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The Appalachian Mountains (French: les Appalaches) are a vast system of North American mountains, partly in Canada, but mostly in the United States, forming a zone, from 100 to 300 miles wide, running from Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, 1,500 miles south-westward to central Alabama in the United States (with foothills in northeastern Mississippi), although the northernmost mainland portion ends at the Gaspé Peninsula of Quebec. The system is divided into a series of ranges, with the individual mountains averaging around 3,000 ft (900 m). The highest of the group is Mt. Mitchell in North Carolina (2,040m, 6,684 ft.), which is the highest point in the United States east of the Mississippi River as well as the second highest point in eastern North America.
The term Appalachia is used to refer to different regions associated with the mountain range. Most broadly, it refers to the entire mountain range with its surrounding hills and the dissected plateau region. However, the term is often used more restrictively to refer to regions in the central and southern Appalachian Mountains, usually including areas in the states of Kentucky, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia, and North Carolina, and sometimes extending as far south as northern Georgia and western South Carolina, as far north as Pennsylvania, and as far west as southeastern Ohio.
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Old-Time Herald Online - Journal of Southern Appalachian string band music.
The Old-Time Music Home Page - The Old Time Music Home Page is devoted to the preservation of American traditional music, especially the music of the Appalachian Mountain region.
Meta Description: [ The Old-Time Music Home Page is devoted to the music of the Southern Appalachians - primarily fiddle and banjo music as was popular between the revolutionary and civil wars. ]
Dance Community Website - Calendar of events, and directory of links.
Meta Description: [ The Old Time Music & Dance Community Website is available to anyone who wishes to add appropriate links to the pages.For instance: if your area has regular 'live music' contra and/or square dances and these are up on the web,you are invited to submit these links to our 'Dance Groups Links by stat... ]
Appalachian Music in Southwestern Pennsylvania - Music service that specializes in live performances and instruction in traditional Old Time fiddling and stringband music. Based in Pittsburgh PA.
Center for the Study of Southern Culture Home Page - Oxford, Miss.: studies all aspects of Southern music and culture.
Fiddle Tunes of the Old Frontier - A multi-format ethnographic field collection of traditional fiddle tunes performed by Henry Reed of Glen Lyn, Virginia.
Meta Description: [ This 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 Appalac... ]
FiddleFork Online - Fiddle player website made by fiddle players for fiddle players. Exchange tunes, news and events.
FiddleNet - Information on old time fiddling, upcoming contests, and links to related sites.
Hillbilly-Music - Country music history from the barn dance to the Opry. Photographs, profiles, and discographies of hillbilly music artists, groups, and DJs.
Meta Description: [ Hillbilly-music.com - Go back in time to learn about old time country music in the early days ]
Mountain Strings Dulcimer Band - New Jersey old-time band
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Mugwumps Online - Pictures, descriptions, articles, classified ads, history of vintage musical instruments.
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Old Time Music from 78s - Over 700 early country music songs and tunes from 78 rpm recordings.
Meta Description: [ Listen free to hundreds of recordings of old time music from 78 rpm records in RealAudio format, indexed by title, artist, and year. ]
Old Time Music Links - A collection of links to old-time sites.
Old Time Music on the Web - Collection of links to old-time and appalachian music sites.
Old-Time Music - Great old-time page with a history of the music and lots of good links.
Roots of American Fiddle Music - Ahmet Baycu's site devoted to American Fiddle Tunes and Old-Time Music.
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Stringband.com -- The Online Home for String Bands Worldwide - The online home for string band music, players, and fans.
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Sugar in the Gourd: Old-Time, All the Time - Features round-the-clock streaming Old-Time music, including Appalachian, String Band, and Balladry.
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www.FolkFiddle.com - Home pages of Jackson Creek String Band and musicians Katie and Joe Waller. Many links of interest to fiddlers and folk musicians.
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Yahoo Old Time Music Club - Club for old time musicians and music fans. Post and read news, views, events, notation, tablatures and links.
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