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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
Media
Print
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
Radio
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
Music Sites
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
Record Labels and Distributors
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
Venues
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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