Acoustic Americana Music Guide Comprehensive calendar in and around LA.

Bandsintown Search by city, date, artist, festival, venue or genre (Folk, Blues, Jazz, Rock, Classical, Metal, and many more).

Bluegrass Country  Listen to Bluegrass  24/7. Check out livetreams, radio, festivals and more.

Bluegrass Etcetera Frank Hoppe, a former Caltech Folk Music Society volunteer! Frank’s show is now heard Thursdays, noon to 3PM on Bluegrass Country Radio.

Bluegrass Today contains news, charts, events, directories, and other of interest to the Bluegrass community.

California Bluegrass Association celebrates the diverse cultural origins of Bluegrass and Old-time music traditions

Celtic Colours This International Festival is held yearly in October on Cape Breton Island. Their website is loaded with videos from past performances.

Celtic Connections Glasgow’s annual folk, roots and world music festival celebrates its connections to cultures across the globe. Live streams and replays are often available.

Classical Guitar Events in Southern California A listing covering Los Angeles, Orange and Riverside Counties.

Folk & Acoustic Playlists Multiple lists, consisting of thousands of songs in the genres of Folk, Acoustic, Americana, and Bluegrass. Free to access on Spotify.

Folk Alliance International An international arts nonprofit and NEA-designated National Arts Service Organization is a community of passionate and driven artists, managers, agents, DJs, festivals, record labels, fans, and more.

Folk Music of Hispanic New Mexico: The John Donald Robb Collection. Robb recorded and transcribed over 3000 Hispano folk songs all over New Mexico and the Southwest between 1945 and 1972. This is a small sample of the collection.

FolkScene Allen Larman, Kat Griffin, Peter Cutler & Deborah Hand-Cutler continue the pioneering radio show started by Howard and Roz Larman in 1970.  The program features recorded music and in studio live performances.

Folkworks Just about everything you’d want to know about folk music and related activities in Los Angeles and throughout California and Nevada.

GrassGigs A new tool to find live bluegrass events near you. Concerts by name, city, venue or state are easy to find.

KPFK Roots Music & Beyond Americana to world music sounds, folk to funk, bluegrass to blues and beyond.

Live from Here hosted by Chris Thile, replaced Prairie Home Companion. The archive lists information about guests, venue, and dates they were performed and broadcast.

Mudcat Cafe Search for songs and lyrics in the Digital Tradition Folk Song Database, which contains about 9,000 songs.

News N’Roses A newsletter highlighting events and concerts in the Pasadena area.

No Depression The Journal of Roots Music offers stories, reviews, and musical playlists.

Performing arts Live Southern California’s most comprehensive database for theater, dance and classical music events.

Smithsonian Folkways Recordings is part of the Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage providing access to all of Folkways Records, which sought to record and document the entire world of sound.

Songkick Search for concerts by city, date, artist, festival, venue or genre.

SoundCloud Free service containing thousands of songs and artists.

Spotify Contains +70 million songs and growing. Free service, but login is required.

There Is A Season: The Pete Seeger Podcast Dedicated to rediscovering and helping to further uncover the music, work and politics of the American folk musician, Pete Seeger.

Topanga Banjo • Fiddle Contest & Folk Festival Started in 1961, it is one of the oldest continuously held traditional music events in the US.

Ultimate World and Folk Playlist Created for Spotify by Guardian Music, it contains 85 songs free to access.

Undiscovered Music Connect with thousands of musicians who’ve opted out of the traditional music industry and perform live shows at various venues: house concerts, listening rooms, coffeehouses, vineyards, public libraries, cafes & restaurants and other.

Youtube Millions of songs available for free. Search by an extensive combination of keywords. Enjoy playlists crafted by individuals, or groups, or create your own. As an example, listen to 500 Greatest Folk Songs.

World Cafe A daily syndicated show distributed by National Public Radio (NPR).  Showcases in-studio performances of new & significant music and the artists who create it.

Prairie Home Companion Rebroadcast was canceled; however, all shows were archived and can be listened to at any time.