Bluegrass & Old Timey Music - Links

Artist Pages
Net links to Home pages for Bluegrass and Old Timey music artists and groups.

Bluegrass Ring
A ring of about twenty bluegrass-related sites.

Bluegrass Roots
Estonian Radio Station has a fascinating site. If you want to know how bluegrass traveled so far, read the story. Also has a webpage for Peter Rowan, playlists, links, lists and lists of artists.

British Bluegrass Music Association
Verified list of British Sessions and Clubs. Full details of the British Bluegrass Music Association and its' purpose and organisation.

FolkLib List of Bluegrass Site Lists
A page of links to the top Bluegrass/Old Timey links pages - the ultimate list of lists.

iBluegrass
More than an online magazine, this site is a bluegrass clearinghouse, linking to hundreds of artists and festivals around the country. Loads slowly.

Insurgent Country
A German site dedicated to "alt.country" provides links, reviews, tourdates, lyrics, chords, pics, sounds and more.

New Zealand Bluegrass
Yes, even among the Kiwis...

Oklahoma International Bluegrass Festival
The last weekend in September in Guthrie, OK. This festival attests to the unprecedented spread of bluegrass music around the world, with groups from six different European countries.

Rivertown Bluegrass Society
A Bluegrass club based in Conway, SC.

Rounder Essential Bluegrass and Old-Time Releases
This page at Rounder's website lists so much classic music that it's instructive to browse the list of CDs. For the listener who doesn't know where to start, start here.

Santa Fe Trails Bluegrass Festival
Mid May festival near Kansas City, MO - near the start of the famed trail.


The Alum Creek Singers Columbus, Ohio. Quartet plays bluegrass, country, folk, gospel and a cappella.

Anger, Darol & Mike Marshall
Two of the finest acoustic string musicians performing today. They play fast and they play everything, combining styles with ease and fluidity that is positively frightening. Compass site is not very useful.

Atkins, Chet
Tribute site for "Mr. Guitar" includes bio, discography, news and more.

Bowers, Brian
The chief exponent of American autoharp. Bowers does it all - from classical pieces and old-time music to original songs that range from humorous to reverential.

Clinch Mountain Boys
Classic, traditional Bluegrass combo fronted by Dr. Ralph Stanley.

Craver, Mike
A long-time member of the Red Clay Ramblers, Craver also has two off-Broadway shows, an album of Carter Family classics and two solo albums.

Elliott, Ramblin' Jack
Legendary traveling troubadour, long time friend and compadre of Woody Guthrie and Cisco Houston. Still kickin'.

Fleck, Béla (and the Flecktones)
Fleck is an absolutely ground-breaking, original artist. Has taken bluegrass to new dimensions.

Grisman, David
Multi-instrumentalist.

Hot Rize
Sizzling bluegrass band. Site offers profile.

Jarrell, Tommy
Old time fiddler.

Krauss, Alison & Union Station
Signed at 14, singer and fiddler Alison Krauss is something of a phenomenon. Site offers bio highlights, discography, tour dates and a store.

Lewis, Laurie
Popularizing bluegrass, in the tradition of Allison Krauss.

Menius, Art
Old Time.

New Grange
Philip Aaberg, Darol Anger, Alison Brown, Mike Marshall, Tim O'Brien and Todd Phillips have created a new band combining traditional and bluegrass roots with classical and jazz influences.

Northern Lights
This band carries on the high lonesome sound of traditional bluegrass, adding influences from rock and jazz to classical. Vassar Clements occasionally joins them on fiddle.

O'Connor, Mark
Well-known fiddler.

Red Clay Ramblers
Official Site for the current, Grammy Award-Winning incarnation of the group.

Red Clay Ramblers
A fansite for the legendary band.

Reid, Harvey
Multi-instrumentalist and accomplished songwriter, Reid is one of the most versatile folk musicians in the business. His interests span classical, traditional, old-timey and fusions. Recordings for the real audiophile.

Squirrel Nut Zippers
Official site for this country swing band, the unofficial favorites in the swing dance wave that has swept the country.

Stewed Mulligan
Stewed Mulligan from West Virginia. Here's our Traditional & contemporary Appalachian/oldtimey fiddle tunes, originals. Numerous appearances on NPR's Mountain Stage, 2 time national banjo champion. Site has bio, gig list, MP3s, pics, links.

Top Drawer String Band
New old time band on Fossil Records.

Ungar, Jay & Molly Mason
Old-time music with a highly original sensibility. Ungar wrote "Ashokan Farewell," the immediate classic that became the theme for Ken Burns' PBS Civil War documentary.

Warner, Jeff
World-travelled traditional singer and humorist.

Watson, Doc
This All Music Guide site is an excellent resource for this seminal picker.

Williams, Robin & Linda
Popular duo with an old timey feel, often featured on Prairie Home Companion.

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