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SHLOMO PESTCOE שלמה פּסטקאָ
* Yummie * Musical Styles * Instruments * Features * News * Contact * Links * * Banjo Roots: Banjo Beginnings * * The Ekonting: A Link to the Banjo's West African Heritage * Please note: This is not a commercial site. I do not sell or appraise musical instruments. Please do not contact me to request that I identify and provide background information on a specific instrument in your possession and/or evaluate its worth. That's a job for an accredited professional appraiser, which I'm not. That said, I'll be glad to answer questions and discuss any subject I present here, so long as that one proviso is respected.
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Music Resources CD Baby -- The web's best source for self-produced, independent recordings of every kind, including hundreds of great trad folk, world, and kids/ family music albums. The Country Dance & Song Society -- CDSS has been promoting traditional English and Anglo-American folk dance, music and song since 1915. Country Dance * New York is their Big Apple affiliate which hosts weekly contra and square dances-- as well as English country dances-- at Metropolitan-Duane Hall, 201 West 13th Street at 7th Avenue in Manhattan. There's "always a live band and a caller who teaches the dances." The Delta Blues Museum -- A learning/ resource center in Clarksdale, Mississippi dedicated to perpetuating the rich legacy of this important African American regional folk tradition. It's housed in a fully restored railway depot to convey a sense of the daily life in the Mississippi Delta, the crucible of the blues in the early 20th century. Finale Note Pad -- A great easy-to-use music notation program that you can download for free! The Instrument Encyclopedia -- An online "sampler of some of the world's most interesting musical instruments." The International Music Archives -- "An educational resource providing extensive information about the music of our planet… Within each section you will find information about countries and regions and their musical styles, plus related sound samples and photographs." The Mandolin Cafe -- A great online resource for mando-aficionados with sections on chords and how to play. MC also has a very nice photo archive called Mandolin Postcards of the Past. Mudcat Cafe -- A cyber center for folk and blues music. Here you can find the lyrics to hundreds of songs and a cool kids' section which shows you how to make your own instruments! The New York Pinewoods Folk Music Club -- A venerable institution that hosts folk concerts and events throughout the Big Apple. Pinewoods provides regularly updated listings of folk and world music events in tri-state area on their website and in their newsletter. You can also call the FolkFone, (212) 563-4099, for weekly updated listings. The Puerto Rican Cuatro Project -- A bilingual online resource center devoted Puerto Rico's national instrument, the cuatro. It features in-depth articles with great photos and sound bytes about the history and evolution of the cuatro as well as other Puerto Rican instruments and musical traditions. World Music Central -- A very comprehensive online magazine and resource center for all forms of world music. It offers three excellent "click-on" glossaries covering World Dances, Musical Genres and World Instruments.
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* Yummie * Musical Styles * Instruments * Features * News * Contact * Links * * Banjo Roots: Banjo Beginnings ** The Ekonting: A Link to the Banjo's West African Heritage * Please s end mail to info@shlomomusic.com with questions or comments about this web site.Copyright © 2005 Shlomo Pestcoe. All rights reserved. Last modified: 02/01/09
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