Acoustic Live
New quarterly publication focusing on New York City area listings and artists.

Alternative Music Press
CD reviews, features and midi-files in many alternative music genres including acoustic, folk, Celtic and bluegrass. High quality writing about important artists. Look into the Features and CD reviews.

Autoharp Quarterly
The magazine now has an on-line presence.

Canadian Folk Music Bulletin
Publication helps you keep tabs on Canadian artists and events. Includes reviews.

Dirty Linen
One of the most influential folk publications, DL covers a wide a range of musical styles from around the world. Known for in-depth features on major artists, scads of CD reviews (varying quality) and the comprehensiveness of its concert listings.

English Dance and Song
The English Folk Dance and Song Society publishes 'The Folk Music Journal' annually and 'English Dance and Song' quarterly, free to members. They also publish a slew of books on trad. topics.

Fast Folk Musical Magazine
Fast Folk was instrumental in the rise of singer-songwriters, publishing from 1982 - 1997. All issues are now available through Smithsonian Folkways, as well as a new 2-CD anthology of the NY Scene. Site includes 15 year discography and artist links.

Fenario
This site's own monthly compilation of great new, unreleased or indie cuts. Guaranteed to be songs you won't want to miss. There's also an index to all issues at this site.

Fiddler Magazine
What else? - the magazine for fiddlers. Great website offers article excerpts from current issue, plus a full article from each of many back issues. A few pages of sheet music are also available.

Fingerstyle Guitar Magazine
Good on-line features include a full transcription of a song from the current issue. Each issue of the magazine comes with a CD. Featured players include all the top artists.

Folk On Tap
The Magazine for the Southern Counties Folk Federation (of Great Britain).

Folk Roots
Glossy British mag has excellent articles, candid reviews, and CD with each issue. Embraces the widest range of what's considered folk music - big on world musics, lukewarm on American singer-songwriters. Site offers a sampling from current issue.

Folkwax
New weekly folk e-zine with news and links. Get it as a free e-mail (cool HTML version or straight text). Very good so far.

Guitar Sam...
Online e-zine publishes information on instruments plus guitar tips and interviews with artists.

iBluegrass
Along with magazine style features, this site acts as a bluegrass clearinghouse, linking to 100 artist/group pages and listing over 170 festivals around the country - just between May and Sept.! I believe my work here is done.

Independent Songwriter
Online magazine-style website features regular columns, reviews, advice, chatroom and free newsletter.

Irish Music
"The Monthly Folk and Traditional Magazine," published in Wicklow, Ireland.

John Doe News
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Mandolin Quarterly
The publication for all genres of mandolin music, from baroque to newgrass. Site teasers include sheet music for a couple of tunes.

Music Matters Review
New, slim volume of interviews and reviews with contemporary singer-songwriters.

Musical Traditions
This British on-line magazine edited by renowned melodeon guru Rod Stradling covers traditional music in England.

Penguin Eggs
Folk E-zine focusing on singer-songwriters and other popular genres including Celtic. Has feature articles, CD reviews and bulletin boards.

Performing Songwriter
This slick trade magazine's in-depth articles on popular stars give it general appeal, while columns on recording, voice, and gigging make it useful for pros.

Periodicals Index
A useful list of publications.

Pure Music
A new monthly e-zine covering folk, blues, alt.country and other roots/acoustic musics. Featured performers, reviews and online resources. Very cool.

Rambles
A cultural arts review magazine devoted largely to traditional and roots music. Features include Bill McCloud's enthusiastic concert reviews.

Root and Branch
Handsome multimedia CD/magazine from the English Folk Song and Dance Society, published twice a year. Issues explore one theme in depth: coming up, trad. music and the world melting pot.

RootsWorld
Ambitious new online "sharezine" focuses on world music and roots (blues, etc.). Subscribers received four free CD's last year.

Sing Out!
This stalwart of the folk revolution has published traditional, topical and activist songs since the 50s, along with in depth articles and reviews. Site gives headlines, audio clips of the year's songs and a 47-year song index.

Sounding Strings
A quarterly for traditional Irish harp. Site has only subscription and advertising info. plus a short summary of the last several issues with cover.

Speewah
A quarterly dedicated to Australian folk music heritage and traditions.

Traditional Music Makers
London-based magazine.

Traditional MusicLine, The
A magazine (paper and ink only) dedicated to traditional music. You can subscribe or get ad info online here.

Zen Guitar
For those who take their guitars seriously, beginner and up. A philosophical/spiritual guide to studying the guitar. If you're in a rut, just reading some of these articles can put you in a different headspace.