River Music

steamboat, paddlewheeler and river related music

• Cathy Barton and Dave Para
  Website of the river musicians Cathy Barton and Dave Para, guest performers on the Delta Queen.
• Fiddle Tunes of the Old Frontier
  Fiddle Tunes of the Old Frontier - The Henry Reed Collection, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress.
• Historic American Sheet Music
  Historic American Sheet Music, Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library, Duke Univerity. A must for every musician! You can print out every piece of sheet music (1850-1920). Lots of river and steamboat related titles.
• Jazzou Jones - Riverboat Ragtime
  Jazzou Jones - steamboating director of the steamer Delta Queen - plays riverboat ragtime.
• John Hartford
  the famous musician who also had a pilots license for steamboats
• Leslie C. Swanson
  Tribute to calliopist Leslie C. Swanson
• Miner Manufacturing Company - Calliopes
  Miner Manufacturing Company is producing the Tangley Clalliaphone Calliope and more.
• River of Song
  The Mississippi River of Song is a Smithsonian Institution series for public television and radio that explores the richness and vitality of American music at the close of the twentieth century.
• Southern Mosaic
  Southern Mosaic - The John and Ruby Lomax 1939 Southern States Recording Trip, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress.
• Steam Whistles and More Blog
  Paul Napier blogging about steam whistles and calliopes.
• Travis' Steam Calliope Homepage
  Travis Vasconcelos is a Riverlorian and calliopist on the Delta Queen Steamboat Company's steamers. This is his homepage about steam calliopes.