Links:

The BBC’s “Virtual Session” – You’ll find sheetmusic (including guitar chords) here, along with Session-style recordings:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio2/r2music/folk/sessions

The Whistle Shop - This is location of our Slow Session. The Whistle Shop specializes in Celtic instruments and sheetmusic:
http://www.thewhistleshop.com

JC’s TuneFinder – A great site to search for sheetmusic for just about any traditional Celtic tune:
http://trillian.mit.edu/~jc/music/abc/FindTune.html

Ceol & FPM Records - Great source of info for what's happening in Celtic music in the Midwest. Includes a calendar of events and a very good e-Mail list:
http://www.fpmrecords.com/ceol

Leprechaun's Gate - A 2 hour radio show that can be heard every Sunday, 1:00pm - 3:00pm (cdt) on WWHP 98.3 fm located in Farmer City, IL. It also can be heard over the world wide web by going to Leprechaun's Gate website http://www.lepsgate.com and "clicking" on the station's logo. Then "click" on "Listen live".

tourclare.com - Great site for planning your trip to Ireland.
http://www.tourclare.com

Amazing Slow Downer – I highly recommend this for everyone! It enables you to take any music CD (or music file on your computer) and slow it down to a speed that’s comfortable for you play along with, without changing the pitch (you can also change the pitch if you need to). It’s very simple to use:
http://www.ronimusic.com

Clips & Snips – Recordings of amateur (and professional) whistle players - lots of nice tunes:
http://www.tinwhistletunes.com/clipssnip

Wandering Whistler – Greg Mahan’s website, a very good source of traditional Irish sheetmusic:
http://www.tinwhistler.com/music

Stress Café – Listings of Irish music events in the Midwest:
http://www.stresscafe.com/music/givealisten/current.html

Chiff & Fipple – The best place on the internet for unbiased whistle information:
http://www.chiffandfipple.com

Elements of Irish Traditional Music - Learn a little about the different time signatures for Irish music here:
http://www.musicpresent.com/music-explain.html

Cuisle - formerly Cushla) An excellent four-member group, based in the Midwest. They tell me that they will be posting recordings of tunes at their website that you can download free of charge!
http://www.cuisle.org
 

Please send me an email if you know of a good link to add to this page!
 

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