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Collection of links to artists and management agencies concerned with classical music.
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Biographical information relating to the life and work of several eighteenth century English composers. Those represented include Thomas Arne (1710-1778), William Croft (1678-1772), Joseph Gibbs (1699-1788), and John Stanley (1712-1786). Where applicable, a discography is also included.
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Searchable and browsable listings of Bob Dylan's songs and albums. Lyrics are available for most songs, which are all available in RealAudio format. There is also a selection of live performances.
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Resource about country and blues musicians including Hank Williams, The Cannon's Jug Stompers, Jimmie Rodgers, Memphis Minnie, Blind Willie McTell, and The Carter Family. Provides biographical information and details of recordings for each.
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Collection of home pages devoted to specific topics of interest to musicians.
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Includes a gig guide and an artist browser with the current status, samples, and news on more than 100 European music artists.
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Searchable classical music information, offering news, concerts and vacancies listings, and a comprehensive UK directory of music addresses and links.
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Collection of photographs taken by Henry Diltz, the official photographer of the Woodstock and Monterey pop festivals, and of many album covers from the late 1960s onwards. Includes coverage of Chuck Berry, Booker T and the MGs, The Byrds, Jackson Browne, Joni Mitchell, Eric Clapton, The Doors, Bob Dylan, Jimi Hendrix and James Taylor.
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Searchable directory of music links, covering artists and agents, competitions, broadcasting, marketing, supplies and services, recordings and organisations.
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Collection of information about the Jamaican recording artist categorised into three areas covering his life, his music, and his legacy. Provides details of Marley's beliefs, politics, influences, lyrics, festivals, tributes, and albums recorded with the Wailers.
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Provides details of a Jimi Hendrix memorial project led by his family, with information and a discography of Hendrix's work. A selection of material including Purple Haze, Hey Joe, All Along the Watchtower, Stone Free, Foxy Lady, and Star Spangled Banner is available for download.
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Information about blues singers, arranged alphabetically by surname. Entries include Chuck Berry, Ray Charles, Jimi Hendrix, John Lee Hooker, Skip James, B. B. King, Jimmy Rushing and Otis Spann. Provides details of artists' influences, careers, associates, and musical legacies. Most entries are accompanied by 10 second song excerpts in wav format.
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Information about English singer-songwriter Nick Drake. Features a discography, lyrics, interviews, and an A-Z of Drake's life covering topics such as guitar technique, influences, and live performances.
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Index of sites relatings to a wide range of musicians and bands. Includes lyric archives, links to mailings lists, and links to digitised versions of songs. Indexed alphabetically, by genre and by resource type.
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Information on musicians, equipment, techniques, news and reviews for music makers.
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Information about jazz musician Benny Carter, including his career and current activities. Features biography, discography, image gallery and a list of forthcoming appearances.
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Searchable set of documents about Thelonious Monk, a jazz musician who contributed to the birth of bebop. Includes a discography of Monk's audio and video recordings, a selection of papers and articles about the musician and his life, quotations by and about Thelonious Monk, and a collection of pictures, magazine covers, and album covers from Riverside, Columbia, Blue Note, Prestige, and other labels.
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Guide to music artists, including information on albums, songs, publishing, and biographical information. Searchable by name, album, song, style and label, it encompasses a wide range of musical styles, including rock, country, reggae and folk. Also includes recent music related news.
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Provides a listing of significant dates in classical music history including those of births, deaths, and first performances of a range of composers and performers. The almanac is searchable by month.
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Set of alphabetical directories holding details of authors, directors, musicians, and artists, with information about their works. Provides access to Web resources, mailing lists, message boards, and chat rooms for each entry, and offers an opportunity to purchase selected materials.
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Collection of material including information about composers from Medieval, Renaissance, Romantic, Baroque, Classic, and early and late Twentieth Century periods. Covers choral, instrumental, and electronic music, opera, instruments, and theory and composition. Also provides birth and death dates of musicians, details of local musical events in regions throughout the world, and an index of fully searchable music databases.
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A searchable database of concerts. Searching is by artist, city or venue.
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Collection of information about musical composer Stephen Foster, who wrote 286 works in less than 20 years. Provides biographical facts, details of his professional career, alphabetical and chronological listings of his compositions, bibliographical information about material available for sale, and a selection of FAQs about his birth, family, lifestyle, and death.
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Listing of material covering all aspects of classical music in the Scandinavian countries, including orchestras, composers (native and societies devoted to foreign composers such as Strauss and Wagner), music publishers, and instrument makers. Available in Danish, English, Finnish, Icelandic, Norwegian and Swedish.
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Compendium of information relating to disco artists, DJs, producers, labels, and clubs. Also offers a disco radio station which requires RealPlayer.
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Information about the Velvet Underground, a group established during the 1960s and 70s. Includes a discography, a bibliography, full text articles and interviews, photographs, and details of bootlegs, films, videos, rehearsals, and live performances. Also gives news of reunion CDs and tours.
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