New Arrivals - Contra Dance

Contrazz: Dance, Dance, Dance

This debut CD from Contrazz combines the improvisational style, swing and solos of a jazz band with a repertoire of traditional Celtic, Quebecois and American old–time music. A band with a serious groove.

Recommended if you like Buckwheat Zydeco, Clayfoot Strutters, Wild Asparagus.
  • Buy CD - $12.97
 
Michael Mendelson & Friends: Fiddle Pieces

Fifteen original tunes for the fiddle - bluegrass, western swing, contradance, celtic, rags, waltzes, a tango & more!

Recommended if you like Bob Wills, Jay Unger, Rodney Miller.
  • Buy CD - $14.97
 
Betsy Branch, Clyde Curley & Susan Songer: A Portland Play Along Selection

Contra dance music played and engineered for maximum ease of playing along with the recording. A total of 97 tunes from both of The Portland Collections.

Recommended if you like Liz Carroll, Rodney Miller, Wild Asparagus.
  • Buy CD - $25.00
 
Three Bean Salad: Reels and Fakes

Award winning instrumental acoustic music on Mandolin, Fiddle and Gutiar in the Old-Time, Celtic, Rock & Contra Dance styles.

Recommended if you like Norman Blake, Prairie Acre, Rodney Miller.
  • Download Album (MP3) - $9.99
  • Buy CD - $10.00
 
Portland Megaband: A Beneficial Tradition

High energy jigs and reels played with precision and enthusiasm by a contra dance orchestra.

Recommended if you like Big Bandemonium, Scottish Fiddlers.
  • Buy CD - $15.00
  • Download Album (MP3) - $9.99
 
Roguery: Impropriety, Vol. 1

Tunes for English country dance (for all the dances in Impropriety, the country dances of Brooke Friendly and Chris Sackett), including traditional tunes, a 13th-century French carol, and modern compositions - lyrical, silly, rousing, and haunting - a gre

Recommended if you like Bare Necessities.
  • Buy CD - $15.00
 
Eric Eid-Reiner: On a Meadowlark Night: Dance Music from New England, Ireland, Scotland, Québec, and Cape Breton

Dance Music from New England, Ireland, Scotland, Québec, and Cape Breton. With guests including fiddlers Kimberley Fraser, David Reiner, and Andy Reiner; clarinetist Billy Novick; hammered dulcimer player Ken Kolodner; and flutist Anna Grosslein.

Recommended if you like Natalie MacMaster, Nightingale, Solas.
  • Download Album (MP3) - $9.99
  • Buy CD - $13.99
 
Jody Kruskal: Cool Tunes for Hot Dances

Original dance tunes played solo on Anglo concertina. Music for contra, square, couple, ceili and morris dancers. or just for listening.

Recommended if you like Astor Piazzolla, John Kirkpatrick, William Kimber.
  • Download Album (MP3) - $9.99
  • Buy CD - $16.00
 
Black Bear Crossing: The Sea

Mostly older celtic tunes done in a traditional style using only acoustic instruments. Jigs, reels, aires and waltzes.

  • Buy CD - $12.97
 
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