Updated listBluegrass, Trad and Folk publications

Major Publications & Digital Magazines

Here is a compiled list of major Anglophone (English-language) bluegrass publications and outlets worldwide. This focuses on dedicated or heavily bluegrass-focused magazines, online magazines/news sites, and key association publications. It prioritizes currently or recently active ones.

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Major National / International Publications & Outlets

Bluegrass Today
URL: bluegrasstoday.com
Contact / Editorial Email: editor@bluegrasstoday.com

Bluegrass Unlimited (Published by the Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame & Museum)
URL: bluegrassunlimited.com
Contact / Editorial Email: editor@bluegrassunlimited.com / BUsubscriptions@bluegrassmuseum.org

The Bluegrass Standard
URL: thebluegrassstandard.com
Contact / Editorial Email: editor@thebluegrassstandard.com

The Bluegrass Situation (BGS)
URL: thebluegrasssituation.com
Contact / Editorial Email: info@thebluegrasssituation.com / editor@thebluegrasssituation.com

Banjo Newsletter
URL: banjonews.com
Contact / Editorial Email: askdonald@banjonews.com / info@banjonews.com

The Old-Time Herald
URL: oldtimeherald.org
Contact / Editorial Email: info@oldtimeherald.org

Fiddler Magazine
URL: fiddle.com
Contact / Editorial Email: info@fiddle.com

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Regional & Association Publications

Bluegrass Breakdown (California Bluegrass Association)
URL: californiabluegrass.org
Contact / Editorial Email: breakdown@californiabluegrass.net

IBMA International Bluegrass Briefing / Foundation News
URL: ibma.org / bluegrassfoundation.org
Contact / Editorial Email: info@ibma.org / info@bluegrassfoundation.org

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🇬🇧 United Kingdom & Ireland

British Bluegrass News (BBN) (British Bluegrass Music Association)
URL: britishbluegrass.org
Contact / Editorial Email: editor@britishbluegrass.org

Folk and Honey / Bluegrass UK
URL: folkandhoney.co.uk
Contact / Editorial Email: info@folkandhoney.co.uk

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🇨🇦 Canada

Bluegrass Canada Magazine
URL: bluegrasscanada.org
Contact / Editorial Email: info@bluegrasscanada.org

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🇦🇺 Australia & New Zealand

Australian Bluegrass / Trad&Now
URL: australianbluegrass.com / tradandnow.com.au
Contact / Editorial Email: info@tradandnow.com.au

New Zealand Bluegrass Bulletin (Acoustic Routes / NZBA)
URL: bluegrass.org.nz
Contact / Editorial Email: info@bluegrass.org.nz

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🇪🇺 Continental Europe (Anglophone Outlets)

Bluegrass Europe (European Bluegrass Music Association – published in English)
URL: ebma.org
Contact / Editorial Email: editor@ebma.org / ebma@ebma.org

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Traditional, Folk, Celtic & Old-Time Publications

Saturday, October 17, 2026

Here is a curated directory of Anglophone traditional (trad), folk, Celtic, and roots music publications and media outlets worldwide. This list intentionally avoids overlap with the dedicated bluegrass publications page.

🇬🇧 United Kingdom & Ireland

• Songlines
  URL: songlines.co.uk
  Contact: russ@songlines.co.uk / info@songlines.co.uk
• The Journal of Music
  URL: journalofmusic.com
  Contact: editor@journalofmusic.com
• Irish Music Magazine
  URL: irishmusicmagazine.com
  Contact: info@selectmedialtd.com
• The Living Tradition
  URL: livingtradition.co.uk
  Contact: admin@livingtradition.co.uk
• Tradfolk
  URL: tradfolk.co.uk
  Contact: jon@tradfolk.co.uk
• English Dance and Song (EDS Magazine) — English Folk Dance and Song Society
  URL: efdss.org
  Contact: editor@efdss.org / info@efdss.org
• Hands Up for Trad
  URL: handsupfortrad.scot
  Contact: info@handsupfortrad.scot
• Treoir — Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Éireann
  URL: comhaltas.ie
  Contact: info@comhaltas.ie

🎻 Instrumental & Niche Traditional Outlets

• Piping Press
  URL: pipingpress.com
  Contact: editor@pipingpress.com
• Box and Fiddle Magazine
  URL: boxandfiddle.com
  Contact: boxandfiddle@yahoo.com
• Common Stock — Lowland & Border Pipers' Society
  URL: lbps.net
  Contact: editor@lbps.net

🇺🇸 United States

• Sing Out!
  URL: singout.org
  Contact: info@singout.org
• FolkWorks
  URL: folkworks.org
  Contact: info@folkworks.org
• Folk Alliance International
  URL: folk.org
  Contact: fai@folk.org
• Field Recorders' Collective
  URL: fieldrecorder.org
  Contact: info@fieldrecorder.org

🇨🇦 Canada

• Canadian Folk Music / Folk Music Canada
  URL: folkcanada.ca
  Contact: info@folkcanada.ca
• Celtic Heritage Magazine
  URL: celtic-heritagemag.com
  Contact: editor@celtic-heritagemag.com

🇦🇺 Australia & New Zealand

• Trad & Now Magazine
  URL: tradandnow.com.au
  Contact: info@tradandnow.com.au
• Folk Alliance Australia
  URL: folkalliance.org.au
  Contact: info@folkalliance.org.au

Additional Notes:
Many regional folk societies, piping associations, and Celtic cultural organizations publish member journals or newsletters. For the most current contact details, always check the official site or use the contact form, as emails change.

This list prioritizes currently active or recently active Anglophone outlets with a clear traditional / folk / Celtic / old-time focus and excludes bluegrass publications listed on the top half of this page.

Global Folk, Traditional, & Roots Publications (Additional Directory)

This supplement extends the bluegrass publication records with nationwide and global English-language folk, roots, Celtic, and traditional music print and digital publications, intentionally avoiding duplicate entries.

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🌍 International & World Folk Networks

RootsWorld
URL: rootsworld.com
Contact / Editorial Email: roots@rootsworld.com

fRoots (formerly Folk Roots) – Digital Archive & Legacy Outlet
URL: frootsmag.com
Contact / Editorial Email: editor@frootsmag.com

World Music Central
URL: worldmusiccentral.org
Contact / Editorial Email: info@worldmusiccentral.org

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🇺🇸 United States (National & Regional Folk & Roots)

No Depression: The Journal of Roots Music
URL: nodepression.com
Contact / Editorial Email: editor@nodepression.com

Americana Highways
URL: americanahighways.org
Contact / Editorial Email: info@americanahighways.org

The Journal of American Folklore (American Folklore Society)
URL: americanfolkloresociety.org
Contact / Editorial Email: afs@americanfolkloresociety.org

Dirty Linen (Archive & Online Features)
URL: dirtylinen.com
Contact / Editorial Email: info@dirtylinen.com

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🇬🇧 United Kingdom & Ireland (Extended Folk & Heritage)

R2 (Rock 'n' Reel) Magazine
URL: rock-n-reel.co.uk
Contact / Editorial Email: editor@rock-n-reel.co.uk

Living Tradition Magazine
URL: livingtradition.co.uk
Contact / Editorial Email: admin@livingtradition.co.uk

Taplas: The Welsh Folk Magazine
URL: taplas.co.uk
Contact / Editorial Email: info@taplas.co.uk

Scots Magazine (Traditional Music & Culture Sections)
URL: scotsmagazine.com
Contact / Editorial Email: editor@scotsmagazine.com

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🇨🇦 Canada (Roots & Traditional Media)

WholeNote Magazine (Classical & Roots Music Coverage)
URL: thewholenote.com
Contact / Editorial Email: editorial@thewholenote.com

BC Musician Magazine (Folk & Acoustic Circuit)
URL: bcmusician.com
Contact / Editorial Email: info@bcmusician.com

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🇦🇺 Australia & New Zealand (Folk & Acoustic Outlets)

Trad & Now
URL: tradandnow.com.au
Contact / Editorial Email: info@tradandnow.com.au

National Folk Festival (Canberra) Journal / Media
URL: folkfestival.org.au
Contact / Editorial Email: info@folkfestival.org.au