Links

Bluegrass Organizations & Festivals

• Heritage Farms Bluegrass Festival hosted by Bill Jorgenson
• Downstate Illinois Bluegrass Association
• IBMA - International Bluegrass Music Association
• MBOTMA - Minnesota Bluegrass and Old-Time Music Association
• NIBA - Northern Illinois Bluegrass Association
• Northern Indiana Bluegrass Association
• SPBGMA - Society for the Preservation of Bluegrass Music of America
• SWBMAI - Southern Wisconsin Bluegrass Music Association
• WMBMA - West Michigan Bluegrass Music Association

General Information

• Doug Henkle's Wisconsin Music Site - including a very comprehensive list of Wisconsin Bluegrass bands
• Wisconsin Bluegrass Chatterbox - online meeting place for Wisconsin pickers and fans
• Bluegrass Unlimited - If you love bluegrass you should subscribe to this magazine
• Bluegrass World - check out their lyrics links
• Cybergrass
• Barb Diederich's Handy Bluegrass Links
• Mugwumps
• iBluegrass Magazine
• The Station Inn
• Bluegrass World
• The Bluegrass Connection
• Bluegrass Country
• Bluegrassworks - comprehensive website chock full of bluegrass news, resources and information

Instrument and Music Shops

• Janet Davis Music Company  -  All around great music store.  Janet has written a number of great instruction books various bluegrass instruments (especially banjo and DOBRO.)
• Hatfield Music - All around great music store.  Another great source for Banjo instruction materials.  His Bluegrass Banjo Method One and Two books\CDs are a must have.
• Mandolin Brothers, Ltd - As they say "Center of the Acoustic Universe." Great selection of instruments and always entertaining descriptions.
• Elderly Instruments - Huge music store in Michigan with a nice site.
• Homespun Tapes - A great source for audio and video music instruction.
• The Murphy Method - Great video lessons without tab for all bluegrass instruments.  Highly recommended.

Banjo, Banjo, Banjo (cuz' if it don't have a banjo, it ain't bluegrass!)

• Acutab Publications - Great source of Bluegrass music, videos, transcriptions, and host of the Acutab email discussion list.
• Banjo Newsletter - If you play banjo and have a mailbox this magazine should be in it each month!
• Cloverlick Banjos & String Instrument Services - custom built banjos using handmade tone rings
• Tom Biggs' Pre-War Gibson site - The best pre-war Gibson site that I've found on the web
• Greg Earnest's Pre-War Gibson site - Another good pre-war Gibson site.
• Steve Trussel's EclectiCity - Amongst alot of stuff, check out his banjo stuff.  The most complete list of banjo tunes and books I've found.
• Phillip Mann's Banjo Tab Collection and Bluegrass Information Site - Great collection of banjo tab and other banjo\bluegrass information.
• Banjo-L - A great banjo resource page including a HUGE list of 5-string banjo tunings
• The Banjo Hangout - Another collection of banjo tab.
• Paul Hawthorne's Site - Home of The Banjo Conservatory.  Great site with great links.
• Turtle Hill Banjo Company - Almost exclusively a banjo shop with a great collection of Pre-War Gibsons.  Some are for sale others are not.  Lots of good pictures of both types.

Mandolin (The instrument of the Father of Bluegrass)

• Mandolin Cafe - Great mandolin site for tab, lessons, message board, links, etc. Subscribe to Co-mando listserv.
• The Mandolin Page - A resource for musicians who play mandolin or other GDAE tuned instruments.
• Bluegrass Mandolin Home Page - John Baldry's site
• Mandolin Magazine
• Co-mando.com - Companion site for the comando mandolin listserv.

Guitar

• Flatpicking Guitar magazine - Bi-monthly magazine and CD subscription.  Good links
• Flatpick L - Flatpicking mailing list and link site
• Guitar Notes - Great resources, tab, links, etc.
• Bluegrass Guitar Homepage
• Flatpicking Tablature Database - tons o'tab!
• OLGA - Online Guitar Archive w/tab for all genres but good bluegrass collection too

Resonator Guitar (DOBRO)

• Brad's Pages of Steel - Great site.  Not just resonator guitar, but lap and pedal steel as well.
• Resonator Guitar website - Tab, links, etc.
• DOBRO Players Anonymous - Tab, links, etc.

Fiddle

• FiddleNet - old time fiddling
• Fiddler Magazine - home page for Fiddler Magazine
• Fiddles.com - Where Old-Time Fiddle Music takes precedence

Bass

• Active Bass - The online bass community, some bluegrass content.
• Kay Bass Information and Registration - all about Kay upright basses