| There is a plethora of information about roots music on the web. Check
out some of these links.
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| Links to other artist sites around the net | |||
| Canada Council | Get that grant while there's still a Canada Council | ||
| FACTOR | Foundation to Assist Canadian Talent On Record | ||
| Ontario Arts Council | Big bucks for Ontario artists. Guaranteed! | ||
| SOCAN | Performing rights organization | ||
| Canadian Musician | Music biz magazine | ||
| ChartAttack! | Lists charts for college, alternative and indie artists | ||
| Country Standard Time | On-line mag covering mainstream and indy artists | ||
| Dirty Linen Magazine | Covers roots, folk, electric folk, and worldbeat | ||
| eye Magazine | Toronto weekly with entertainment section | ||
| Exclaim Magazine | Not very rootsy at all, but some good stuff | ||
| Folk Roots Magazine | One of the best of the British music mags | ||
| Globe and Mail | Tabloid version of Frank Magazine | ||
| Music Matters Review | Interviews, reviews - folk/roots/bluegrass/Celtic | ||
| Norris-Whitney | Publishes Music Directory Canada and Canadian Musician | ||
| NOW Magazine | A Toronto weekly with lots of entertainment news | ||
| Pollstar | Extensive tour listings | ||
| Sun Newspapers Music | A good site with no page 3 | ||
| Toronto Public Libraries | Canada/US phone direcetories, books, and Marian | ||
| Toronto Star | Toronto-based daily | ||
| Absolutely Folk | Cate Friesen's weekly folk show on CJRT-FM | ||
| Campus Radio Links | Contacts for Canadian campus radio | ||
| CBC | Our dollars at work. Please support the CBC. Broadcasts available in Real Audio | ||
| COMA | The Canadian Online Musicians' Association | ||
| Canadian Music Online | New Canadian music resource | ||
| Folk Alliance Conference | Long distance information give me Memphis, Tennesee | ||
| Folkbook | A site focusing on folk and acoustic performers | ||
| Harmony Ridge Music | A site focusing on women's music | ||
| Northern Journey On-Line | An excellent source of information about Canadian artists | ||
| JAMBC | British Columbia indie roots site | ||
| M.A.P. | Music Alliance Projects - Toronto-based world music organization | ||
| OCFF | The Ontario Council of Folk Festivals | ||
| Orchard Studios | A fine studio, with a cool page of web audio format samples | ||
| RealAudio | Get yer player here! | ||
| SAC | The Songwriters Association of Canada | ||
| Toronto Blues Society | It's blues, it's Toronto, 'nuff said | ||
| AVA Music | An excellent international indie catalogue & recording studio | ||
| Festival Distribution | Tons o' indie stuff. This is a serious catalogue | ||
| Malahat Mountain Music | Small but vital BC label | ||
| Record Labels | Stanford U's list of 1600 plus record labels. Find that major deal. | ||
| Canadian Music Week '98 | Bone up on who to fellate for that all-important CMW showcase | ||
| Waterbug Records | Fine source of roots music | ||
| Four Thousand folk venues | Yup, count em. Actually there's more than 4000 | ||
| Harbourfront | Lots of rootsy programming | ||
| NXNE | A very cool TO musical event, modelled on SXSE | ||
| The Oasis | Toronto's smallest concert hall | ||
| UFOJOE | An excellent list of Canadian Folk Festivals (highly recommended) |
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