Useful links

Teachers, tutorial sites, and learning aids

• BBC Virtual Session
• Comhaltas
• Tradlessons.com << Highly recomended
• Matt Tarling Fiddle Workshops
• www.IrishTune.info
• www.TheSesson.org
• www.tinwhistler.blogspot.com
• The Penny Whistlers Press
• Chiff & Fipple
• uTube.com
• Irish Flute Tunes - Hundreds of tunes played slow and fast
• Wild Dismay
• Nigel Gatherer dot com
• Wikipedia - Irish Traditional music sesssion

Instrument makers & suppliers

• Big Whistle Music
• Copeland Woodwinds
• Michael Burke Whistles
• Dave Shaw - maker of pipes and whistles

Specialist record & music suppliers

• Candy Rat Records

Bands & musicians

• Swing your partner - Lively Dorset based barn dance / ceilidh dance band
• Cat Lake Princess of Percussion
• Lunasa - site includes a shop to buy the band's CD's and tune books

Clubs, sessions & events

• Bournemouth Folk Club - Sunday evenings at Centre Stage, next to The Pig & Whistle
• SAD Folk - Somerset & Dorset Folk Events Diary
• Sunray Folk Club - Broadmayne Village Hall, Dorset
• Wessex Accoustic - Wednesday nights at The Dorset Soldier, Corfe Mullen, Wimborne
• Folk Camps - For those who love folk festivals and camping

Software tools

• Free MP3 editor (you'll need this too)

Streaming Audio and Video sites

• BBC (deep link into the Radio 2 Folk music site)
• RTE - The Full Set (Irish Radio and Television site)
• Claire FM - The Kitchen Sessions

Music Shops

• Eagle Music - West Yorkshire based, good eshop.
• Hobgoblin Music - Stores all over the UK, good eshop.

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