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Folk art is, indeed, the oldest of the aristocracies of thought, and
because it refuses what is passing and trivial, the merely clever and
pretty, as certainly as the vulgar and insincere, and because it has
gathered into itself the simplest and most unforgetable thoughts of the
generations, it is the soil where all great art is rooted. Wherever it
is spoken by the fireside, or sung by the roadside, or carved upon the
lintel, appreciation of the arts that a single mind gives unity and
design to, spreads quickly when its hour is come.
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McGuinn's Folkden
Roger McGuinn in the folk tradition. Downloading music from Folkden is easy and you have a couple of options. You can either manually download songs directly from the Folkden Pages or you can subscribe to the Folkden Podcast and let your RSS aggregator download them for you.
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Folktunes.org
The Folktunes Archive for teaching and learning. We are building an archive of folk tunes with the eventual goal of making multiple versions of any folk tune you might want to hear or learn freely available.
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NC Folk Artists
Preserving North Carolina folk arts is an integral part of the folk art tradition and shares the stage with crafting and fine-tuning the various art forms.
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Folk Music Index
The Folk Music Index is an index to recordings of tunes and songs from traditional and contemporary sources. At present the database lists mostly recordings, but now also includes some of the major song collections and tune folios. The recordings indexed generally have a major emphasis on tradition based material from both commercial and non-commercial performers, including a considerable amount of old-time fiddle and banjo tunes. Although most of the recordings included are vinyl LP's, many have been reissued in both cassette and CD format and out of print material can often be found in both public and university libraries.
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Documenting the American South
Documenting the American South (DocSouth) is a digital publishing initiative that provides Internet access to texts, images, and audio files related to Southern history, literature, and culture. Currently DocSouth includes nine thematic collections of books, diaries, posters, artifacts, letters, oral history interviews, and songs. Some items of interests for Folk Art include War Songs of the South, The Southern Zion's Songster, Songs of Love and Liberty.
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More Folk Art!
Check out the collection for more Craft and Folk Art resources.
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