IBEW - What's new - [21 November 2024]
- Complete redesign - maintaining the general web links for brass bands and associated websites - which had been the major part of IBEW over the last 25 years - had become untenable. Other methods of obtaining access to current websites, social media and other resources for brass bands today are available and, in many cases, more effective and up-to-date. As a result, IBEW has been pared down to concentrate on its unique offering - a resource database for the history of brass bands and associated ensembles/subjects. For more details, see the menus at the top of this page.
- IBEW resources - most of the content now lies within IBEW, although there are links to external resources where appropriate, particularly for existing historical resource sites.
- Document archive - some 5,400 articles, theses, and books on a variety of brass historical and current subjects, are stored in IBEW and freely available for viewing/download.
- Scanned history - over 600 documents and items, including concert and contest programmes.
- My personal research - in addition to being available via Academia and Researchgate, my own articles and books are collected here, and freely available for viewing/download.
- IBEW Blog - smaller posts about various topics in the history of brass bands.
- Vintage Brass Band Pictures - over 24,000 images to browse
- Vintage Recordings - listings of 78rpm, vinyl and CD recordings
- Image Gallery - over 4,000 brassy pictures
- Vintage Player Pictures - nearly 2,000 images of early bandspersons and brass soloists
- Vintage Bandstands - images from around the world
- Humour - collected band and musical humour
External
Brass bands archive
Database of contests
History of Brass Bands
News and articles
