North American Folk Music and Dance Alliance

The North American Folk Music and Dance Alliance is a non-profit organization that sponsors an annual conference that is an industry focal point for folk music and dance. As of 2006, the Alliance had a membership of approximately 2000, and a budget of $800,000 USD,^[1], and is one of the five largest music conferences in North America.

Members include record companies, publishers, presenters, agents, managers, music support services, manufacturers and artists that work in the folk world.

History

In 1989, Clark and Elaine Weissman and the California Traditional Music Society invited presenters and business people to a retreat in Malibu, California to discuss formation of a coalition of folk organizers. In 1990, a steering committee approved a set of bylaws that officially formed the North American Folk Music and Dance Alliance.^[2]

References

1. ^ "What the Folk? For the Sake of the Song: Folk Alliance 2006", Austin Chronicle, February 10, 2006
2. ^ A Short History of the Folk Alliance, from their official site

External links

• North American Folk Music and Dance Alliance official site
• The Never-Ending Revival: Rounder Records and the Folk Alliance by Michael F. Scully (University of Illinois Press, 2008)