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A Short History of Appalachian Traditional Music - http://www.mustrad.org.uk/articles/appalach.htm
Article by Debby McClatchy .

Amoskeag Music - http://hometown.aol.com/rkilham/Amoskeag.html
Historical musician Bob Kilham recreates the sights and sounds of antebellum America using original or reproduction instruments and primary source music.

Cecil Sharp in America - http://www.mustrad.org.uk/articles/sharp.htm
Article about his tour collecting Appalachian folk music.

Cowboy Songs - http://lonehand.com/cowboy_songs.htm
A reference library of classic western and cowboy songs.

Dr. Horsehair - http://www.drhorsehair.com
Recordings and banjo instruction books in the modern-day clawhammer banjo or frailing style and the old-time minstrel banjo stroke style.

Halcyon Days Music - http://www.halcyondaysmusic.com
Midi music collection of early American music of the 19th Century and early 20th Century, complete with scans of sheet music covers and lyrics.

Historic American Sheet Music - http://scriptorium.lib.duke.edu/sheetmusic/
The Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library at Duke University: Major collection of sheet music; digital images of 3042 pieces published in the US, 1850-1920.

Hutchinson Family Singers - http://www.geocities.com/unclesamsfarm/hutchinsons.htm
Biographies and portraits of members of this popular vocal group.

John Henry - The Steel Driving Man - http://www.ibiblio.org/john_henry/henry.html
Analysis of songs featuring the folk hero, including lyrics, sound files, and background.

Public Domain Music - http://www.pdmusic.org
Midis of public domain favorites.

Sons of Dixie - http://www.sonsofdixie.homestead.com/
Information on this vocal quartet who sings songs popular in the American South during the Civil War.

Southern Horizon - http://www.southern-horizon.com/
This Civil War-era band plays period arrangements on antique instruments.

Spanish-Language Social Music of Southern California - http://www.beardshampoo.com/Loscalifornios/History.html
Article about the preservation of the music and dances of 19th Century California.

The Alleghanians - http://www.geocities.com/hfsbook/tahome.htm
Full-text biography of the vocal group.

Till Family Rock Band - http://www.michaeltill.com
Brief illustrated history of late-19th-century "rock band" (playing on stone xylophones).

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