Academic Resources

Center for Appalachian Studies and Services

East Tennessee State University's center of excellence. Contains information on the Archives of Appalachia, Bluegrass and Country Music Program, Now & Then Magazine, and much more.

The Center for Popular Music

The Center for Popular Music is a research library and archive devoted to the study of American popular music, broadly defined. It is located at Middle Tennessee State University in Murfreesboro, Tennessee.

Country Music Bibliography

East Tennessee State University's Bluegrass and Country Music Program

East Tennessee State University is the only four-year university in the world with a comprehensive bluegrass music program. It offers a variety of bluegrass and country music courses, both performance-oriented and academic, which are electives for undergraduate credit. Minors in Music and Appalachian Studies are offered, to which bluegrass courses can be applied.

Folk Music Index

Listings of all the sources, both recordings and/or books, that are indexed are now available in three different alphabetical displays as described below. The listings include items waiting to be indexed. Sources arranged by recording

Library of Congress

Fiddle Tunes of the Old Frontier: The Henry Reed Collection

Fiddle Tunes of the Old Frontier: The Henry Reed Collection is a multi-format ethnographic field collection of traditional fiddle tunes performed by Henry Reed of Glen Lyn, Virginia. Recorded by folklorist Alan Jabbour in 1966-67, when Reed was over eighty years old, the tunes represent the music and evoke the history and spirit of Virginia's Appalachian frontier. Many of the tunes have passed back into circulation during the fiddling revival of the later twentieth century. This online collection incorporates 184 original sound recordings, 19 pages of field notes, and 69 musical transcriptions with descriptive notes on tune histories and musical features; an illustrated essay about Reed's life, art, and influence; a list of related publications; and a glossary of musical terms.

Folklife Sourcebook

A Directory of Folklife Resources in the United States from the American Folklife Center, Library of Congress.

Local Legacies web site

The John and Ruby Lomax 1939 Southern States Recording Trip

The John and Ruby Lomax 1939 Southern States Recording Trip is a multi-format ethnographic field collection that includes nearly 700 sound recordings, as well as field notes, dust jackets, and other manuscripts documenting a three-month, 6,502-mile trip through the southern United States.

Restoring the Voices

On-line project of the Black History Center of Southwest Virginia which contains information about the African-American heritage of the region. Of particular note is the information on the musical contribution of African-Americans to the region's musical heritage.

Southern Folklife Collection, UNC Chapel Hill