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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.
Liveplasma - Liveplasma (formerly musicplasm) creates intriguing music maps revealing connections between musicians, styles and musical epochs. Enter the name of a musician, and you'll see a collection of colored balls featuring musician names or bands as search results. The musician you searched on is at the center of the map, and closely related artists are positioned nearby. The size of the circle around a musician's name indicates popularity.
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.
Public Radio Music Source - This site helps you to identify and purchase the music you hear on public radio. Includes the playlists of many public radio stations nationwide. Broadway Shows - current season
Cajun/Zydeco Music & Dance - Covers music festivals, the full text of a Zydeco E-zine, a link to Encyclopedia of Cajun Culture, and even dance instructions!
Choral Arts Ensemble - (Rochester)
goldenrod music - Online music retailer/wholesaler for gay/lesbian/independent music.
Inner Surge - Intense, alt/punk/metal from Canada with something to say lyrically.
Lyra Baroque Orchestra - Lyra is a nonprofit Baroque music ensemble that presents historically informed, seventeenth and eighteenth century musical performances to a wide and diverse audience, utilizing period instruments and intimate seating arrangements to provide a meaningful, unique musical experience
Music in the Works - A site spotlighting a local Rochester, MN based jazz bassist. This web page serves as a links page to other music sites, and also features links to science-related sites. Within this site there is also a link highlighting the doings of a local jazz ensemble called "Con Brio," of which the webmaster is a member.
Piano Education Page - This site offers tips on learning how to play the piano, interviews with artist/educators, review of piano learning materials, and music files for listening and downloading.
Rochester Orchestra & Chorale -
Stage Stars Records - Stage Stars produces karaoke CDG's of selections from Broadway musicals. All albums are recorded in the original show key and show tempo and make a great rehearsal tool.
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. 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. Radio Free World - This site is described as an international airport with departure gates leading to online radio stations all over the world allowing you to listen to virtually any kind of music on the planet. American Historic Sheet Music -
Free Printable Music on the Web - A guide to some of the most commonly found music printing formats on the web. Each is accompanied by sample sites that employ this format and that allow music to be printed or downloaded free of charge.
Pepper Music Network - Claims to be the world's largest sheet music retailer. Searchable by keyword, composer or arranger, type of music (e.g., band score), or publisher. Order online or by phone.
Sheet Music Plus - Another huge supplier for popular and classical music titles. BluesNet - The longest-running blues site on the Web. Under Mentors, experts answer musical questions about jazz and blues.
Ceolas: The Celtic Music Archive - This directory of Celtic music on the Web includes information on artists, instruments, dance, and live music.
Christian Music: Music Connections - Provides access to hundreds of Christian music web sites.
Classical Music Search - Retrieve the title and composer of a melody you enter by clicking the mouse on each note. The database includes more than 1500 classical music melodies and includes most famous classical melodies.
Copyright Research Section - of the Music Publisher's Association
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.
DW3 - Classical Music Resources -
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.
Guide to Music For Your Wedding -
Guitar Lessons - This site offers 22 free beginning and early intermediate guitar lessons; more advance lessons require an annual membership fee. It also provides links to find a personal teacher, classifieds, guitar-related books and merchandise, and a downloadable collection of alternative, classic rock, and heavy metal riffs.
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.
Guitar.net - Another good guitar site.
Harmony-Central Music Shareware -
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.
Indie-Music - Offers impressive resources for aspiring artists and fans. The Education page features how-to articles, interviews, and recording links. Musicians will appreciate the touring guide and label information.
Jazz Roots - This attractive site captures the rich history of jazz and the blues with stories, pictures, and tunes. Features well-written histories of black artists and recording companies. There are links to many jazz sites, recommended jazz books, and a time line.
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
Lowland's Alternative Music Archives -
Lutheran Hymnal - mp3 and lyrics for lutheran hymns
Minnesota Bluegrass and Old Time Music Association -
Music Calendar - online calendar with up to date information on concerts, festivals, and other musical events
Music Notes - theory, instruments, history, professions
Music Notes - Music history, theory, and styles are explored here. Includes a glossary of musical terms and a database of instruments.
Musical Theatre Guide - An abundance of links and more for musical theatre fans.
Musicals.Net - Includes lyrics and synopses to about 80 plays, latest theatre news, and job postings. Lists shows in U.S. and London.
Musician's Health - An educational web site devoted to the understanding and the explanation of musician's injuries, along with guidelines regarding injury prevention, optimizing your musical performance, and for achieving an optimum state of health.
National Association for Music Education -
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.
Schubert Club - Includes information about performances, musical education opportunities, and Twin Cities' classical music
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.
Wedding Music Information Source -
Wedding Song Library - more than 2000 songs listed by wedding event - cake cutting, etc.
Internet Music Stores
Live Music
Minnesota Music
Music News and Charts
Online Radio Stations
Sheet Music
Specific Topics