Folk Music

• Folkworks - The Sage Gateshead's Folkworks programme of traditional music, song and dance.
• Sage Gateshead - Gateshead's international home for music and musical discovery for the North East of England.
• fRoots - The essential folk, roots and world music guide.
• Living Tradition - Magazine for folk, traditional and Celtic music in the UK and Ireland.
• ICA - International Concertina Association - All things Concertina - players, makers etc
• Northumbrian Pipers Society - The indigenous bagpipes of the North-East of England
• EFDSS - English Folk Dance & Song Society - Alistair is board member
• Free Reed Records & Music - Folk music record label.
• Free Reed: The History of the Concertina - Extensive history by the Journal of the Galpin Society.

FELLOW ARTISTS

• Kathryn Tickell - Northumbrian piper and fiddler who recently took over from Alistair as Artistic Director of Folkworks.
• Richard Thompson - Amazing song writer, guitarist and all round great guy.
• John Tams - Winner of several BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards.
• Martin Simpson - One of the finest acoustic and slide guitar players in the world.
• Dan Walsh - The UK's finest clawhammer banjo player.
• Karen Tweed - 72 bass Pigini piano accordion player.

Regional

• Rothbury Traditional Music Festival - A wonderful festival set in Rothbury in the beautiful Coquet Valley in the heart of Northumberland.
• Visit Northumberland - The official tourist information website for visitors to Northumberland.
• Newcastle University

Photographers

• Graeme Peacock - Many thanks for this photographer's images of North East England used in the artwork for this website.
• Eamon McCabe - The awarding-winning picture editor of The Guardian newspaper has returned to full-time photography.