General Sites:

Map and basic information in the Central Intelligence Agency's World Factbook.
Solomon Islands' Ministry of Commerce. There are many links to different commercial sites as well as cultural interest sites. The Gizo Historical and Cultural Museum has a page that is a part of this site.

Solomon Islands People First Network. An interesting site, a community information and communications network developed by the Solomon Islands Development Administration and Participatory Planning Programme (SIDAPP)Solomons. The link to "Provinces" will take you to good maps.
"Solomon Islands" in Ethnologue: Languages of the World An index of languages in the Solomons compiled by SIL International (formerly Summer Institute of Linguistics).
The Solomon Islands @ EscapeArtist.com. A major collection of links (including general
Pacific sites).

Solomon Islands, Pearl of the Pacific. Has some pictures!
Melanesian Handcraft. This site is commercially oriented, offering traditional crafts
and other items for sale. The site is based in the Solomons but offers items from all over
Melanesia. However, no music is available.
Vaturanga Home Page. Developed and maintained by David Ryniker, the site provides an ethnography of the Vaturanga people. Has photos from the author's field work!
A Marine Diary: My Experiences on Guadalcanal, by J. R. Garrett. An interesting site focusing on events in the Solomon Islands during WWII. There are many sites devoted to this; this one is from the point of view of a US Marine. Even if you are not interested in WWII history, there are a lot of pictures on this site (mostly military).

Music and Dance:

Overall, there seems to be little online information on Solomon Islands music & dance--lots of general culture sites but very few dealing with music or dance.

-- Jesse Johnston

Sound Recordings

• Melanesian Choirs: the blessed islands. Chants from the film "The Thin Red Line." RCA 09026-63470-2, 1999. The page at amazon.com includes sound clips from five tracks and commentaries from listeners.
• Polyphonies of the Solomon Islands (Guadalcanal and Savo). Recordings and commentary by Hugo Zemp. Collection du Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique et du Musee de L'Homme. Le Chant du Monde LDX 274 663, 1990. (originally released on LP in 1978)
• Solomon Islands: 'Are'are Initimate and Ritual Music. Le Chant du Monde CNR 274963, 1995.
• Solomon Islands: 'Are'are Panpipe Ensembles. Le Chant du Monde LDX 274961.62, 1994.
• Solomon Islands: Fataleka and Baegu Music from Malaita. Recordings by Hugo Zemp. UNESCO Collection, Auvidis D 8027, 1990. (originally released on LP in 1973)
• Solomon Islands: Sounds Of Bamboo. Music of the Earth 1997. The page at amazon.com includes sound clips from five tracks.

Some Bibliographic Sources

• 'Are'are: un peuple melanesien et sa musique, by Hugo Zemp and Daniel de Coppet. Paris: Editions du Seuil, 1978.
• Hugo Zemp. "'Are'are Classification of Musical Types and Instruments." Ethnomusicology 22 (1978), 37-67.
• Hugo Zemp. "Aspects of 'Are'are Musical Theory." Ethnomusicology 23 (1979), 5-48.
• Hugo Zemp. "Melanesian Solo Polyphonic Panpipe Music." Ethnomusicology 25 (1981), 383-418.
• "Solomon Islands." Garland Encyclopedia of World Music and Dance. Vol. 9: Australia and the Pacific Islands, edited by Adrienne L. Kaeppler and J. W. Love (1998), 630-670.