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· Ashton Gate Music Workshop and Choir - Meets at Ashton Gate primary school: Class details, news and diary.
· Bristol Live Music - Gig guide for the city and surrounding area: listings, records for sale, news, reviews and contact details.
· Cactus Jazz - Music promoters bringing music from around the world to Bristol.
· Jazz Funk Soul Connection - University student society promoting gigs at the Anson Rooms. Gig listings and reviews.
· Knowledge Magazine - Locally based e-zine featuring reviews, club information for drum and bass, jungle, hip hop, breaks and street culture.
· The Martian Remix Project - Bristol based electronic musician offers modern-day psychedelic music for free download.
· Radio Caroline - The legendary 60s pirate station revived. Steve Satan's site on Caroline's broadcasts in the local area in the 1990s.
· Soultrain - Promoters of soul discos and live music. Describes early formation and DJs, lists current and past events and an A-Z of music types played with artist information.
AMATEUR GROUPS SEE BANDS
The Avonbelles - Ladies barbershop harmony chorus. Includes news, concert listings, image gallery, booking and membership details.
Bristol Concert Wind Band - Woodwind and brass band specialising in swing music with youth training section: concerts, news and contact details.
Bristol East Band - Local community brass band. Gig list, news and contact details. The City of Bristol Brass Band - News, photos, competition results, gig list and contact details.
The Gasworks Choir - Large a cappella choir performing a wide range of songs: concert list, members area, contact details and workshops.
Keepers Of The Fire - Mixed voice choir wide wide ranging repertoire based in Eastville: news, music downloads and contact details.
Naked Voices - Fifteen piece a cappella group: biographies, samples, gig list and photo gallery.
Voices - Bristol Community Choir - Voices is the only choir of its kind in Bristol to be run by its members and led by experienced voice teacher, Chloe Edwards, with Dave Lewis.
CLASSICAL
Brandon Hill Chamber Orchestra - Diary, rehearsal information and contact details for orchestra based at St Georges.
Bristol and District Organists' Association - Offers advice to performers, teachers, students, churchmen and members of the public concerned with improvement in standards of performance and in playing the organ. Events, history, members and links.
Bristol Bach Choir - Concert details, recordings, membership information, links and sponsorship.
Bristol Cathedral Special Choir - News, membership information, history, photo gallery and concert programme from local music group.
Bristol Chamber Choir - Local group which started life as the Bristol Madrigal Society in 1837, and has given public concerts regularly since then. News, concert listings, archive and links.
Bristol Chamber Orchestra - Repertoire, venues, concert programme, newsletter and vacancies for this local amateur music group.
Bristol Chamber Orchestra - Adult community orchestra with around 40 members. Includes gallery, reviews, vacancies and programme.
Bristol Choral Society - History, contact details, membership information and forthcoming concerts from 170 strong group.
Bristol Concert Orchestra - A large adult community orchestra, playing a mainly symphonic and similar repertoire. News, listings, reviews, photos, vacancies board and members area.
Bristol Music Club - Information, concert diary, contact details, club orchestra and links from local institution founded in 1903.
Bristol Opera - Amateur operatic company. Details available for those wishing to attend or be part of forthcoming productions.
City of Bristol Choir - Concert diary, reviews and membership details for 60 strong choral group.
Emerald Ensemble - Formed in 1994 by Roger Huckle, dedicated to professional and committed performances throughout the West Country: media player music samples, player profiles, concerts, programmes and contact details.
Hughes, Edward Dudley - (1969- ), Local contemporary composer: picture, biography, and sound file, from the British Music Information Centre.
Musica Mundi - Locally based Baroque chamber music group, specialising in 16th to 18th century music and also contemporary music. Sample programme details, booking information and concert list.
New Bristol Sinfonia - Local symphony orchestra. Features concert programmes and gallery.
The Paragon Ensemble - String quartet for hire to entertain at weddings, parties and functions in the local area, sound samples, repertoire and booking details.
The University of Bristol Music Department - Concert listings, staff pages, prospectus and contact information.
DJS
DJ Ivanhoe - Playing disco, house, R&B and soul. Includes diary and contact information.
DJ Vinyl Junkie - Local DJ with 11 years experience in the world of electronic dance music: biography, chart, flyers, links and contact details.
Elliott, Mark Dorian - Locally based radio and nightclub DJ playing house and trance. Features audio demos, biography, news and events.
Flatspin - Bristol's dedicated trance night at Timbuk2. Party information, DJs, and news.
Rockresurrection - Mobile disco run by three local bikers: profile, contact details and gig list. Saturated - DJs John Paul Davis and Dave Carter are dedicated to delivering a blend of vocal and funky house music. News, mini-biographies, charts, mixes, and gallery of images from various venues.
Scream Dicso - Disco information, contact details, links, and photographs.
Voodoo - Bristol-based club night run by DJ Mike Shawe specialising in underground house and breakbeat music. News, DJs, charts, mixes, events, photographs.
FOLKS AND ROOTS
Avon Folk Diary - Club listings and What's On for the area of the former county of Avon.
Bleeding Hearts - Four piece celtic / folk / punk / rock; sound files, reviews, profile and discography.
Bristol Jack in the Green - Annual celebration of the coming of Summer - procession from City Docks to Horfield Common, schedule and contact details.
The Dogs - Folk/rock/pop band. Site requires Flash, news, gig diary and fans forum. Folk Around Bristol - Umbrella organisation for all local folk-related activity. Listings, Avon Folk Diary and links.
Free Spirit Band - Barn dance band: photos, downloads and contact details. Hibernia Centre - Local Irish Music and Arts: classes, diary, bulletin board, links and contact details.
Hobby Horse Club - Monthly tuition for children: folk singing, playing and dancing. Jellied Reels - Local Ceilidh/Barn dance band: biography, gig list, mp3s and contact details.
Malarchy - Trio playing original Gypsy, Klezmer, Jazz and Folk. Band news, gig listings, photos and booking information.
JAZZ
The Bebop Club Wednesday Sessions - Featuring emerging bands, perhaps with some rock/funk/world leanings, but still broadly jazz, based at The Bear in Hotwells. Listings, contact details, archives and links.
Blackmore, Ben - Jazz guitarist, contact details, mailing list and biography.
Bristol Jazz Society - Local jazz news, venues, events and related links.
Carmina - Jazz/roots five piece band, gig list, biographies, discography and photo gallery.
Hague, Andy - Local trumpeter, drummer and composer: news, real audio, photos, biography and CDs.
Jazz in Bristol - Live music listings for the Bristol area, hosted by a local sheet music shop, Musicsender.
Rare Music Club - Founded by pianist / composer Keith Tippett, presenting rarely heard non-mainstream music: news and gig list.
The Revolutionary Knitting Circle - Spontaneous improvised music performed by local four piece band: photos, CD details, interview and links.
Severn Jazzmen - Local trad/dixieland band resident at the Old Duke: gig list, contact details and brief history.
Sheppard, Andy - Local saxophonist and composer: discography, biography, tour dates and real audio samples.
Tippett, Keith - Biography of local composer/performer from the MusicWeb Encylopaedia of Popular Music.
WrittenOnWater Records - Local promoter and label for jazz / world / ambient music. Discography and gig listing
. MUSIC AND FILM
Bangbang Records - Dance music vinyl store, specialising in funky and hard house, trance, progressive and breaks, plus DJ accessories. Features catalogue and ordering, music and shop details.
Bristol Violin Shop - Selling violins, violas, celli, basses, cases, sheet music, strings and other accessories. Also instrument makers who undertake repairs and restorations.
Cremona House Violin Shop - Offers string instruments, bows and a repair and restoration service. Online shopping, instrument appraisal, classified adverts and assisted purchase scheme. Dean - Specialists in mechanical music and instruments, fairground and barrel organs. Includes products contact details.
Disc-N-Tape - Locally based online CD, tape and vinyl retailer. Catalogue and shipping details.
Drum Bank Music - Selling a wide range of musical equipment including guitars, amps, drums, cymbals, percussion, keyboards, PAs, FX and accessories. Details of stock, special offers, tuition and other services.
Ghana Goods - Imports drums, xylophones, bells and shakers from West Africa: catalogue, prices, ordering details, contact information, music workshops.
Heron Music - Guitars, amplification, effects, second hand sales through local shop and online.
Hobgoblin Music - Local outlet for sheet music, instruments. Online shopping, links to local traditional music sites.
Mickleburgh - Specialists in piano repair, restoration, hire, removal and tuning plus the sale of musical instruments and accessories. Stokes Croft, Bristol.
The Music Box - Shop selling music boxes, CDs and clockwork musical novelties: catalogue, contact details.
Musicsender - Online sheet music sales for a range of instruments. Local gig news from owner jazz trumpeter Andy Hague.
Replay Records - Mail order rare recordings: catalogue, links, contact details.
Sound Control - Local outlet of chain supplying musical instruments, amplification and recording equipment. Catalogue and online sales.
Swift Music - News, products, contact details for Stoke Bishop keyboard, computer and sheet music specialists.
Twentieth Century Flicks - Searchable stock database from Clifton specialist video and DVD library; contact details and opening hours.
Vinyl Attic - Rare and collectible vinyl records, CDs and cassettes for sale by mail order. Discographies and links to other collectors sites.
RECORD LABELS
Full Cycle Records Limited - Bristol-based label. Site features Roni Size, Krust, Suv, Dynamite MC, Bill Riley, J-Raq and Die.
Hope Recordings - Local record label and promoter: artists, news, contact details, links, shop, gallery.
Pause_2 Records - Electronica record label: news, acts, downloads and mail order. Sink and Stove Records - Post-rock and electronica label based in Bristol, UK. Artists include Chikinki, Big Joan, and Fall Project. News, ordering, audio samples, mailing list, and back catalogue.
Sugar Shack Records - Independent record label based in Bristol England UK. Techitch Records - Local Techno/drum and bass record label, also promoting club nights. Requires Flash.
TurboTrax - A local independent dance music label. Discography, sounds, links. Won't Stop Records - Independent dance label based in Bristol: news, discography, sounds, online ordering.
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