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Links Index
The World of the Wooden Flute
Irish and Celtic Music Links
Links to Ireland
World, Roots, Folk and Acoustic Music
Bands, Musicians and Event Management
Instrument Makers and Retailers
Flute and Celtic Related Sites
Other Music Resources
The Arts and The Crafts
Health And Self-Help
Search Engines, Directories and Links
More KiwiCelt Links
The World of the Wooden Flute
In New Zealand:
- Ceol Aneas – New Zealand’s Irish traditional music workshops.
- Brendyn Montgomery – one of New Zealand’s star exponents and teachers of the traditional Irish flute. See also: Brendyn Montgomery Interview.
Around The World:
- Martin Doyle Flutes: ease of playing – quality of tone. Wooden flute maker from County Clare in Ireland.
- woodenflute.com – A site for everything to do with the simple system wooden flute, focusing primarily on the Irish flute and related topics.
- A Guide to the Irish Flute – good information regarding the Irish flute and some great interviews.
- Rob Greenways Irish Flute Pages – a great site about playing techniques for Irish flute.
- The Flow – a personal appreciation of Irish flute playing styles.
- What is an Irish flute? (Part 1) – and What is an Irish flute? (Part 2).
- Willie Clancy Summer School – teaching Irish traditional music at Miltown Malbay in Co. Clare, Ireland.
- Joe Mooney Summer School – teaching Irish traditional music at Drumshanbo in Co. Leitrim, Ireland.
- Boxwood – celebrating the traditions of the flute with annual festivals in Canada and New Zealand.
- Fluit Praxis – whistle and flute player/teacher Jules Bitter of the Netherlands is very involved in the Irish music scene in Holland and Belgium.
- Rick Wilson’s Historical Flutes Page – historical European and American flutes and performance practices from the Renaissance to the 20th century.
- The Chiff & Fipple Flute Forum – a vibrant on-line Irish flute community.
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Irish and Celtic Music Links
In New Zealand:
- Celtic music NZ – a complete resource for Celtic music in New Zealand.
Around The World:
- Ceolas – the home of Celtic music on the internet.
- Comhaltas Ceoltoiri Eireann – the music, culture and arts of Ireland.
- The Irish Traditional Music Archive – a multi-media reference archive and resource centre for the traditional song, music and dance of Ireland.
- International Traditional Music Society Inc – A non-profit organisation with traditional music links and resources plus the Wooden Flute Obsession CD’s.
- Rambling House – Irish traditional music site with biographies on some of the greats of Ireland’s traditional music.
- Irish-music.net – all manner of traditional Irish music links on a global level and includes the Irish Music Magazine.
- Brother Seamus – Seamus Byrne is a composer and performer who offers celtic music concerts and spiritual retreats.
- The Session – the exchange of tunes is what keeps Irish traditional music alive. This website is one way of passing on tunes.
- Nigel Gatherer’s Traditional Music Pages – a resource of all kinds of traditional and folk music, especially Scottish music.
- The Irish Tin Whistle – featuring the humble tin whistle.
- Arizona Irish Music Society – featuring the Irish music scene in Arizona.
- Mad For Trad – the home of Irish Music on the internet.
- Brobdingnagian Bards – Scottish and Irish songs – a renaissance in Celtic music.
- Celtic Radio – the home of Celtic music on the internet.
- Irish Music International – purchase Irish CD’s, DVD’s and video’s online.
- Trigallia – Biennial Celtic Festival in the Italian town of Argenta.
- tradmusic.com – international traditional Celtic and folk music artist database.
- Concertina.net – dedicated to concertinas, concertina music, and anything else related to concertinas.
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Links to Ireland
In New Zealand:
- The New Zealand Irish Directory – maintained by the Irish consulate, this web site promotes the robust connection between New Zealand and Ireland.
Around The World:
- Find It Ireland – information and links to all things Irish in Ireland and around the world.
- Irish Abroad – vast web site for the global Irish community. Directory/search engine, news/sport, chat/forums, shopping, travel and much more.
- @search.ie – a storehouse of Irish related websites in Ireland and abroad.
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World, Roots, Folk and Acoustic Music
In New Zealand:
- KiwiFolk – A huge resource for folk and acoustic music in New Zealand.
- Kapiti Live Music Club – a dedicated live music group on the Kapiti Coast. Club nights include open mic, guest artists and groups.
- The New Zealand Folk Music Forum – a great place for folkies to air their views and view their airs.
Around The World:
- The International Native American Flute Association – to foster the preservation, appreciation and advancement of the Native American flute.
- World Music Central – a vast resource for world music news, articles, CD and book reviews, links, information and education.
- Folk Alliance Australia – folk music news, views, music and CD’s, national and international links, forum, contacts and more.
- The Mudcat Cafe – A huge resource for folk music including the Digital Tradition – a searchable online archive of folk songs.
- Folk and Roots – a guide to the folk and acoustic scene in the UK.
- ezFolk – Richard Hefner’s instructional site for banjo (bluegrass & clawhammer), folk guitar, ukulele, and harmonica.
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Bands, Musicians and Event Management
In New Zealand:
- Flying Piglets – Gill Winter is an arts support and tour promoter from Waitara, New Zealand.
Around The World:
- Flook – UK based Celtic/folk band. The flutes of Brian Finnegan and Sarah Allen, the guitar of Ed Boyd and the Bodhran of John Joe Kelly.
- Fiddlers 3 – a high voltage Celtic folk band that jump start the atmosphere wherever they perform!
- Brendan Taaffe – In addition to his lyric fiddling, Brendan is an accomplished singer, multi-instrumentalist who plays guitar, banjo, ukulele and whistle.
- Keltic Country Promotions – A diverse selection of International Artists.
- Gerard Fahy – Uilleann Piper, composer and former musical director of Lord of the Dance.
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Instrument Makers and Retailers
In New Zealand:
- Laurie Williams Guitars – hand crafted guitars and mandolins from exotic and native New Zealand timbers – works of art!
- Burgin Guitars – hand crafted acoustic guitars, mandolins, Irish bouzoukis/mandolas, harps and traditional style bodhrans.
- Alistair’s Music – fine Irish/Scot/Celtic/Folk instruments, music and good advice. Ph: 04 803 3223, Cell: 021 VIOLIN.
Around The World:
- Martin Doyle Flutes: ease of playing – quality of tone. Wooden flute maker from County Clare in Ireland.
- Side Blown Technologies – David Chu makes mostly bamboo flutes and bamboo headjoints for Boehm flutes & alto flutes.
- Ray Sloan – maker of Uilleann Pipes & Scottish Smallpipes.
- Japanese Flutes – excellent information, photographs and links relating to the traditional side-blown flutes of Japan.
- 2 Measures at a Time – a site that provides information about the Dizi (Chinese Flute).
- Native American Flutes – a comprehensive listing of links to Native American flute makers.
- Tai Hei Shakuhachi – a total resource for traditional Japanese bamboo flutes.
- Wind Dancer Flutes – hand-made Native American flutes by Roger McGee.
- My Violin Shop – violins, fiddles, violas, cellos, strings, bows, accessories.
- Burnt Earth – Ceramic Musical Instruments.
- Orenda – high quality Native American flutes.
- Drum Factory – manufacturer of hand-drums and percussion.
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Flute and Celtic Related Sites
In New Zealand:
- Flute Focus – an international flute magazine published in New Zealand. A regular feature is the ‘Irish Flute’ page written by Brendyn Montgomery.
- McPhee’s Celtic Centre – McPhees of Wellington supplies pipers with kilts, bagpipe accessories, pipe tutoring and more.
- Kiwi Music Links Page – links to a broad range of New Zealand music industry sites.
Around The World:
- Andrew Crawford – Fine Decorative Boxes – quality flute cases for baroque, classical, Rudall and Carte and similar style flutes.
- The Wooden Flute Case Shop – Jim Bainbridge makes unique wooden flute-cases that are beautifully engraved with Native American symbols.
- Flute History – a site offering information and resources relating to the transverse flute and flute playing over the past 800 years.
- Flutes.tk – a portal for flutists, with more than 250 links to flute related websites.
- The British Flute Society – dedicated to the education of the public in the art and science of music and flute playing in all its aspects.
- FluteInfo.com – a site designed as an educational resource for flutists of all abilities and styles.
- Flutes are Fun – a collection of over 1,000 links of interest to flutists of all ages and skill levels.
- Flute 4U – categorised resource directory for everything about flute 4u.
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Other Music Resources
Around The World:
- Muzic Moz: The Open Music Project – a comprehensive directory of all things music, edited by volunteers.
- The Perfect Scores – high quality sheet music, for piano, guitar etc; and much more.
- Musical Instruments HQ – categorised resource directory for everything about musical instruments.
- Music Boxes and Musical Gifts – featuring a wide variety of music boxes from around the world.
- New Age Music Shop – music mosaic online shop.
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The Arts and The Crafts
Around The World:
- Galway artist Janet Vinnell – whose paintings bring to life many of the quiet and often hidden scenes of the West of Ireland.
- The Debs Woodturning – two conservation minded wood turners.
- Music Boxes and Musical Gifts – music boxes, musical gifts, miniature musical instruments, custom music boxes and a whole lot more!
- Nostalgic Metal Signs – retro nostalgic collectibles.
- Stunning Stained Glass – the beauty of custom stained glass art.
- African Wholesale Suppliers – authentic handmade African products.
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Health And Self-Help
In New Zealand:
- Free Meditation Classes in New Zealand – offered year-round by the Sri Chinmoy Centre of New Zealand.
- Bushlore – 100% New Zealand native medicinal herbs.
- The Tauhara Conference and Retreat Centre – a spiritual, educational and retreat centre overlooking Lake Taupo.
Around The World:
- Children of the New Earth – an online magazine devoted exclusively to the evolving needs of today’s new generation of Indigo kids and Crystal children.
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Search Engines, Directories and Link Exchange
In New Zealand:
- NZS.com – New Zealand web directory and search engine.
- mKiwi NZ Search Engine – New Zealand search engine and directory.
- NZPAGES – your New Zealand web site directory.
- New Zealand Search – New Zealand search engine and directory.
Around The World:
- DMOZ – The Open Directory Project – an open source directory project built by real humans.
- Search Sight – changing the way that the World Looks at the Internet!.
- DC2NET Directory – your directory portal on the web.
- Best Buy Online – best buy directory for buying everything. Only high quality merchants listing.
- Exact Seek – a web search directory which includes free site submission services.
- Free Website Promotion – offers free website promotion for webmasters and web site owners.
- One Mission – the directory created by the net.
- Test the Rest – a family friendly directory with content sites for the whole family.
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More KiwiCelt Links Here:
- Flute Playing Help – links to web sites dealing with flute playing help, teachers and musicians in New Zealand, inspirational interviews and articles on historical flutes.
- Sri Chinmoy Links – links to web sites relating to the activities of Sri Chinmoy and the Sri Chinmoy Centre.
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