This underlined link will give you all the discussion threads covered since 2008 on Banjo Hangout's old-time Tune of the Week.  Many is the time you hear an old-time fiddle or banjo tune and wonder about the title and background.  Banjo Hangout.org is one site that has a forum to present such information, whether in brief or more extensive, as are my explorations on the Tune of the Week, linked below.  

 

Anybody can volunteer on Banjo Hangout to do an old-time TOTW. There's a list of tunes already covered.  You contact the person in charge, who will be me as of March, 2018 and you're assigned or choose a future Friday date.

 

To prepare a TOTW first find the source recording.  Slippery Hill is a

great site to hear original recordings.  The Library of Congress and Digital Library of Appalachia are two more.  Your own CDs are excellent sources.  Next, if possible, look for some information about the musician.  Then you can add details as well as contact contemporary musicians, usually fiddle or banjo players, who often are happy to answer your questions.  The simplest presentation is welcome and others will join and add to the discussion

 

Below are links for my own historical research, including music.

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