Links We Like

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.

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.

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.

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

http://www.my.calendars.net/ceolagusrince Irish-Traditional Music and Dance events.
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!

http://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