Ginger Ackley's Music

Links to places I will likely be!

• 2016 Caldera Pagan Music Festival paganmusicfestival.com/ paganmusicfestival.com/ This is where I will spend my 2016 Memorial Day - in Georgia!!! Posted July 2, 2015 at 11:34 AM

• Summerland Spirit Festival www.summerlandfest.com/ www.summerlandfest.com/ What an awesome festival!!! I love being a part of this! Posted July 2, 2015 at 11:37 AM

• Starwood Festival www.starwoodfestival.com/ www.starwoodfestival.com/ Down in southern Ohio - one of the oldest and best! Posted July 2, 2015 at 11:39 AM

• PSG https://www.circlesanctuary.org/index.php/pagan-spirit-gathering/pagan-spirit-gathering https://www.circlesanctuary.org/index.php/pagan-spirit-gathering/pagan-spirit-gathering The 2015 festival may have been flooded out, but that won't stop the Spirit of PSG!!! Posted July 2, 2015 at 11:40 AM

• Mythmusica - Fairies and Music!!! faeriefestival.sacredcrossroadsassn.org/ faeriefestival.sacredcrossroadsassn.org/ This is in Pennsylvania and a true delight!!! Posted July 2, 2015 at 11:42 AM

• CPPD - Bedford clevelandpaganpride.org/ clevelandpaganpride.org/ Cleveland Pagan Pride is awesome! One of the most inclusive and fun festivals ever!!! The church across the street even stopped protesting! LOL Posted July 2, 2015 at 11:44 AM

Links to great Ohio music people and places... Support your local artists and venues!

• Folknet Ohio www.folknet.org/ www.folknet.org/ Folknet is a not-for-profit group that promotes the local folk scene in Northeast Ohio... lots of great links from this page! Seriously think about joining, too. It's a grand educational group, as well! Posted January 24, 2011 at 10:22 AM

• Brian Henke - Facebook www.facebook.com/pages/Brian-Henke/18492400091#!/pages/Brian-Henke/18492400091?v=info www.facebook.com/pages/Brian-Henke/18492400091#!/pages/Brian-Henke/18492400091?v=info Brian is a master of the fingerstyle guitar! Make it a point to catch him at his monthly appearances at the Winery at Wolf Creek, the Mustard Seed in Akron and many other venues! His latest CD, "A Child's Garden" is incredible! Posted January 24, 2011 at 10:30 AM

• Kerry Kean www.kerrykean.com/index.asp www.kerrykean.com/index.asp Another great fingerstyler and vocalist, Kerry is out of Kent, Ohio and so much fun to see live! Posted January 24, 2011 at 10:33 AM

• First Friday Canton cantonfirstfriday.com/default.aspx cantonfirstfriday.com/default.aspx Every First Friday, downtown Canton is transformed into a Live Music and Art festival that is beyond compare! There is music on the corner and music in the art gallery and in the restaurants... everywhere!!! You never know just what you are going to encounter... What a town this is! See you there! Posted January 24, 2011 at 10:53 AM

• Folk Alley www.folkalley.com/ www.folkalley.com/ Folk Alley has been online since 2003 streaming the best in Folk, Acoustic and Celtic music! Allied with WKSU-FM out of Kent State, an NPR affiliate, Folk Alley is listener supported and one of the last bastions of really really good radio out there! Support them! Posted January 24, 2011 at 12:41 PM

• Joe Rollin Porter joerollinporter.com/ joerollinporter.com/ Wonderful guitarist who plays the REAL oldies with a fantastic modern snap! Posted April 1, 2011 at 2:48 PM

• Jim "Loose Change" Snively https://www.facebook.com/jimloosechangesnively https://www.facebook.com/jimloosechangesnively A good friend and collaborator.... but more on this soon - and live! Posted May 29, 2014 at 11:20 PM

• www.redmcwilliams.com/ Great friend from Texas.... um.... Washington.... er.... Pennsylvania! Posted May 29, 2014 at 10:25 PM

Places on the 'Net to find out about folk instruments, where to purchase them and how to maintain them!

• Elderly Instruments www.elderly.com/ www.elderly.com/ All kinds of folk instruments and info here! Posted January 24, 2011 at 9:33 AM

• The Autoharp Page www.autoharp.org/ www.autoharp.org/ Specific to Autoharps, this is the link to the Cyberpluckers Posted January 24, 2011 at 9:35 AM

• Autoharp Music Tips and Folk Radio www.autoharpmusic.com/ www.autoharpmusic.com/ From my good friend back in Texas, Marc Gunn... Posted January 24, 2011 at 9:36 AM

• Autoharp Quarterly www.autoharpquarterly.com/ www.autoharpquarterly.com/ THE Pete Daigle site.... the wonderful and creative man who designed my chord keys! Posted January 24, 2011 at 9:38 AM

Links to lyrics collections and the people who bring them to us!

• The Mudcat Cafe mudcat.org/ mudcat.org/ Huge lyrics database with a wonderful discussion forum. Here is the place to go if you only remember a couple of words of some old song and it is driving you nuts... Trust me, someone here will know that song - plus give you the history, publication, performance and every bit of trivia possible! Great site! Posted January 24, 2011 at 9:41 AM

• Folk Music of England, Scotland, Ireland, Wales and America www.contemplator.com/folk.html www.contemplator.com/folk.html Lesley Nelson-Burns' site - great resource for folk music! Be patient, though... most pages load WITH music playing, but the wait is worth it for all the history and information he provides! Posted January 24, 2011 at 9:43 AM

• Cantaria Folk Song Library https://www.chivalry.com/cantaria/ https://www.chivalry.com/cantaria/ Folk songs from fairs and faires, tunes from SCA folk, and even some Filks! Grand site! Posted January 24, 2011 at 10:43 AM

• Kent State Folk Festival www.kentstatefolkfestival.org/ www.kentstatefolkfestival.org/ 44 years and still going strong... an incredible experience! Posted January 24, 2011 at 1:13 PM

• Yankee Peddler Festival www.yankeepeddlerfestival.com/ www.yankeepeddlerfestival.com/ Out in Canal Fulton each fall, the clock turns back to Colonial times with loads of folk music and dancing - not to mention the fresh apple fritters and shopping! Posted January 24, 2011 at 1:15 PM

• Great Lakes Medieval Faire www.medievalfaire.com/ www.medievalfaire.com/ Up north, near Geneva, this medieval festival is a delight... Top Notch performers come from all over the country and the atmosphere is wonder-filled! Come and listen to the roots of our American Folk music! Posted January 24, 2011 at 1:18 PM

• Ohio Renaissance Festival www.renfestival.com/ www.renfestival.com/ This is the BIG Renaissance Festival for Ohio! Take a step back in time and enjoy a royal jaunt in 16th Century England with all the food and music and fun that entails. Just think... a lot of what we regard as OLD Folk music was being heard for the first time in the old 16th! Posted January 24, 2011 at 1:20 PM

• Dulci-More Festival www.dulcimore.org/ www.dulcimore.org/ Every Memorial Day, folks pitch their tents out in Lisbon, Ohio for a fantastic weekend of music and workshops and just plain fun! Come on out and enjoy! Posted January 24, 2011 at 1:22 PM

• The Mountain Rose Concerts www.mountainroseconcerts.org/ www.mountainroseconcerts.org/ A series of concerts held at the Fred Fuller Park in Kent, Ohio! I've been there and I hope to come back! Posted April 1, 2011 at 3:02 PM