Other Links of Interest
The Houston Institute
for Culture - Houston is a cultural crossroads, and no Web site that
I've seen does a finer job in exploring the cultural pathways and folkways of
southeast Texas than the Houston Institute for Culture. Like the city it's
named after, the site is a sprawling, stimulating, treasure-packed, delightful
mess, and always under construction. I highly recommend their email
newsletter. To receive the newsletter, send a message to
167 Years of Historic Houston - This is a mind-numbingly comprehensive educational and information archive of the history of the city of Houston. Grab a cup of coffee, take your phone off the hook, and submerge yourself.
American Memory from the Library of Congress - a collection of collections, with some stunning original source materials.
Rockin' Country Style - Your jaw will drop when you begin to comprehend the amount of effort that it must have taken to put together this discography of country, rock-n-roll, and related records. The site is truly a labor of love, and is the sort of self-directed scholarship that the Web has enabled.
Slipcue.com - "All substance, no style!" DJ Joe SixPack has put together a Web site that is a mixture of e-zine and music guide. Be sure to click on "hick music" for his resources on country, alt.country, and related.
Halls of Fame - Check out the Blues, Country, Gospel, Jazz, Rock, and Rockabilly halls of fame. The International Bluegrass Music Association has a "Hall of Honor."