Old Time Resource of the Week:  Internet Archive (archive.org)

This amazing resource is good for many, many things related to our music.  There are 78s, LPs, etc., but also old books, tune …

Old Time Resource of the Week:  Transylvania JAM Teaching Videos

Lest we scour the Interwebs for tunes, thinking they are all somewhere else, why not turn to our own backyard?  We have wonderful folks here teaching old time tunes to young folks and they’ve created dozens of …

Old Time Resource of the Week:  Old Time Conversations

This was a new one on me.  I’m glad I ran across it.  High quality video conversations with old time musicians.  Most of the content looks to be for sale as DVDs or books, but there’s a great video of …

Old Time Resource of the Week:  The Henry Reed Collection

What a wonder that this collection exists.  Folklorist and fiddler Alan Jabbour interviewed, documented, transcribed, learned, propagated, and preserved as much as he could of Henry Reed, an amazing …

Old Time Resource of the Week:  Slower Than Dirt

For some reason there’s a heck of a lot of old time music on the West Coast.  This site from Seattle has a wealth of tunes and other resources, many of which you’ll recognize from my earlier posts.  Peruse …

Old Time Resource of the Week:  Soundcloud

This will take some digging and experimenting on your part, but there are some gems buried here.  Any keywords you search for will return as many puzzling false hits as actual old time music.  I had pretty good luck with 

Old Time Resource of the Week:  Adam Hurt’s Online Jam YouTube channel

Wow!  What a good resource for learning and playing tunes.  The one I watched had Adam on fiddle and Beth Hartness on guitar.  They played eleven D tunes, many of which we play.  The …

Old Time Resource of the Week:  Old Time Music on Bandcamp

Bandcamp, if you haven’t explored it, is like its own Internet of music, pretty much outside the world of the major labels.  Consequently, a good place for “our” music.  You can listen …

Old Time Resource of the Week:  Ballad of America

This ambitious organization seeks to make America’s diverse musical heritage an integral part of our youth’s education.  The very well-organized website includes a page on old time music with lots of …

Old Time Resource of the Week:  Mary Gordon and Hilary Dirlam Present

What better resource to feature this week?!  Many of you have well-thumbed copies of these books.  This will help them get into the hands of the next generation and beyond.  Mary …

Old Time Resource of the Week:  YouTube channel of Dave Wells

Oh, man, does he have some choice videos on his channel!  The ones with Greg Hooven and Rose Sinclair drew me in, but there are many, many other great ones, mostly campground jams from the late 1980s at Galax, Mt. …

Old Time Resource of the Week:  DrDosido ( Paul L. Tyler )

This site has an impressive set of resources and recordings.  Tyler is a Midwest-based folklorist and musician.  It is heavy on Midwestern music, as you’d expect, but there are plenty of Southern and Southern-styled fiddlers on …

Old Time Resource of the Week:  The Old-Time Jam website

This site promises to play accompaniment to old time tunes so you can play along.  It’s associated with the Brainjo Academy.  The Jam site appears to be free, with membership options that let you download MP3s and …

Old Time Resource of the Week:  Folkways Records Old Time catalog

Scanning through the cover images, I was amazed at how many of them I’ve owned over the years.  What an incredible resource!  They’re partnered with the Smithsonian now and you can listen to or download albums or single …