Where Are Your Favorite Old-Timey Folk and/or Beats Music On The Net?

February 24, 2009 3:45 PM

Newly-minted Radio DJ Needs Great Music Online!

I just got the go-ahead to start hosting a new show on a local radio station, and need help finding quality web sites that feature old-timey, folk, and trad country music, as well as any that specialize in gloopy, dubby, breaky beats.

Think Hank Williams meets Hallucinogen, or Pretty Polly meets her Death in Vegas after ingesting Infected Mushrooms.

I'm hoping for sites that have lots of downloads, good background materials on the artists, history, links to labels, etc.

Also: bonus points for any great suggestions for an intro tagline for this kind of show, i.e. "hangover music for robots", or "losing my 808 religion" - something hopefully more catchy than that.

Anyone who comes up with good suggestions will get an on-air nod for their assistance.

posted by Lipstick Thespian to Computers & Internet (4 answers total)

Best answer: My two favorites are Grown So Ugly (rarely updated, good back catalog, some neat old psychedelia) and PreWarBlues (worth the donation to get at some of the other stuff on the site). Sometimes I find that if I'm googling the stuff I find there -- looking for more information about Homegas for example -- I turn up other music blogs that do similar things. ibiblio's music category has a whole bunch of other neat music archives including folktunes, mutopia and etree.
posted by jessamyn at 3:56 PM on February 24, 2009 [1 favorite]

Western Swing on 78.

Old-timey? Check. Tons of downloads? Check.
posted by chez shoes at 4:30 PM on February 24, 2009 [1 favorite]

tagline should be "music to blank to"
posted by ian1977 at 5:09 PM on February 24, 2009

Best answer: I like y2karl's back catalog.
posted by carsonb at 6:56 PM on February 24, 2009