Similar Folk-Song Websites that are County or ‘Area based’
Cornish, especially dialect
http://www.an-daras.com/music/m_dialect.htm Cornish traditional focus, including dialect songs
Hampshire Song Group
http://www.forest-tracks.co.uk/hampshirevoices/ or (http://www.forest-tracks.co.uk/). Lots of information about Hampshire songs and more.
Farne Folk Song Archive
http://www.asaplive.com/archive/detail.asp?id=H2000011 Good site to listen to sound archives, tunes and singers. Feels a bit ‘archivy’
Local Carols in UK
http://www.localcarols.org.uk/index.php places where local carols exist in UK and where sings take place, especially carol sings in the South Yorkshire andNorth Derbyshire areas
Scotland’s Songs – Learning & Teaching Scotland
http://www.ltscotland.org.uk/scotlandssongs/ Good site, rather schools focussed ‘it’s all here in Scotland’s Songs. Listen to more than 130 songs and tunes, in Scots and Gaelic, and learn about the long and rich tradition of Scottish music, still very much alive across the nation and known and loved across the world. There’s a short introduction to each song or tune, along with song lyrics and the musical notation for almost every tune
Yorkshire Garland Group
http://www.yorkshirefolksong.net/default.aspx ‘It is the Mission of the Yorkshire Garland Group to make Yorkshire’s Folk Song Heritage as widely and as readily available to the General Public as current technology and copyright considerations permit, and at no charge. Over 125 songs (so far!) native to or sung for generations in Yorkshire, to play and download for free. Also explore their history, lyrics, scores and much more’
– to be continued as more are known