Claudia Schmidt's Official Home Page

Don Julin - Mandolinist, Engineer, Producer based in Traverse City, Michigan

Cindy Mangsen & Steve Gillette - Songwriters, performers from Bennington, Vermont

Glenn Wolff - Bass Player and Visual Artist from Traverse City, Michigan

David Chown - Keyboard player, piano teacher from Traverse City, Michigan

Tom Kaufmann - Keyboard player, owner of "TinkerTunes" music studio for kids in Traverse City, Michigan

Sally Rogers - Claudia's dear friend and collaborator from Connecticut

Greg Brown - Fellow Red House Records artist

Peter Ostroushko - Fiddle and Mandolin maestro, has recorded on several of Claudia's CD's

Dean Magraw - One of the most creative guitar players we know.

Denice Franke - The Texas singer/songwriter.

Bob Franke - Incredible songwriter and one of Claudia's oldest friends

Gerard Smith - A multi-instrumentalist with Irish Roots. Based in the Detroit area www.gerardsmith.net

Chris Smither The man with the Blue Guitar

Joel Mabus He's hopelessly Midwestern, and one hell of a guitar player and song writer.

Pop Wagner Saddle up little doughgies

Peter "Madcat" Ruth & Shari Kane Peter and Shari are incredible blues musicians. Jazz musicians, etc....

The Folk and Acoustic Music Exchange. A wealth of information including critiques and reviews of folk and acoustic music from around the world. Well done! www.acousticmusic.com

The home of Claudia's record label, RedHouse Records, in St. Paul, Minnesota. Bob Feldman's jewel of a label, featuring many of folk & acoustic music's mainstays, including: Greg Brown, Peter Ostroushko, Dave Moore, Hart Rouge, Spider John Koerner, Ramblin Jack Elliot and more. Sample downloads available of many CD selections. www.redhouserecords.com

The All Music Guide. This site is amazing! It includes a very specialized continually cross-referencing database of gigantic proportions. We found out things about Claudia that she hadn't known!!!! (The Jefferson Starship song saga.) Search for your favorite writer, singer, musician. www.allmusic.com

AnySwingGoes.com a resource for jazz and swing groups. Great list of bands, artists, etc. www.anyswinggoes.com

JazzTimes.com Jazz Times magazine. The largest circulation jazz publication. This is an award winning site with resources for the serious jazz musician and listener. Especially useful for information regarding jazz education, record labels, and historical facts. www.jazztimes.com

The wild and crazy home page of Dirty Linen Magazine. Interviews, reviews and slanted opinions about music of all kinds. www.dirtylinen.com

Musi-Cal.mojam.com A really useful tool for artists and fans. This is an all encompassing musician's toolkit. Has tour schedules for many, many musicians and bands.

Jazz Improv Magazine. Eric Neimeyer's labor of love in jazz music. Includes charts of famous solos, a sampler cd, dozens of reviews and interviews. An impressive publication. www.jazzimprov.com

NMPA The National Music Publisher's Association The Harry Fox Agency is part of this very important organization which ensures publishing rights and manages song licensing and royalties through it's "Song List". www.nmpa.org

Flying Fish Records - The home of Claudia's early recordings and the definitive folk/acoustic label for over 20 years. Rounder Records purchased the FF catalog in 1996, so this link is to Rounder's site. www.rounder.com

Rounder Records is the parent company of Flying Fish Records. They bought the entire catalog in the mid 90's. www.rounder.com

Michigan

Firefly Club

207 S. Ashley, Downtown Ann Arbor http://www.fireflyclub.com/info.htm

Located between Liberty and Washington Streets, next to Sweetwaters.

Parking is shown on the map (click the link above)

Phone: 734.665.9090

DELTA FOLKS

8th Street Coffeehouse

Escanaba, Michigan

Delta Folks at 786-3835 (Professional Business Services) or the 8th Street Coffeehouse at [906] 789-9174. Or email Kathryn Morski at katmorski@uplogon.com

The 8th Street Coffeehouse - Email 8thstreet@bresnanlink.net

8th & Ludington Sts, Escanaba, MI 49829, 906-789-9174,

Minnesota

Cornucopia Art Center, Inc.

P.O. Box 152

103 Parkway

Lanesboro, MN 55949

507 467 2446

Wisconsin

The Shawano Folk Festival - Shawano, Wisconsin

contact: Norm Cook OTMCF Tickets www.shawanofestival.com

PO BOX 294 Shawano, WI 54166 (715) 799-3688

The Phipps Center for the Arts

109 Locust Street http://arts.state.wi.us/static/wpn_dir/wpn_47.htm

Hudson, WI 54016

715/386-2305

Fax: 715/381-2177

Contact: John H. Potter, Executive Director

McMillan Memorial Library

490 East Grand Avenue http://www.scls.lib.wi.us/mcm/

Wisconsin Rapids, Wis. 54494

Telephone Numbers - Voice: (715) 423-1040

Catalog: (715) 422-5140 / Fax: (715) 423-2665 / TDD: (715) 422-5138

Cedarburg Cultural Center

Cedarburg, Wisconsin

262-375-3676

cccenter@ameritech.net

Pres House Concerts www.virtuous.com

The Pres House Madison, Wisconsin

731 State Street, Madison, Wisconsin.