Resources


Member Bands

This is a new type of membership offered by AFTM.   See the "Join Us" section of the website to sign up your band.

The 145s 

(2013/1/31)

AIO 
Variety of potentially annoying instruments playing a variety of non-annoying music. 

(2012/12/5) 

The Blue Buckskin Whinchers
(2013-03-15)
 
The Carper Family
All-female old-timey country, bluegrass, and swing acoustic trio based in Austin, TX.

(2012-11-17)

Christy & the Plowboys
(2013-05-24)
 
The Good Earth
(2013-08-22)
 
Salt Rock Rounders - Americana and Old-Time String Band
(2013-01-23)

Our Supporters

Cabin 10

Coldshower Design

Ellis Mandolins

Fiddlers Green Music Shop

KOOP Radio

Texas Commission on the Arts

The Musicians Woodshed

Tom's Tabooley

Under the X in Texas with Ted Branson


Websites

The Old Time Jam - This is a great website to practice jamming with!

A Traditional Music Library - A large traditional and folk music library of songbooks, tune-books, sheet-music, lyrics, midis, tablature, plus music theory, chord diagrams, scales and other music educational & academic reference materials.

Digital Library of Appalachia - The Digital Library of Appalachia provides online access to archival and historical materials related to the culture of the southern and central Appalachian region. The contents of the DLA are drawn from special collections of Appalachian College Association member libraries.

Folk Music of England, Scotland, Ireland, Wales & America. Folk and Traditional Music and Popular Songs, with Lyrics, Midi, Tune Information and History behind the folksongs and ballads, including Francis J. Child Ballads and Sea Shanties.

Hetzler's Fakebook - a web based MIDI fakebook of 546 American Old Time, Celtic, English, and Welsh fiddle tunes.

NEW ENGLAND FOLK FESTIVAL ASSOCIATION -  Anything and everything folk....



EVENTS

2013 AFTM Mid-Winter Festival
February 2nd @ Daugherty Arts Center

 

2013 AFTM String Band Festival
October 18-20 @ Camp Ben McCullough

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