Karen Ashbrook

Robin Bullock

Ceoltoiri
with Connie McKenna, vocals

Ensemble Galilei

HESPERUS
early music ensemble

Ken Kolodner

Jody Marshall

Al Petteway & Amy White

Pipes & Drums

Sue Richards

Bonnie Rideout

Maggie Sansone

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Links We Like

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1. Maggie's Music Artists
2. Retailers and Distributors
3. Hammered Dulcimer Resources
4. Musicians, Instrument Builders, Collaborations
5. Annual Events
6. Organizations and Other Music Resources
7. Radio Sites
8. Art & Fun Stuff

Maggies Music Recording Artists' Websites

• Al Petteway & Amy White
• Bonnie Rideout
• City of Washington Pipe Band
• Ensemble Galilei
• Hesperus Early Music Ensemble (Music director, Tina Chancey)
• Tina Chancey ( viola da gamba)
• Jody Marshall
• Karen Ashbrook & Paul Oorts, Ceoltoiri Irish Band with Connie McKenna
• Paul Oorts
• Ken Kolodner
• Robin Bullock
• Sue Richards
• Maggie Sansone

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Retailers & Distributors (wholesale)

Maggie's Music recordings also available from:

• Music Design --- Our distributor for spa, yoga, relaxation, gift shops & museums.
• Gourd Music --- Our distributor for historical America, Christmas, acoustic instrumental music.

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Library Distributors

• BWI TitleTales - book, music and video orders 800-888-4478
• Follett Library Resources - 888-511-5114

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Musicians, Instrument Builders, Collaborations

• Ballet Theatre of Maryland
• Bobby Read Small World Audio
• Sharon Knowles/Fynesound(Scottish Band)
• Albert Alfonso Bodhrans
• Ken Burns Films
• Dream Guitars
• Whistles & Bodhrans site
• Liz Carroll- Irish fiddler based in Chicago

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Hammered Dulcimer Resources

• Dulcimer Player News
  News and information for all dulcimer players.
• Renaissance Festivals & Podcast: www.RenaissanceFestivalMusic.com
• http://renaissancefestivalmusic.com/awards/
• http://www.renaissancemagazine.com
• Everything Dulcimer
  Find hammered dulcimer teachers in your area--includes Maggie's Music recording artists.
• DulcimerSessions-Mel Bay
• Northern Virginia Hammered Duclimer Players
• Dulcimers
  All about hammered dulcimers and other acoustic instruments.
• Nick Blanton Instruments
  Maker of Maggie Sansone's, and Karen Ashbrook's, custom dulcimers.
• Kitchen Musician
  Hammered dulcimer, living history, Scottish fiddle and traditional music.
• Gila Mountain Dulcimers
  Mountain dulcimer designed by Kerry Coates.
• http://www.dulcimers.org
• Dulcimer Shofar
  Middle Eastern supplies, dulcimer, music stands, bagpipe, shakere.
• The World Cimbalom Congress - Features all kinds of hammered dulcimers in the world!
• The Ballet Theatre of Maryland
• Mel Bay Publications
  "How-to" books, Maggie's Music books, Webzines articles;covers a wide range of musical instruments.

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Annual Events

• The Maryland Renaissance Festival
  The region's premier outdoor event and the second largest Renaissance Festival in the country--held in Crownsville, MD in late summer and early autumn.
• Pipers' Gathering
  This is a musical convention that features "alternative bagpipes" of all types--held at the Killington Grand Hotel & Conference Center in Vermont.
• The Upper Potomac Piper's Weekend
  Shepherdstown, WV
• Upper Potomac Dulcimer Festival
  Shepherdstown, WV
• The Augusta Heritage Workshops
  Ddocuments, promotes, encourages, and nurtures West Virginia's folklife and folkways--held in Augusta, WV
• The Swannanoa Gathering
  This is series of summer workshops in various folk arts held on the campus of Warren Wilson College near Asheville in the heart of North Carolina's Blue Ridge Mountains.
• Steve Kaufman's Instructional Kamps
  For all Kampers - past, present and future--get together--Discuss Kamp and share thoughts, photos, videos, music and more.
• Common Ground on the Hill
  Founded on the premise that there is a common human thread unifying all people expressed in our various artistic traditions.

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Organizations and Other Music Resources

• Washington Area Music Association
  WAMA is an organization of music industry professionals committed to raising the profile of Washington D.C.region's diverse music community .
• Sing Out! Magazine
  Home of Sing Out! publications--maintains a sizable multimedia resource center with a significant library of important books, periodicals, sound recordings, oral histories and photographs.
• The Washington Area Folk Harp Society (Washington D.C.)
• House of Musical Traditions
  A huge folk music resource and store with musical instruments from around the world, books, lessons and more! It's Washington DC's hot spot located in the heart of Takoma Park, Maryland.
• Fiddlers Crossing
  A great fiddle music catalog

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Radio and Online Music

• Fiona Ritiche's The Thistle & Shamrock
• www.celticradio.net
• John Diliberto's nightly music soundscape on NPR: http://www.echoes.org/
• Dulcimer Radio - the online radio station that plays all dulcimer, all the time!
  www.live365.com/stations/dulcimerradio
• Mary Cliff's Traditions . Washington D.C. best in Folk & acoustic music
• The Online Folk Festival
  Online Folk Festival is a tribute to folk and related music that consists of two components: Festival Radio and Folk Blog.
• SQUIDOO-online overview of Maggie's Music
• Rambles
  Independent on line reviews and more
• Celtic World
  Learn more about Celtic music
• Highlands FM
  Australian radio station that features Maggies' Music recordings
• Highlander Radio
  This is an award winning Internet radio station broadcasting a wide range of Celtic Music 24 hours day!

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Art & Fun Stuff:

• LeonardSansone.com
  The life and times of cartoon artist Leonard Sansone, WWII cartoonist and creator of The Wolf (GI Wolf).
•   SolarVillages.org by Richard Crenshaw
• Ben Crenshaw
  Ben Crenshaw is a website designer, a graphic artist and owner of Enchanted Glyph which features fine Celtic jewelry, wedding rings, playing cards, rune stones and many items based on Celtic, historical and mythological themes.
• Jacquie Lawson
  This is a wonderful E-Card site, join up to become a member.
• Irish Rain Photography
  The photography of two Americans living in Ireland.
• The World of Playing Cards

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