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OTHER SPECIFIC SEARCH FACILITIES

BABELFISH - The Altavista-run instant translation service. English & 10 other languages.

BOB LINKS - Full information about Bob Dylan gigs, setlists etc., plus reference articles.

BT DIRECTORY ENQUIRIES - British Telecom's online service allows 10 free searches.

MULTIMAP - The online UK street map facility. Search by address or just by postcode.

NATIONAL RAIL ENQUIRIES - Network Rail's online service of train timetables and fares.

ROYAL MAIL - Find a postcode, or buy stamps, calculate postages etc. from home!

STREETMAP - The online UK street map facility. Search by address or just by postcode.

SITES BY FRIENDS/ASSOCIATES

ALGARVE VILLAS - advertising villas to rent in The Algarve, Portugal, and has other information related to organising independent holidays there.

ANCHOR FOLK CLUB - Full details of free singers nights, guest nights etc. Meets on Thursdays in Byfleet, Surrey.

ART & ARTISTS - a Europe-wide site promoting the fine art of independent artists, organised country by country and run by Chris Young.

BORUT KRZISNIK - site of the Slovenian composer whose recent work includes collaborations with filmmaker Peter Greenaway.

EASI-SKI - an independent ski-tuition site based in the French Alps and run by English BASI Grade 1 instructor Charlotte Swift.

EDWARD CLAMP MBE. - Selsey, Sussex. Offers computer-assisted translations from French, Spanish, German, Italian and Portuguese into English and vice-versa.

ETBIN - site of Slovenian music composer and performer Etbin (Edi) Stefancic. Includes available downloads of guitar/harmonica tracks from his "Equilibrium" CD released in 2001.

GERRY DRYDEN BAND - a Farnborough based singer, songwriter, guitarist and harmonica player. After many years of solo folk appearances he now performs great songs with his own band...

KAI JANSEN - lives in Petersfield but performs all over southern England - a solo acoustic guitarist with a fine interpretive voice and 4 CDs to his credit, he plays pub/concert gigs with a fine fingerstyle.

MAGPIE LANE Traditional English songs and dance tunes performed on acoustic instruments by a group of six, based in Oxfordshire and Surrey.

MELISSA VARDEY - The all-in-one music site of multi-talented pianist and composer Melissa Vardey, a Los-Angeles-based Anglophile.

MELITA OSOJNIK - Talented Slovenian singer who modulates between CD projects of poetry set to music and CDs of children's songs.

PROBLEMARKET - The Problem Stock Exchange. Founded by performance artists Davide Grassi and Igor Stromajer.

OTHER SITES OF RARER MUSICAL INTEREST