Introduction

The links you will find here are those I found while I have been surfing the web, or have been indicated by friends.
This list is not complete of course, and there are many sites with more links than here.
Each link has a small comment concerning its content, and the flags indicate the language used.
Vous pouvez toujours me faire parvenir des adresses que j'ajouterai dans cette page après visite.

General interest sites

These sites are interested in traditional music and danse in general.

Liste non exhaustive de concerts et bals folks en région parisienne http://trad75.free.fr/ simple and easy

Musictrad http://www.musictrad.com/ The "official" site

les nouvelles musiques traditionnelles en France, Chronique de l'AFAA http://www.afaa.asso.fr/c-17/ UA true offocial site.

France Folklore http://www.france-folklore.com/France Folklore official web site of the Confédération Nationale des Groupes Folkloriques Français, with information, concerning the federation, regions, contacts and more.

Lou Pelaya http://loupelaya.free.fr/ The web site of the "Lou Pelaya" society, which presents its activities, their instruments, costumes, dances, music and a few links.

Zic Trad http://tplantevin.free.fr/ The Zic Trad's web site, which proposes on-line games concerning traditional music and dance, courses glossaries and links.

European network for traditional music and dance http://www.eurotradmusic.net/ The web site of the European network for traditional music and dance, which proposes, a link directory, events, record labels, the network, agenda and a newsletter.

Michel Landry http://www.cvm.qc.ca/mlandry/folklore/ Web page dedicated to traditional danse from all over the world from the Michel Landry'sweb site, with headings for traditional dancing in Québec and Montréal, historical information, Cegep activities, English country dances, the dance of the month (dances with chorography, lyrics, music, and country map), documents on various country folklore dances and links.

Trad'évol http://tradev.free.fr/ The Trad'évol society's web site, which acts for promoting traditional music and dance, organising workshops, the list of which is available in line together with the registration forms. And of course some bals folk, shows and links.

Cric Crac Compagnie http://criccrac.compagnie.free.fr/ The Web site of the "Cric Crac Compagnie" society, which organises and sets up workshops concerning music initiation, drums, bagpipe, hurdy-gurdy, diatonic accordion, fiddle, etc.; with a presentation of the society, the pedagogy, the instructors, the agenda, some photos, the various workshops, the animations and the registering instructions.

Sympaphonie http://www.sympaphonie.com/ French language music portal, which offers services to musicians with Sympacontacts (concerts, forums, classified ads, training and polls), Sympaphonie (score search, music documentation, meeting point for choirs and links), Sympafolio (e-zine, readers mail, etc.).

Marc Lemonnier http://www.marclemo.com/ Marc Lemonnier's personal site which in addition of pages dedicated to climbing, the Cévennes, his musician life, advices to musicians, and the bands he plays with, presents a page dedicated to traditional music and dances with scores in MIDI format (sometimes in JPG), as well as dance explanations, Pan flute, etc.

Alain Cortial http://alain.cortial.net/perso/ Alain Cortial's personal web site, of which a part is dedicated to the history of traditional music, with the folk years, music and texts, instruments, dances and frequently asked questions. The second part is dedicated to drawings from a webmaster's ancestor about Ardèche.

FNFF http://perso.wanadoo.fr/folklore.francais/index.htm Web site of the "Fédération Nationale du Folklore Français" (FNFF), with links to the affiliated groups in 18 provinces, the federation presentation, their e-zine (Us et Costumes), the agenda of the groups, the " payse de France", the managing comity, their music band, some links and a map showing the festivals they have been involved in.

Editions du Guépard http://editions.guepard.free.fr/ Edition du Guépard's web site dedicated to understanding traditional music, with documents, scores in GIF and MIDI formats, their artists, some links and an agenda.

Danses en Ile de Folk http://danseseniledefolk.free.fr/ The Internet site of the " Danses en Ile de Folk " society, which wants to gather everyone passionate with traditional culture in any form, with a presentation of the society, the information letter, dance cards with score and MIDI, some links, events and much more information.

IfDO http://ifdo.pugmarks.com/ Internet site of the international dance group from Ottawa in Canada, with a presentation, gaols, and dances classified by name or country, MIDI files, and classified links.

Folkdancemusic http://folkdancemusic.net/ Folkdancemusic Internet site, which contains more than 2000 dances from all over the world, classified by country or name. Each dance may include an explanation page, a MP3 audio file, lyrics, VMW video. There are also contacts, request form, and links.

Cantharella http://site.voila.fr/cantharella The Internet site of the Cantharella society, dedicated to the promotion of traditional music, with the music workshops timetable (diatonic accordion, band music), their agenda, some scores and tablatures in format formats JPG, MID, PDF and TEF, and some links

Danses et Musiques Traditionnelles http://www.chants-danses-france.com/ The Internet site of the Danses et Musiques Traditionnelles society from Soissons, with links to the bands Contrerond and La Rochonnière, workshops, bals, courses, publishing (tunebooks, tapes, CD), documents (archive, photos, etc.) and some links.

L'ADP http://www.adp-danse.com/ The Intenret site of the L'ADP society including researchers, dancers and musicians with apresentation of the society, its publications, the workshops, and a document explaining their philosophy.

Regional sites

These sites are interested in traditional music and dance from a particular region.

Musique traditionnelle du Comté de Nice http://mtcn.free.fr/ Everything concerning traditions of Comté de Nice, Provence, and Italian Piemont with Instruments, dances, the repertory (MIDI files, music sheets, lyrics), bibliography, discography, and others infos.

Bernard Loffet, luthier à Caudan en Bretagne. http://perso.wanadoo.fr/diato/homepage.htm Quite a lot of scores, tablatures and links to other sites from Brittany.

The castle of Plaix http://plaix.free.fr/ The Thiaulins de Lignères (Berry) and Plaix castle web site, with information concerning the group, musicians, activities, museum, music (scores in abc, tunes in RealAudio), instruments, dances and contacts.

Dance, music and oral tradition in Morvan http://perso.wanadoo.fr/memoires-vives/index.htm This web site concerning dance, music and oral traditions in Morvan, includes pages dedicated to Union des groupes et musiciens du Morvan (UGMM), Mémoire vives du Morvan, as well as their activities and contacts.

AMTA http://www.amta.com.fr/ The AMTA's web site, which includes all information concerning traditional music and dance in Auvergne (musicians, intrument makers, training, production and news).

Arromic http://perso.wanadoo.fr/esquirol/ The Arromic web site related to traditional music and dance from the Bordeaux area. With links to societies and bands, tunes in abc format, links, etc…

Passé composé http://www.chez.com/passecompose/ The "Passé composé" web site from the Saint-Etienne area, where one can find information, diatonic accordion tablatures, dances explanations, and a few links.

Croq'Folk http://perso.wanadoo.fr/associations.pelussin//croqfolk/ "Croq'Folk"society web site (Pilat area) with information, photos, dances explanations, tunes in RealAudio format, etc…

la veillée limousine http://veilleelimousine.com The web site of "la veillée limousine", a web precursor, with a presentation of the association, the exhibitions, their agenda, the courses, the contacts, the Limousin province and links.

La Compagnie du rigodon http://compagnie.rigodon.free.fr/ La Compagnie du rigodon (Dauphiné) presents workshops for music and dance, agenda, photos, links, records, scores in Midi format, as well as links to the music bands "Les violons du rigodon"and "Drailles".

Tutti in piazza http://www.chez.com/tutti/ The web site of "Tutti in piazza" society, which acts for traditional music and dance in Corsica, with information on music and dance, agenda, scores (Midi) and links.

Folkmusic http://www.folkmusic.dk/ A Danish web site which contains information concerning bands, music, links, scores, etc….

TradLor http://www.tradlor.org/ The TradLor web site for promoting traditional music and dance in Lorraine. With an agenda, music bands, folklore groups, societies, links, etc…

La Gigouillette http://gigouillette.free.fr/ The web site of "La Gigouillette" society in Haute-Savoie (Alpes), which displays its activities, agenda, tunes in MUS, MIDI and ABC formats, as well as links.

Pouëvr' et seu http://pouevretseu.free.fr/ The web site of the "Pouëvr' et seu" society, dedicated to music and danse from Brittany (Vannes and Nantes area), with information concerning the society, the band, some Kas abarh scores (abc, midi, pdf) and links.

bourdoncampus http://bourdoncampus.free.fr/V2/ Web site dedicated to traditional music and dance from Nord-Pas-de-Calais and surrounding areas, with pages for bands, societies, an agenda, a forum, ads, links, etc…

Famille Poitevin http://poitevin02.chez.tiscali.fr/ The Poitevin Family web site, which concerns diving, and traditional music from Brittany, with some tablatures in Tabledit, Gif and Midi formats, as well as a few links, mainly from Brittany.

L'écho de nos montagnes http://www.echo-de-nos-montagnes.com/ The folklore group "L'écho de nos montagnes" from Annecy with an history and a presentation of the group, their performances, as well as a presentation of the "écomusée du costume Savoyard" in Sevrier.

Mal and Jo's web page http://www.downie65.freeserve.co.uk/index.htm Mal and Jo's web page dedicated to traditional music from Scotland, Ireland, Shetland islands, Europe and Israel, with tunes in abc and midi formats as well as their session in North Yorkshire and the Banoffi band's page.

Viellux http://www.viellux.fr.st/ The Viellux society's web site, which supports the traditional music from Centre-France, with a calendar, their activities and a link (at least now) to Musictrad.

Bal'Taquin http://perso.wanadoo.fr/baltaquin-folk/ The Bal'Taquin society's web site from Poitou, which describes the group, the Colombiers village, their activities, their regional events, with tunes in gif and midi formats, links, theater, etc…

Le Violon Bleu http://lou.cabrettaire.free.fr/ The Violon Bleu's web site dedicated to music for violin in Occitania, with an agenda, trad. events, ancient postcards showing musicians, music in Real Audio format, recording and book references, and links.

la bande à Michao http://labandeamichao.free.fr/gestion/index1.htm "la bande à Michao" web site with flamish receipes, information on beer and bouvier des Flandres (dog), as well as a presentation of the band, folklore (music and dance), and links.

les Gauch'nots et Gauch'notes http://www.gauchnots.com/ The "Gauch'nots et Gauch'notes" folklore group's web site which presents the group, exhibitions, costumes, evening gatherings, instruments, discography and links.

Christophe Pichot http://perso.wanadoo.fr/christophe.pichot/ Christophe Pichot's personal web site dedicated to traditional music and dance from Poitou with links to local groups and other folk sites, an agenda and more.

SylPhane http://perso.wanadoo.fr/sylphane/ Web site dedicated to traditional music and dance in the Alpes de Haute-Provence with an agenda, some photos, links to hosted groups pages or web sites, other links, a page dedicated to Ireland and another one to beer.

Guy Leroux http://www.rocler.qc.ca/morazain/callnet/ Web site from Québec by Guy Leroux who presents dances from the Belle Province and a theory concerning the calling technique, as well as a few Québec links.

Thirty Below http://www.qbc.clic.net/~thirtybe/ Thirty Below is the Web site of the traditional music from Québec, with the agendas of dances, shows and festivals, new books and records, a CD catalogue and links.

Daniel Frouvelle http://perso.club-internet.fr/dfrouvelle/index.htm The Daniel Frouvelle's personal site, who is an instrument maker, musician and teacher, dedicated to traditional music from Languedoc, with his catalogue, a hurdy-gurdy calculation software, workshops, courses, the Vius fextival, the agenda, his experience, the collectif des musiciens du Tarn and some links. There are some scores and MIDI in the Vius and Collectif pages.

Musique du Morvan http://musiquedumorvan.free.fr/ The "Musique du Morvan " web site by Daniel and Eric Raillard, who present their CD " jacques Luti ", their musical experience, technical scene scheme, the CD tunes in MIDI format as well as those from their previous K7 in MIDI and MP3 format, some links and a bonus made of tunes from Morvan in MIDI format.

La Bouèze http://www.laboueze.com/ The web site of the " La Bouèze " society, which is dedicated to the oral tradition in " Haute Bretagne " with a presentation, some news, the activities, their publishing offers and some links.

Sonerien ar mor http://perso.wanadoo.fr/divarrek/ The Sonerien ar mor society's Web site from Brittany with a presentation of the Divarrek band, photo archive, tune book with MIDI files, dances, logos, agenda, links, etc…

AccroFolk http://www.accrofolk.net/ The Web site of the AccroFolk society which promotes the traditional music and dance from Alsace and Territoire de Belfort, with a history of the folk revival, the local and neighbouring artists, the societies, some dance explanations, the workshops, the AccroFolk agenda, some souvenirs, links, contacts, etc.

Loupfolk http://loupfolk.free.fr/ The Web site of the Loupfolk society which promotes the traditional music and dances from the Beauvais area, with an agenda, the activities for the young public, bal folk, dance workshop, sailor songs and contacts.

Trad en 4 D http://traden4d.en-aveyron.com/ The Web site of the " Trad en 4 D " society which promotes the traditional music and dance from Aveyron, with a presentation of the society, some news, the workshops, some photos and videos, the contacts, some regional information, some links, a guest book, some ads, etc.

Le Mascaret http://perso.wanadoo.fr/trad.mascaret/ The Web site of "Le Mascaret" music band and the "Musiques et Danses Traditionnelles de Malartic (MDTM) " society which works for promoting, organising and diffusing the practice of traditional music and dance in the Gradignan (Gironde) area, with the activities, the location, their contacts, the workshops, the agenda, some photos and videos and a few scores.

Roc O Trad http://www.rocotrad.org/ Internet site of the Roc O Trad society from Roquebrune-sur-Argens in Var, which acts for promoting traditional dance and music in their area, with a presentation of the dance workshop, a workshop agenda, the Concordance European project , contacts and links.

Les Posen http://homepage.mac.com/israeli_folk_dances/vhome.html Les Posen's personal site who propose Israeli dance videos classified by title, type, choreograph and date. Each dance includes a reference page, lyrics with an English translation, and the video in QuckTime format.

A Stroll Kozh Yaouank http://a.strol.kozh.yaouank.site.voila.fr/ Internet site of the leisure society "A Stroll Kozh Yaouank" from Ploëmél in the Auray area, with a presentation of the members and musicians, an agenda, the tune list, some photos, the press review, the memorandum and articles of the association, and links.

Fil en quatre http://www.filenquatre.net/ Internet site of the " Fil en quatre " society, which is dedicated for promoting arts and traditions from Normandy, with a presentation, the instruments, the traditional games, the ancient handcrafting, the costumes, dances, contacts and some links.

La Jharasserie http://www.la-jharasserie.org/ The Internet site of the " La Jharasserie", which promotes and diffuse the various music styles from Poitou, with a page dedicated to each group or musician, culture from Poitou, the inter-poitevin festival, prices, tours, pedagogy, shop, links and contacts.

GALAOR http://www.galaor.com/ Site dedicated to the topicality of traditional music in Haute Normandie with the news of the month, a presentation of the GALAOR society, the agendas for concerts, workshops, and exhibitions, the activities, advertisement, local links, archives and contacts.

Cancoillotte Folk http://www.cancoillottefolk.com/ Internet site of Cancoillotte Folk, a web site made by folksies from Jura for folksies in general, with the home page, the agenda, information on workshops, the bands, tunes in GIF, MIDI and TEF formats, some dance videos (YouTube), the guestbook, a forum and contacts.

FAMDT de l'Ardèche http://famdt-ardeche.fr/ The internet site of the FAMDT in Ardèche, with a presentation, the agenda, forums, a list of associations, books, information letter, dances with videos, links, music including tunes in PDF format

Specialised sites

These sites are interested to a particular aspect of tradition (scores, dance, costumes, instruments, etc...).

Tradfrance http://www.tradfrance.com/ A large number of scores in GIF and abc format, mostly from France.

Richard Robinson's Tunebook http://www.leeds.ac.uk/music/Info/RRTuneBk/tunebook.html A pioneer for scores on the web, large collection from UK and Ireland, but also other European countries.

The abc home page http://www.gre.ac.uk/~c.walshaw/abc/ All you want to know concerning the abc notation system, with links to abc archives, mainly celtic).

Accordion Links homepage http://www.accordionlinks.com/ Accordion in the world

WEBPAGE of DENNIS HAVLENA - W8MI Mackinac Straits, MI http://edcen.ehhs.cmich.edu/~dhavlena/ For anyone who want to build instruments with a few money.

Musical Instrument Alchemy http://www.shol.com/bruner/ A few instruments to build and fingering for some others.

Accordiana http://www.cs.cmu.edu/afs/cs/user/phoebe/mosaic/accordion.html Another accordion site.

Irland and Centre-France http://perso.club-internet.fr/d140557/ Bénédicte et Dominique Renaudin' web site dedicated to music from Ireland and center of France, with scores in abc format and old photos.

La préhistoire du folk http://perso.wanadoo.fr/jimleb/ The Jean-Marie Leb's web site dedicated to his collection of vinyl records, classified by type, style, artist, etc…

Polyphonies et cornemuses http://perso.club-internet.fr/amanchon/ Dominique Manchon's web site dedicated to bagpipes and polyphony. Some scores and MIDI or MP3 files.

Iconographie de la cornemuse http://jeanluc.matte.free.fr/" Catherine et Jean-Luc matte's web site dedicated to the bagpipes iconography in France. Very rich, with a lot of references to artistic works and places.

Musette http://musette.free.fr The Avalanche Compagnie's web site with pages dedicated to bagpipes (history, cartoons, methods, links, etc…) and the band's page.

Diatonik http://www.diatonik.net/" A web site dedicated to diatonic accordion with information, scores (tablatures) in JPEG and MIDI formats, and a FAQ page..

Niepold http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/RNiepold/index.htm The Niepold family's web site dedicated mainly to traditional music instruments, with detailed explanations, a few scores (gif and midi), informations, etc…

Jean Banwarth http://perso.club-internet.fr/banwarth/" Jean Banwarth's web site who plays guitar and Irish bouzouki, with information concerning guitar, bouzouki, Irish and celtic music, tablatures, as well as links to Ceol, Djal and Dédale bands he is playing with.

Michel Renault http://perso.wanadoo.fr/michel.renault/ The Michel Renault web site from Limousin who presents traditional music from Limoosin and Louisiana. It hosts a few bands: Chabiran, Chantelebre, Musiqu'à deux. Bayou Teche and a history of Cajun music.

Yves Belotteau http://perso.wanadoo.fr/yves.belotteau/ Personal web site from Yves Belotteau who presents his genealogy, stammering, and a heading dedicated to traditional music with more than 200 scores mainly from Brittany, but also some bourrées, rondeaux and compositions, in MIDI and ABC formats.

Héloïse Couvert http://membres.lycos.fr/heloise99/ The Héloïse Couvert's web site who proposes amongst other artistic activities and information concerning her family, information related to accordions, with scores, MP3 and links.

Vielle à roue http://perso.wanadoo.fr/xaime/vielle.html Xavier Aimé's personal site dedicated to hurdy-gurdy with headings on learning, geographical location, forum, humour, etc…

Thomas Moisson http://perso.wanadoo.fr/denis.moisson/ Personal web site from Thomas Moisson, dedicated to diatonic accordion and traditional music, with headings on his CV, agenda, tunebook, tablatures (limited for the time being) and some links to the bands his is playing with.

Dansal http://www.gwalarn.org/dansal/ The Dansal's web site dedicated to dances from Brittany, with an excellent technical and historical presentation. There are also some links exclusively to Britton and Celtic sites.

Les Bourdons du Sud http://site.voila.fr/lesbourdonsdusud The Bourdons du Sud society's web site dedicated to hurdy-gurdy and bagpipe in the PACA region, with information concerning the society, some news, an agenda of the meetings, some photos, some scores in JPG and MIDI format and links.

Dancilla http://www.dancilla.com/ The Dancilla's Web site, which presents a database containing more than 1100 videos showing dances and music (MP3 and MIDI) from a lot of countries.

Traverse http://welcome.to/traverse The Web site from the Traverse society from the Moulin area, which includes " La fanfare de cornemuses " and the café concert " La lune rousse ", with a presentation of the various activities, the agenda, some articles, a forum, a few links, some photos, a few MP3 samples, etc.

Eric Bruneau http://membres.lycos.fr/breric/ Eric Bruneau's personal web site, who is interested by guitar, cajun music, mandolin, cistre, mandole, bouzouki, ukulele, banjos, Appalachian music, French songs, music from Québec and Acadia, with tablatures, links, info and more.

Jean-Marc Lopez http://membres.lycos.fr/lpz/ Jean-Marc Lopez's personal site, who proposes traditional music and personal compositions (free) scores in TEF, MIDI, MP3 and PDF, as well as some links and a selection of music softwares.

Concertina.net http://www.concertina.net/index.html The concertina Internet portal, with a lot of headings, which I will not detail here, but I advise to have a look at the Tune-O-Tron heading, which contains more than 500 traditional music tunes and a tool for converting ABC files to JPEG on the screen or PDF as well as MIDI.

Amuse-Danse http://amuse.danse.free.fr/ The web site of the Amuse-danse society, which intends developing the traditional dances and music from French provinces in Seine-et-Marne, with their objectives, their statutes, the agenda, links and more.

Edith Lozano-Huguet http://dansetraditionnelle.site.voila.fr/ Edith Lozano-Huguet's web site, a traditional dance teacher, with her CV, her teaching method, her dance list and links.

Patrick Saulnier http://perso.wanadoo.fr/patrick.saulnier/ Patrick Saulnier's personal web site (also named Marchand de sel) who is a diatonic accordion player, singer and story-teller and proposes some tales, a page dedicated to the Expression IV society with tunes in MP3 format, the Bourbonneux band CD with MP3 samples, a Chinese musical tale, a link to the polyphonic band "Maisnie Nostrée", and other more or less personal things.

Richard Francony http://membres.lycos.fr/rfy/ The Richard Francony's Web site, who is an electronic teacher and traditional musician . He offers his music notation software which allows typing scores, importing ABC format tunes, and generating MIDI files. There are also some links to sites with ABC tunes, a page concerning the fifre and the concertina, as well as a link to the Gigouillette de Salles group with an history, an agenda, the practice programme, scores in MUS format (Harmony ou Melody Assistant) and links.

François Izzi http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/francoisIzzi/ The François Izzi's Web site who is from Belgium and likes traditional music, the Celtic world, the Middle-age and religions, with some pages concerning the Celtic people culture, Ireland, the Tribal Souk society, trad music bands .('K Voel Me Belg, Ialma et Anakrouze), instruments (diatonic accordion and bagpipes), diatonic accordion tabs and the folklore group Tiroler Tanzgruppe.

Richard Darsie http://www.darsie.net/tuneweb/ The Richard Darsie's Web site who offers his tune book, mainly from the British Islands in GIF format with a few audios in AU format.

Compagnie Beline http://www.ciebeline.com The Compagnie Beline's Web site with a presentation of the compagnie and members, including Evelyne Girardon, the news, the shows, traditional song, discography, links and forums.

Cercle Celtique Campésien http://www.cercleceltiquecampesien.org/ The Web site of the Cercle Celtique Campésien (Champs-sur-Marne 77) with a presentation, the activities, the agenda, photos and links.

The Great Canadian Tunebook http://members.shaw.ca/tunebook/index.htm A Web site with Canadian tunes in MIDI, which can be downloaded. Simple and complete.

The TuneWeb http://www.darsie.net/tuneweb/ Richard darsie's Web site, which offers a collection of mainly Celtic tunes (Irish, Scottish and a few from Brittany). The scores are in GIF format and there are some audio files in AU format.

Jean-Claude Leyzour http://jc.leyzour.free.fr/ Jean-Claude Leyzour's Web site with a few tabs for diatonic accordion, MIDI files and links.

Folkloretanznoten http://www.folkloretanznoten.de/ Web Site with scores from various countries in PDF and CAP (Capella) formats.

Eric Raillard http://eric.raillard.free.fr/ The Web site of Eric Raillard's who is playing in Sédéloc, Le Gop, Maubuissons et Cælacanthe, where he is offering freely his personal compositions in MIDI and PNG formats. There are also some MP3 files, his contacts and some links.

La cabrette http://www.cabrette.com/ A web site decated to the cabrette with all information concerning this bagpipe from Auvergne, the societies, the events, the cabrettaires (musicians), teaching, making and news.

Diatonia http://www.diatonia.net/ Italian Internet site dedicated to diatonic accordion in Occitania from France and Italy, with tunes in TEF, MIDI and GIF format, sorted by dance types, technical aspects of the instrument, an Occitania map, and some links.

Christian Génieux http://perso.wanadoo.fr/christian.genieux/ The Internet site of Christian Génieux, with a presentation, the irish accordion, some tablatures, scores (Word, GIF), some audio files (MIDI, MP3), photos, the page of the Pure Malt band, and links.

Dia-tonic http://www.dia-tonic.com/ Internet site dedicated to second hand diatonic accordion sales, with consultation and dropping of offers, ans well as a contact and some links.

Grain de Sel Grain de Sol http://www.grainselsol.org/ The Internet site of the Grain de Sel Grain de Sol society, which propose workshops concerning the creative arts (Grain de Sel), diatonic accordion (Grain de Sol) and comedy (Graines d'ange), with for the diatonic accordion: the instrument description, a guide to choose a first instrument, the first steps, the tablature system explanation, some tablatures in PDF and MIDI formats, a link to Eric Brocard's site and some links.

Mondorganetto http://mondorganetto.interfree.it The Andrea Capezzuoli's web site dedicated to diatonic accordion with a bit of bagpipe where are: the history of accordion, various models, a maker's list, a European bands list, links to diatonic accordion and traditional music, some news, humour, his biography, his CD and links to the din delon band and CB'R studio.

Accademia del Mantice http://www.organetto.info/ The Accademia del Mantice's web site which proposes diatonic accordion courses in Italia or on line. The Italian version includes a presentation of the academia, the instrument, the courses and workshops, some scores in MIDI and BMP formats, the on-line courses, a student reserved area, the associated events, links, a forum, a newsletter and their contacts.

Mozique http://mozique.free.fr/ Internet site of Mozique, which coaches artists such as Christian Oller (diatonic accordion) and Indian dances of Annie Rumani, with a page dedicated to each artist, their new events or CDs, and some links.

Cornemuses http://www.cornemuses.fr Internet site of Jean Blanchard who is a pioneer of the traditional music revival, with an agenda, the bands and show which he participates (including samples), his compositions with audio files, an history of bagpipes, his discography, links and contacts.

Accordéons Dedenis http://www.diatos-dedenis.org/ Internet Site dedicated to the Dedenis accordions, with a forword, the accordion history, its anatomy, the Dedenis accordions, the questions some photos, links and contacts

Festival sites

These sites presents a festival with programmes, accomodations, etc...

Saint Chartier http://www.saintchartier.org/ The web site of the " Rencontres internationales de luthiers et maîtres sonneurs " at Saint-Chartier (36) with the programme and other onformation.

Gannat hhttp://www.gannat.com/ The "Festival des Cultures et traditions" at Gannat (Allier), with pages concerning the societies, the Gazette de l'Union (magazine), the Auvergne region, links, etc…

Trad'envie http://tradenvie.free.fr/ Internet site of the " Trad'envie " festival at Pavie in Gers (France), which takes generally place in May.

Transhumances Musicales http://www.transhumances-musicales.org/ Internet site of the "Transhumances Musicales" festival at Laas in Pyrénées-Atlantiques (France.

Joutes Musicales http://www.joutes-musicales.com/ Internet site of the " Joutes Musicales" festival, which generally takes place in May in the Provence verte in Var (Correns - France).

Festival des Sacres du folklore http://www.jolivettes-sacresdufolklore.com/ The " Sacres du folklore " festival is accessible from the folklore group " Les Jolivettes " web site. The festival generally takes place between May and June in Reims in Champagne (France).

Sur la route de Tullins http://www.surlaroutedetullins.com/ Internet site of the " Sur la route de Tullins " festival, dedicated to music from North America, and which generally takes place between June and July at Tullins in Isère (France).

Festival des Hautes Terres http://www.saint-flour.com/hautes-terres/ Internet site of the " Hautes Terres " festival, which takes place between June and July at Saint-Flour in Cantal (France).

Tradlig http://www.tradlig.it/ Internet site of the Tradlig festival, which generally takes place between June and July at Camporosso in Italy.

Le Grand Bal de l'Europe http://gennetines.org/ The Internet site of " Le Grand Bal de l'Europe " at Gennetines in Allier with all information for a good festival

Traditional music band homepages

These sites present one or more traditional music bands.

Folk Metiss'rare http://www.fmr.free.fr/ When bourrée turns to rock'n roll, what a programme! with information about the band (bibliography, musicians, tunes, lyrics, records), the stage (dates, photos, press), contacts, their technical setup, links, etc...

Laissezverdure http://www.laissezverdure.fr.fm/ The web site of the Laissezverdure group from Berry with everything you need for knowing them and getting in contact.

Les Forestins http://perso.wanadoo.fr/lesforestins/ The web site of the Forestins from Berry (music and dance from Boischaut)) with information on region costumes, music, dance, cooking, and contacts.

Vag http://vagfolk.free.fr/vaggroup/ Vag band web site with scores, presentation of musicians, CD samples, dates and contacts.

Termen http://termen.free.fr/ The "Termen" band's web site, from Brittany with scores in abc and pdf (tablatures for diatonic accordion) formats, their CDs, contacts, danses, etc…

Dait da zansal http://daitdazansal.9online.fr/ The "Dait da zansal" web site with tablatures for diatonic accordion, Midid files and links dedicated to diatonic accordion.

Mascaret http://perso.wanadoo.fr/trad.mascaret/ The web site of the band Mascaret from Gradignan in Gironde which is part of the the society Musiques et danses traditionnde Malartic. Information concerning the band and the society, and a few scores.

Bois sec http://perso.wanadoo.fr/bois.sec/ The "Bois sec" band's web site with information, dates, references and links.

Bayou Teche http://membres.lycos.fr/bayouteche/ The Bayou Teche band (Cajun music) web site, with a band presentation, their music, agenda and links

Couleur Tzigane http://couleur-tzigane.chez.tiscali.fr//index.html The Couleur Tzigane's web site, which presents the musicians, the tunes and references.

Potes Flor' http://potesflor.free.fr/ The web site of the female duet Potes Flor' with a presentation of the group, their CD, a few MP3 and tablatures, as well as dates, links, etc…

Folkadanse http://yo2.chez.tiscali.fr/fkd.htm The Folkadanse band's web site with a presentation of the band, the bal folk agenda, their tune book (score, tab and midi), information on diatonic accordion courses and links.

le Diabl' dans la fourche http://www.lediabldanslafourche.com/ The "Diabl' dans la fourche" band's web site specialized in traditional music from Québec, with their history, their agenda, a discography, press releases, shop and links.

Caramusa http://www.chez.com/caramusa/ The Caramusa band's web site from Corsica, with a presentation, discography, traditional instruments, photos, and one video.

Deuxième moitié http://moitie.free.fr/accueil.htm The "Deuxième moitié"band's web site from Morvan, with a presentation of the band, their discography, their agenda, and tunes from Morvan in MIDI, MUS, and MP3 formats

Arrière-pays http://arrierepays.free.fr/ The Arriere-pays' band web site from Champagne-Ardennes, with a presentation of the group, their agenda, mp3 samples and links.

Les Vaches Folks http://www.vachesfolk.fr.fm/ The "Les Vaches Folks" band web site, which presents in a humorous way the musicians, some mp3 samples, an agenda and links.

Cord'O'Vent http://membres.lycos.fr/cordovent/ The web site of the Cord'O'Vent band, which presents its musicians, tunes in TEF, MIDI, PDF and MP3 (future ?), as well as a page on music software tools and links.

Les P'tits Buvards de Bou http://membres.lycos.fr/buvards/ Web site of Les P'tits Buvards de Bou form the " La Fraternelle de Bou " society, which presents their flyer, the musicians, the bals, some photos, a page dedicated to hurdy-gurdy and some links to Galaor and Folk en Vrac bands.

Jean-Luc Barraud http://assoc.wanadoo.fr/f1jek/ Personal web page from Jean-Luc Barraud who is interested in amateur radio, and hosts the web site of Los Vironaïres from the AAEP society of Montembœuf in Charente, with a presentation of the musicians and dancers, their productions (CD, K7 and tune book) with audio extracts in RA and MP3, their agenda and links.

Mazurcade http://www.chez.com/mazurcade/ The Mazurcade band's web site with a presentation of the band, the musicians, the instruments, their agenda and some photos.

Revue de Bresse http://membres.lycos.fr/michelplatre/RBv1.1/ The "Revue de Bresse" band's web site, which plays music from Ain, Bugey and Bresse, with a presentation of the musicians, their instruments, their tunebook, some scores in ABC format and links.

Anno Heb Bed http://perso.wanadoo.fr/anno-heb-bed/ The Web site of Anno Heb Bed, a band playing sailor songs, with their "best of", their agenda, some samples from their CD, their favourite links, a presentation of the musicians, their tune list and some photos.

Cap'Trad http://captrad.free.fr/ The Web site of the Cap'Trad band which plays jazzy traditional music from the North of France with a presentation of the band, the musicians, a press book, music samples from their CD, concerts, technical instructions, photos; contacts and links.

Hartigan http://perso.club-internet.fr/hartigan/ The Hartigan band's Web site playing Irish music with a presentation of the musicians, their CD, some MP3 samples, their CD tune book in PDF format and some links.

Trivelin http://www.trivelin.be/ The web site of the Trivelin music band who plays traditional music from Wallonie and medieval period, with a presentation, some documents amongst which are some tunes in MIDI, JPG, PDF and GIF formats, their discography, some photos, their agenda and some links.

Pain d'épices http://www.pe.free.fr/ The " Pain d'épices " band's Web site, who proposes " a new interpretation of traditional music for dancing, in a new contemporary spirit ", with a presentation of the band, musicians, their CDs audio samples, a video, their agenda, the pro page and some links.

Cré Tonnerre http://www.cretonnerre.be/ The Web site of the Belgian band "Cré Tonnerre", specialised in sailor's songs, with a presentation of the band and musicians, their CDs with audio samples, photos, their concerts agenda, their e-zine, the Taverne (forum), a pro page, their shopping page and links.

Drôle de Groles http://site.voila.fr/droledegrole The Web site of the female band "Drôle de groles" from the Saint-Etienne area, with a presentation of the band and musicians, photos, their agenda, some links and their preferred events.

La Maisnie Nostrée http://la-maisnie-nostree.chez.tiscali.fr/ The web site of the " Maisnie Nostrée " polyphonic medieval song group having a song book from Boulonnais, Hainaut and Artois, with a presentation of the group, the agenda, some news, the past concerts, the technical description, some samples, the song of the month, collecting, song archive, etc.

Groupe sans Gain http://www.groupesansgain.org/ The web site of the famous band from Lorraine "Groupe sans Gain", which exists since 1964, with a presentation if the band, its records, some pictures, its history, the agendas (bals, workshops, trips), links, the website life and contacts.

Los Vironaires http://assoc.wanadoo.fr/f1jek/los.htm The Web site of " Los Vironaires " from Montemboeuf in Charente, with a presentation, their CDs and tune book, their agenda, contacts and links.

Mai Aqui http://maiaqui.fr.st/ Occitan band Mai Aqui's web site with a presentation of the musicians, their sound system, their instruments, their CD, some MP3 samples, their son lyrics, some photos, their agenda, various subjects (friends, influences, history, etc.), some files in MIDI format, contemporary song lyrics (pop), links and more.

Fafurl'Band http://perso.wanadoo.fr/fafurlband/intro.htm The Web site of the Farful'Band band from Haute-Loire with a presentation of the band, the musicians and the Cadanse society, the whole tune book " Airs traditionnels à danser de Haute-Loire " in MP3 and MIDI format, as well as a form for contacting them.

Réménilhe http://membres.lycos.fr/remenilh/ Internet site of Réménilhe band from Toulouse, with their objectives, a presentation of the musicians, their Occitanian bals, some links, some tunes from their CD in MP3 , format, technical information and their agenda.

Lou Bram http://www.loubram.it/ The Lou Bram band's Internet site, which plays music from Occitan Italia, with a presentation, an agenda, photos, instruments and dances.

La Quadrette http://jeanblanchardb.free.fr/quadrette.html The "La Quadrette" band's Internet site, which plays music, inspired from the traditional music from center of France, with some audio files (MP3), a presentation of their music, musicians, instruments, and some photos and links.

La Bergère http://www.labergere.net/ The "La Bergère" band's Internet site with information on the site (la bergerie), the webzine (la gazette), a presentation of the band and CD, Sylvie Berger's biography with her links, technical details and contacts.

Borkan http://www.borkan.be/ The Belgian band Borkan's web site, with a presentation of the band, their discography, their agenda, some photos their technical setup and some links.

Un peu frais pour la session http://unpeufrais.free.fr/ The site of the "Un peu frais pour la session " band playing Irish music, with a presentation of the musicians, their music (including audio samples in MP3 format), infos (contacts, flyers, technical details, links, photos, etc.), their agenda and Irish music.

din delon http://www.dindelon.it/ The din delon's web site with a presentation of the band and musicians, their discography, MP3 format samples, their concert agenda, a press review, some news, links and their contacts.

Rural Café http://www.ruralcafe.com/ Internet site of the band Rural Café who presents its " rural fusion" between Vivarais, Celtic countries, jazz and musette, with a presentation of the band, the musicians, their CD, their concert agenda, their workshops and some photo galeries.

Lou Celtic Travellers http://www.celtictravellers.c.la/ Internet site from the Celtic Travellers band, which mixes celtic and occitan music, with the musicians, some photos, their music with samples, the pro page, links and contacts.

Coriandre http://perso.orange.fr/coriandre.info/ The Internet site of the Corriandre band with various information on the band (music, musicians, archives, etc.), the society (presentation, agenda, activities, links), the forum, the Trad'hivernales festival, the pro page and the contacts.

Kroazhent http://www.kroazhent.com/ The Internet site of the Kroazhent band, with the news, a presentation, their agenda, their discography, the press, some links ant their contacts.

La Chèvre Rouge http://lachevrerouge.free.fr/ The Internet site of the " La Chèvre Rouge" band who plays a music at the crossroad of tradition, folksong and rock, with their news, their history, their agenda, the musicians, some photos, their lyrics, their discography, contacts and links

Osco http://www.groupeosco.com/ Internet site of the Osco band who plays music in Gard with influences from Languedoc, Provence and Cévennes, with their news, the band, the musicians, their agenda, a forum, some photos, some audio samples, their Cds, some contacts and links.

Sortilèges http://www.sortileges.eu/index.htm Internet Sitethe band Sortilèges with a presentation of the band, the musicians, audio, samples, their agenda, their work and some information.

Les Tigresses Diatoniques http://tigressesdiatoniques.free.fr/ Internet site of the " Les Tigresses Diatoniques " band who revive the street singers tradition, with slide shows, audio samples in MP3 format, links and a guest book.

Pic Note Folk http://www.galaor.com/ Internet site of Pic Note Folk band with a presentation of the band and musicians, the agenda, a photo galery, the press book, audio samples, links, contacts and the guest book.

Traditional dance teams

These sites present one or more traditional (folklorique) dance teams.

La Villotte http://www.chez.com/lavillotte/ The folklore group "La Villotte" from Normandy with information related to dances, musics, costumes, etc…

Pacotins & Pacotines http://pacotins.fr.st/ The Pacotins & Pacotines web site from Belgium, with information, and a few scores (Gif and Harmony) and MP3

Zirikolatz http://www.zirikolatz.com/ The Zirikolatz folklore band web site from Pays Basque, with a lot of headings presented as a tree. With information concerning history, geography, Basque language, dance, music, etc…

Accordanse http://la.ronde.de.chartre1.free.fr/ Accordanse band's web site from Wallonia (Belgium), which presents the musicians, instruments, dances and their performances.

La ronde de Chartres http://la.ronde.de.chartre1.free.fr/ The web site of the folklore group "" La ronde de Chartres " with the group history, he costumes, etc.

La Volte allanaise http://membres.lycos.fr/lavolte/ The web site of the folk group "La Volte allanaise" specialized in dances from Dauphiné and Provence, with a presentation, an agenda, some links, and a few tunes in wav, Real Audio or midi format.

les Jolivettes http://www.jolivettes-sacresdufolklore.com/ The folklore group Les Jolivettes' web site with a presentation of the group, the traditions, the costumes, the instruments, their agenda and links.

l'assemblée du vieux Lisieux http://perso.wanadoo.fr/adv.lisieux/ The web site of the folklore team "l'assemblée du vieux Lisieux" from Normandy, which presents the team, songs, dances, costumes, instruments, photos, their agenda and some cooking recipes.

Le quadrille vendéen http://perso.wanadoo.fr/lequadrillevendeen/ The web site of the folklore team "Le quadrille vendéen" with a presentation of the team, headdress and caps, costumes, music and dances, etc…

Livradoué dansaïre http://www.livradoue-dansaire.com/ The " Livradoué dansaïre "'s web site from Ambert in Auvergne, with a presentation of the group, its history, costumes, programme, the Festival "la ronde des copains du monde", Ambert, Livradois and Auvergne.

Les Rabalbots http://www.lesrabalbots.fr.st Web site of the folklore group Les Rabalbots from Charente with a presentation of the group, their festival, their agenda, their pricelist, and links.

Vitrifolk http://vitrifolk.apinc.org/index1.html The Web site of the folklore group Vitrifolk from Vtirival in Belgium with some information concerning the group (objectives, dances, photos, press, meetings, shows, etc.) and a lot of pages concerning the folklore music and dance in general.

Les Gâs du Tsarollais http://gasdutsarollais.free.fr/ The web site of the folklore group "les Gâs du Tsarollais " from Charolles in Saône-et-loire, with their dance and tune list, their founder (Joanny Furtin), their costumes, the agenda for their weekly workshop, some photos, the Charolles city, some links and contacts.

Le Berry http://www.leberry.org/ " Le Berry " folklore group's Web site with a presentation of the group, instruments, dances and costumes.

La Borrèia del castèl http://byc.ch/borreia/ The " Borrèia del castèl " folklore group's web site (traditional dance and music from Rouergues and Gévaudan), with a presentation, the dances, the musicians, the adults and children groups a photo album, their shows, the course schedule, their agenda, some links and Séverac-le Château city.

La bourrée d'Aurillac http://www.labourreedaurillac.com/ The "La bourrée d'Aurillac" folklore group's web site, with a presentation of the group, costumes, music, songs, dances, the history of the group, its discography, some links and contacts.

La Chavannée http://www.lachavannee.com/ La Chavannée's Internet site, which is more than a folklore group, with the history of the group, their agenda, contacts, the Embraud, farm, their dance and music, boating, links etc…

Hora http://www.hora-e-p-c-folklore.org/ The folklore group Hora,s Internet site, with a word from the president, the activities, the dancers, the musicians, some photos of their activities and festivals, some press articles, thier contact details and some links.

Reflets d'Alsace http://reflet.alsace.free.fr/ The Internet site of the " Reflets d'Alsace " folklore group acting for promoting traditions and folklore from Alsace in Touraine, with their performance list, the society, agenda, contacts, costumes, dances, the group, the band, traditions from Alsace, photos and links.

Hora http://www.hora-e-p-c-folklore.org/ Internet site of the floklore group Hora from Ozoir-la-Ferrière in Seine-et-Marne, with a word from the president, the activities, dancers, musicians, the archives, links and contacts.

les danseurs de l'Ile Jésus http://www.hora-e-p-c-folklore.org/ The Internet site of " les danseurs de l'Ile Jésus " (old name for the city of Laval) in Québec with an history of the group, the workshops, the musicians and teachers, their agenda, the traditions with lyrics, audio samples in MP3, the costumes, a photo album, some links and contacts.

Pays de Hanau de Bouxwiller http://hanau.folklore.free.fr/ The Internet site of the folklore group from the Pays de Hanau de Bouxwiller in Alsace, with their news, a presentation of the group, their exchanges with other groups, a photo gallery, links and contacts.

Jeune Champagne http://jeunechampagne.free.fr/ Internet site of the " Jeune Champagne " folklore group with their history, information, their agenda, the photos from their trips, dances from Champagne, research on local legends, and links

TV programme sites

These links are connected with TV programmes showing tradional music and dance.

Radio programme sites

These links are connected with TV programmes speaking of tradional music and dance.

Folk à lier, sur Radio Libertaire http://folkalier.free.fr/ The homepage of the only radio programme dedicated to traditional music in the Paris area. Guests, performances, CDs, etc...

Bourdon Campus http://bourdoncampus.dyndns.org/ The Web site of the " Bourdon Campus " radio program every Monday from 19h to 20h on Radio Campus (106.6 FM), with a summary page, an agenda for the events in the Lille area, the regional culture players, some forums, the audio archives, a lot of links, adds and more links to personal pages.

Magazine sites

The sites of magazines concerning traditional music and dance.

Trad magazine http://www.tradmagazine.com The only French magazine dedicated to traditional music and dance.

Ethnotempos http://ethnotempos.free.fr/Ethnotempos.htm The e-magazine Ethnotempos, which propose a free magazine that can be downloaded (PDF format) and concerns ethnic musics, which are not always present in the commercial channels

Folk'ça se sache http://fkcs.free.fr The Internet site of the " Folk'ça se sache" webzine, which wants to gather all information concerning the folk activity in the Orleas and Sologne area for a better and wider diffusion. The webzine is in PDF format.

General directory sites

This sites present organised directories where you can find traditional music links.

Mylinea http://www.mylinea.com/sonneurs/musique_traditionnelle/ The Mylinea's general interest web site, which had a few pages dedicated to traditional music.

Music directory sites

These sites present organised links related to music in general.

Musictrad http://www.musictrad.com/ The official site

Gwerz http://www.gwerz.com/ The internet portal for music from Brittany with all classified links.

ToutPourLaMusique http://www.tplm.com/rubriques/351.htm ToutPourLaMusique web site, which links to music resources on the Internet, with a heading dedicated to traditional music.

Ramdam http://www.ramdam.com/gen/folk.htm Web site dedicated to music in general, with links to all kind of resources, and particularly traditional music.

MusicT http://membres.lycos.fr/musict/ Web site of the Internet French speaking portal MusiT with an e-zine, forums, newsletter, download of music softwares and a directory.

musiques-traditionnelles.com http://www.musiques-traditionnelles.com/ A world traditional music directory with a potential content if we look at the continents and countries which are listed, but most of folders are still empty. To be followed up.

FolksyLinks http://www.folksylinks.it/ Mauro Ravera's Web site, who lists almost 3000 links to traditional music and dance Web sites, which can be sorted by name or country. To be visited if you are looking to trad links.

Freesheetmusic http://www.freesheetmusic.net/ English language Web site proposing a musical sites directory sorted by categories (instruments or type).

12 Trad http://www.12trad.com/ Directory of traditional music sites classified by categories and sub-categories, with direct links.

Dance directory sites

These sites present organised links related to dance in general.

Various directory sites

These sites presents organised links of various interests.

Sites where music is present

These sites might have some points concerning music.

Musiciens dans ta ville http://www.musiciens-dans-ta-ville.com A web site where you can view and contact musicians in different regions from different countries, with a few clicks.

Creative Commons http://fr.creativecommons.org/index.htm Internet site of an alternative author protection system based on the free circulation and use of works, with explanations and links to various national associations.

Musique Libre http://musique-libre.com/ Internet site of a society, which diffuses and promotes musicians who publish their work under free licences, with all information needed for understanding and participate to this system, as well as some links to free music.

Jamendo http://www.jamendo.com/ On Jamendo, artists allow everyone to download and share their music in a free, legal and unlimited way. All music types are present amongst which is traditional inspired music.

Sites where dance is present

These sites might have some points concerning dance.

Miscelaneous sites

All sites that can not be placed in the previous categories.

Shareware Music Machine http://www.hitsquad.com/smm/ Music software for downloading.

Groink http://groink.chez.tiscali.fr/ The web site of ABCNavigator software, which allow sorting, listening and modifying abc format files.

Théorie de la musique http://www.theoriedelamusique.com/ A web site designed for learning, improving or checking one's knowledge related to music.

Métronimo http://dictionnaire.metronimo.com/ The site of the practical and historical music dictionary (Métronimo) based on the Marie Bobillet's one published in 1926. Excellent site for obtaining any information concerning music dance before 1926.