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All Music Guide - A comprehensive guide to all forms of popular music and musicians. (Classical music is covered on a sister site, www.allclassical.com). The site is searchable by artist name, album or song title, music genre, or record label. Detailed biographies, reviews, and links to other Internet resources are offered for most artists. Discographies include detailed credits which are hyperlinked to other entries for performers or personnel. Overviews of genres trace the development of musical styles and identify key artists and albums. This is a good starting point for exploration of popular music.
Pandora Radio - Pandora radio is the personalized internet radio service that helps you find new music based on your old and current favorites.
SongFacts - Includes short summary data for thousands of popular musical tracts providing additional insight into the recording or creation of a popular song. This database is run by "amateur experts".
Yahoo's Music Links - Includes links to virtually every kind of music organized into categories: news, genres, charts, lyrics, and much more CD Now Music Store - Searchable by artist, title, song title, record label, or soundtrack. A complex search engine for classical music allows for searching by conductor, orchestra, and catalog number. Includes album reviews and biographical material about the artists with links to other sites.
Compact Disc Connection - This searchable database of compact discs in print allows many types of music searches. Choral Arts Ensemble - (Rochester)
Twin cities Jazz Society - MINNEWIKI: The Minnesota Music Encyclopedia - Minnewiki is an online reference about music-related artists, groups, and venues with a Minnesota connection.
Red House Records - Specializes in folk and jazz from Minnesota and the upper Midwest.
Rochester Civic Music - Riverside Concerts - Riverside Concerts is a City department that provides the community with opportunities for high quality, diverse, and accessible musical and educational programs. Billboard - This free web version provides some limited chart information, a searchable database of over 35,000 reviews, year-end top 10 lists, and sample tracks.
Gramophone - Includes classical music news and reviews.
Rolling Stone - Includes information on the latest rock news, concert information, album releases, and award winners. Go to the Gallery to see photographs of your favorite rock stars or browse the cover archives. Click on the alphabet bar to find information on different artists, or find out what happened on this day in rock history. Minnesota Public Radio - American Historic Sheet Music -
Sheet Music Plus - Another huge supplier for popular and classical music titles. BMI - BMI is a performing right organization: It collects license fees on behalf of its songwriters, composers and music publishers and distributes them as royalties to those members whose works have been performed.
Ceolas: The Celtic Music Archive - This directory of Celtic music on the Web includes information on artists, instruments, dance, and live music.
Country Music Television - Includes information on artists, songs, albums, and a virtual tour of the Grand Ole Opry.
Downloadable Music - An OverDrive Music title is a digitally-protected music file available for download. OverDrive Music titles are built using the Microsoft® Windows Media Audio format.
FindSounds: Search the Web for Sounds - This free site allows you to search the Web for sound effects and musical instrument samples.
(If your mind goes blank when you try this out, click the "Need examples?" link immediately below the search box.)
Folk Music of England, Scotland, Ireland, Wales, and America - A remarkable feature of this site is a listing of folk songs by subject, e.g., Songs of Love, Songs of War, Lullabies, Songs of the Sea, etc.
Fuller Up, the Dead Musician Directory - Organized by date and cause of death, includes some grave locations. Includes biographical information for many deceased non-classical musicians.
Guitar.com - Includes multimedia video guitar lessons from the likes of rocker Sammy Hagar and jazzman Charlie Hunter, music clips, chord and scale generators, discussion boards, tablature, insturctional articles, columns and interviews, and links to other guitar sites.
Hip Hop -
History of Country Music - Beginning with the first country music stars, Jimmie Rodgers and the Carter family, this site presents a detailed history of the genre recounts its many evolutions. Listen to clips of country greats along with performers of outlaw country and new country. For information on each period of country music, click on the icon to the left of each era.
KIDiddles - This children's music site includes song lyrics organized alphabetically and by category: traditional, fun, food, animals, nature, etc.
Ladyslipper Music - recordings by women
Lutheran Hymnal - mp3 and lyrics for lutheran hymns
Music Calendar - online calendar with up to date information on concerts, festivals, and other musical events
Music Notes - Music history, theory, and styles are explored here. Includes a glossary of musical terms and a database of instruments.
Musicals.Net - Includes lyrics and synopses to about 80 plays, latest theatre news, and job postings. Lists shows in U.S. and London.
OperaStuff - Provides lots of opera information and links to other opera web sites.
Reggae Source - Primarily a reggae music store, this site includes new releases, reviews, and audio clips. It also lists reggae clubs, events, and radio stations. The Rhythms section has classic drum-and-bass patterns that are typically sampled by producers and remade into new songs. Under "Crucial CD Picks", 17 reggae aficionados list their must-have reggae albums.
RootsWorld - Covers Cajun, folk, world music, and other types of music not in the mainstream. Searchable by region, genre, or artist.
Score Publisher - get copies of scores
The Song Tapper - If you can hum a tune, but can't recall the title, go to
this site. Tap out the rhythm of a song with your space bar, and the Song Tapper returns with a list of matching songs.
Internet Music Stores
Live Music
Minnesota Music
Music News and Charts
Online Radio Stations
Sheet Music
Specific Topics