival that features all the best

THE MANDOLIN SYMPOSIUM
A wonderful looking camp for mandolin players that has really famous teachers

WOODY GUTHRIE FOLK FESTIVAL
A wonderful festival that honors the legendary Woody Guthrie

OLD SONGS FESTIVAL
A festival put on by my friends Bill and Andy Spence

NATIONAL FOLK LIFE FESTIVAL
Annual folk festival on the mall in Washington, DC

MAGAZINES

DIRTY LINEN
A great magazine with articles on all your favorite folk/blues/old time/bluegrass artists

SING OUT!
A great folk magazine

STORES

CD BABY
An awesome place to find all your favorite bands and artists albums for less

ELDERLY MUSIC
A great place to buy instruments and recording equipment

HOMESPUN TAPES
A good place to get instructional things for many different instruments

MUSICIANS FRIEND
A great source for musical supplies and needs

RADIO STATIONS

FOLK ALLEY
A place online to listen to folk music all day long!

MUSIC LABELS

SUGAR HILL RECORDS
Home of people such as The Duhks and Nickelcreek

NEW WEST RECORDS
Sarah Lee Guthrie and Johnny Irions record label

RISING SON RECORDS
The Guthrie families record label

VENUES

THE PURPLE FIDDLE
A little coffee shop in Thomas, West Virginia that hosts lots of great bands

JAMMIN JAVA
A great little coffee hous in Vienna, Virginia, hosts lots of awesome bands

MOUNTAINSTAGE
A great folk stage show in Charleston, West Virginia, shows air on tv and radio each week

THE KENNEDY CENTER
An awesome place in Washington, DC

CLUB PASSIM

A great venue in Boston

Sun Spot Pro
My friend Kent Murray puts together this wonderful series.

ONLINE GROUPS

COME CHECK ME OUT ON TRIBE
A place to see all your friends and you can start tribes for your favorite bands, there are already tribes for The Mammals and Uncle Earl plus lost of other awesome stringbands!

COME CHECK ME OUT ON FRIENDSTER
A place to see all your friends, you can also become a fan of your favorite musicians

COME CHECK ME OUT ON MYSPACE
Another place to see all your friends and there are also myspace pages for musicians

COME CHECK ME OUT ON WEBSHOTS
A place to put your photos on display for all your friends to see

COME CHECK ME OUT ON XANGA
A place to host your own free weblog

ONLINE MUSIC RESOURCES

MANDOLIN CAFE
Online source for mandolin players

MANDOZINE
Online mandolin magazine

TAPERS.ORG
Great place to download live shows from all your favorite old time and bluegrass bands

CYBERGRASS
An online place for bluegrass musicians

FAMILY

JUST FAR ENOUGH
Our rental house

CAN YOU FIND BOOKS
Christian children's books that are like where waldo but have religious themes, written by my dad and illustrated by Janet Harlow

MISC

NATIONAL ZOO
Where the awesome Pandas are!

WORLD HUNGER YEAR
A non profit organization started by Harry Chapin and Bill Ayers to stop World Hunger

ZACH BRAFF
A great actor, you might recognize him from the tv show Scrubs or the movie Garden State

ROCK FOR LIFE
A site for people who are pro life

ALL
A site for people against Abortion

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