Wiltshire Folk Arts
Wiltshire Folk Arts
19 Whistley Road, Potterne, Devizes, Wiltshire, SN10 5QY
email: mail@wiltshirefolkarts .org.uk
Office: 01380 726597
Bob : 07714 550990
There are many Folk sites across the county, and the country. We want to foster as much contact as possible. So we list here all the sites we are aware of. Please contact us if you know of other useful sites we should add. Our prime interest is, of course, Wiltshire, but no man is an island...
Artists | |
www.dlbmusic.org.uk | Dave Brown’s Website. Musician, Caller and all round good guy of the Social dance scene |
www.bechler.free-online.co.uk/klof | Wiltshire Klof. Wiltshire Based dance band for barn dances, ceilidh’s etc. |
www.efdss.org/mayteach.htm | Good link to find teachers of Maypole dancing |
www.childrensentertainer-uk.com/ services.htm | Great website for Ticklish Allsorts, Children’s entertainer. You wont need another! |
www.guestlist.freeserve.co.uk | Extensive site for those looking for guests performers and artists of all kind. |
www.mikeharding.co.uk | Site of Mike Harding, BBC Radio Presenter of "Folk on 2" |
www.mikenicholson.me.uk | Wonderful Singer of Traditional and contemporary songs. Book him! |
evacassidy.org/eva | Website for the late great Eva Cassidy. Many other links contained within too. |
Ceilidh | |
www.webfeet.org/index.html | One of the only sites you will need for All Dance and Ceilidh from Martin Kiff |
www.poppyrecords.co.uk | Adrian Tuddenhams place for all sorts of things especially those really hard to get old recordings. Adrian is also a great chap who can fix just about anything electronic particularly if it is involving the world of sound. Worth a look. |
Display dancing, Morris and all things Ritual | |
www.morrisdancing.org/ finder/sfcgi.html | Side Finder. Are you looking for a morris dance side anywhere in the world?? Here you can find a morris man from Wiltshire to Hong Kong |
www.chippenhammorris.com | Local Morris heroes Chippenham Morris Men. Great site |
hipsandhaws.supanet.com | Local Ladies Clog Dancers. |
uk.geocities.com/mmorris01uk | Link to Devizes based Morris side Moonraker Morris. |
www.nyfte.org.uk | The National Youth Folklore Troupe of England. Great national organisation based in the Bristol area with a good long term plan to teach all young people to dance, sing and play traditional music and dance |
www.open-morris.com | Open Morris Web Site Morris dancing for all! Open Morris is open to any group or individual involved in the performance of Morris Dancing or allied activities. All sides are welcome - mixed, male or female, as are dancers or musicians who wish to become individual members. |
www.argonet.co.uk/users/ johnmaher/mmd | |
www.shortal.com/sarummorris | Sarum Morris is a great side residing and dancing in and around Salisbury |
www.englishfolkdance. org/cotsmorr.shtml | The English Folk Dance Project. THE BEGINNERS
GUIDE TO COTSWOLD MORRIS All you really wanted to know, and even some things you didn't. By Steve Douglas |
Education | |
www.nc.uk.net/home.html | link to the National Curriculum. Essential link for teachers. |
Festivals | |
www.chippfolk.co.uk | The Chippenham Folk Festival |
www.trowbridgefestival.co.uk | The Trowbridge Folk Festival |
www.wayaway.co.uk/whff | The White Horse Folk Festival in Grove, Nr Wantage, Oxfordshire |
www.sidmouthfolkweek.co.uk | The 2nd Folk Week after the re-birth of the BIG festival. Great week-long Festival by the Sea |
www.saintchartier.org/flash.htm | If you are into traditional instruments this is a must visit across the channel and meet the people that make ‘em. Great music too. |
Media | |
www.wiltshireontheweb.co.uk | Major guide to all things Wiltshire Traditions |
www.thisiswiltshire.co.uk | Best link to get to all of Wiltshire’s major newspapers. Swindon Advertiser, Gazette & Herald, Wiltshire Times and Salisbury Journal |
Folk Press | |
www.focsle.org.uk/SCoFF | The Southern Counties Folk Federation web site with lots of links to Folk Clubs and artists in the area |
www.folking.com | Great web site for just about all you are looking for in Folk |
www.folkaroundbristol.co.uk/ afd.htm | Nice site for contacts in the Bristol and greater area |
www.users.waitrose.com/ ~cresby/index.htm | Mr Red’s amazing site to get to everything you need including a lovely picture of Mr Red ‘imself |
www.folkmusic.net/listeningpost | The mail order service from Living Tradition Magazine. Lots of great albums |
www.frootsmag.com | the National Folk Magazine. Reviews, Articles and great listings from this high street Glossy’s web site Funding and grants If you need some funding then this is as good a place to start as any |
General Links | |
www.wiltshireway.co.uk/ index.html | A general website on Wiltshire items. |
www.folkcamps.co.uk | If you like your folk under canvas then try this one |
www.hedinghamfair.co.uk | Fascinating and beautiful site site for all you cards, books, calendars and all things to do with traditionand customs of the UK A must see site. |
www.aon-celtic.com | The Aeon Celtic Art site with a massive range of celtic designs and artwork available |
www.folkmusic.org | American Folk Web Site |
www.jg.org/folk/folkhome.html | Another folk based web site in America |
www.footstompin.com/ home/?fw1 | Foot Stomping Scottish Celtic Music site. If you are going to Scotland take this with you! |
www.optimismsflames.com/ 1nonanim.html | Extraordinary web site from Swindon Based XTC. Not particularly folk but worth a look for the strangeness. Good information contained in there somewhere on how to make a mummers kit ( if you can find it –it’s worth the search! |
www.commonground.org.uk | Excellent web site highlighting the need to connect arts, nature, culture and local distinctivness. Lots to see and read. Fascinating site. |
Local Authorities | |
www.wiltshire.gov.uk | |
www.northwilts.gov.uk | |
www.kennet.gov.uk | |
www.salisbury.gov.uk | |
www.westwiltshire.gov.uk | |
Folk Organisations | |
www.wiltsfolka.fsnet.co.uk | Wiltshire based organisation supporting and encouraging Folk Activity in the county. |
www.efdss.org | English Folk Dance and Song Society. A national organisation for all Folk. |
www.folkarts-england.org/ | Folk Arts England A superb organisation of all things Folk. Also has under it’s umbrella the Association Of Festival Organisers, Folk Arts Network, Shooting Roots and Direct Roots Directory. Links also to Mrs Casey’s Music. |
www.folksw.org.uk | Folk South West is the folk arts development organisation for the South West of England - working to stimulate enjoyment, participation and creativity in the music, song, dance and traditions of the South West. |
www.folkworks.co.uk | The Sage, Gateshead is the home for Music and musical discovery. An excellent place teaching our students about all aspects of music including the Tradition. |
www.folklore-society.com | Site to the Folklore Society |
www.tradamis.co.uk/index.htm | site for the Traditional Dance and Music in Schools organisation based in the South of England. |
Song Clubs | |
www.focsle.org.uk/ SCoFF/whitehorse | The White Horse Folk Club in Highworth, Wiltshire. |
www.theacousticroom.co.uk | home page of the Nova Scotia Folk club in Bristol for almost 40 years! |
Photographic | |
www.flickr.com | A great place to store all those really great pictures – and let everyone else see them too. |
www.bobnaylor.co.uk | Devizes based photographer of merit. Some wonderful pictures including early Bampton and folk events. |
Radio & TV | |
URL MISSING | BBC Wiltshire Radio - Extensive site with some folklore content and links to these pages |
www.bbc.co.uk/radio2/folk | BBC Radio Player – listen again to several folk shows on the Beeb. |
www.mikeharding.co.uk | It’s that Mike Harding again |
links to lots of online folk radio stations | |
www.liveireland.com/index.html | Live radio from Dublin City |
www.radiofeeds.co.uk | the Internet's most comprehensive and most up-to-date list of UK and Irish radio stations simultaneously webcasting live on the net. |
Recording | |
www.wildgoose.co.uk/ | The Wildgoose Label has an extensive catalogue of English recording artists. |
Resources | |
www.folkandroots.co.uk | A guide to the folk and acoustic scene, with information about UK folk gigs, folk concerts, folk festivals and hundreds of links. |
web.ukonline.co.uk/Members/ martin.nail/Folkmus.htm | The site with the best, and most, links to anywhere you want to go folk wise. Superbly run by the very busy Martin Nail |
Sessions | |
www.neston1.freeserve.co.uk | French Music and Dance Session in Chippenham, Wiltshire |
Tourist Information | |
www.visitsalisburyuk.com | |
www.sanddancer.co.uk/ wltshire.htm | |
www.potterne.net | The Village of Potterne’s web site. Potterne is where Wiltshire Folk Arts is based. |
Venues | |
www.lackhamcountrypark.co.uk | |
Other Links | |
Halsway Manor | |
Setandturnsingle | online magazine |
"The Dancing Master, 1651-1728" | An Illustrated Compendium by Robert M. Keller.
Very interesting reading! |