Links

How to Be Your Own Booking Agent: The Musician's & Performing Artist's Guide to Successful Touring by Jeri Goldstein.

A highly recommended book for musicians making income from performing.

Good articles here: http://www.performingbiz.com/?content=articles

 Local Musician's Websites

Bucket of Shrimp Ears

Cass Marie and the Black Feather Band

Zoe Chilco

 

Folk Music Organisations

The Woods Music and Dance Camp  August 11 - 16, 2010

Ontario Council of Folk Festivals  Check this site for the schedule of festivals

Folk Under the Clock (Peterborough)

Hugh's Room (Club in Toronto that specialises in folk performers)

Live@Jives  (Orillia and area)  Jennifer Ives' website. She maintains a comprehensive calendar of local folk events.

Green Bank Folk Music Society  (Green Bank  ON)

Renée's Café (South River ON)

Orillia Folk Society

The Canadian Guitar Festival

Penguin Eggs Magazine  ( A great bi-monthly publication on all music that forgoes distortion)

The Canadian Folk Music Awards

Northern Journey Folk Music (Gene Wilbur's website....has a great list of resources including a list of Canadian Folk Festival websites)

 

Folk Music on the internet

CBC Radio on the internet

Folk Alley FolkAlley.com is a listener supported 24-hour, online music service featuring folk, traditional, Americana, Celtic, singer/songwriter, world, and acoustic music.

Hober Presenting a cornucopia of unvarnished music from around the world!

Sunday Coffee House  A weekly radio program hosted by Greg Schatzmann, featuring music from the genres of folk, acoustic, singer-songwriter, Celtic, roots and beyond.

                                            Also on Canoe-FM (100.9), Haliburton, Ontario, Sundays 11:00am.