Style Index
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To help you find the type of contra dance music you like, the CDs have been grouped into catagories. These groupings are subjective and based soley on my opinions. Some CDs are a mix of more than one flavor, so they appear in multiple groups. The CDs in a category are in random order.
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listing updated Thursday, March 15, 2012. 89 CD titles listed.
Softer Side of Contra
Good CDs for the morning after a Dawn Dance
- Contratopia
- Smitten
- David Surette
- Back Roads
- David Surette
- Trip to Kemper
- The Elftones
- Elftones
- Jeremiah McLane
- Smile When You're Ready
- Jeremiah McLane
- Freetown
- Childsplay
- The Great Waltz
- Childsplay
- Childsplay Live
- Tricky Brits/Bag O'Tricks
- Tricky Brits/Bag O'Tricks
- Tom MacKenzie
- Wake Me When It's Over
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New Hampshire Fiddlers
Southern New Hampshire has produced more than its share of great callers and musicians, so they get their own section. Must be something in the water.
- Miller and Morse
- Grapevine
- Nat Hewitt
- Nat Hewitt
- Rodney Miller
- All-Round Collection
- Airdance
- Flying on Home
- Rodney Miller
- Airplang
- Rodney Miller
- Airplang II
- Rodney Miller
- Airdance
- Miller and Surette
- New Leaf
- Miller and McQuillen
- Pure Quill
- Rodney and Randy Miller
- New England Chestnuts
- Rodney Miller
- Greasy Coat
- Rodney and Randy Miller
- Castles in the Air
- Ryan Thomson
- Newmarket Duets
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Old Timey
Some of these bands show a little Old-Time influence, while others cross right over
- The Barn Owl Band
- Dance Owl Night
- The Barn Owl Band
- Barn Owls Live
- The Barn Owl Band
- Cloud Forest
- Carnival Knowledge
- A Little Knowledge is a Dangerous Thing
- Lynn "Chirps" Smith
- Midwestern Harvest
- Contratopia
- Hands Four
- Hotpoint Stringband
- The Road to Burhania
- Hilarie Burhans
- Put on The Skillet
- Hotpoint
- Hotpoint Special
- Ill-Mo Boys
- Laugh and Grow Fat
- Phantom Power
- Phantom Power
- Michael Mendelson
- A Fiddler's Notebook
- The Magic Truck String Band
- Voyage of the Magic Truck
- Jim Tolles and Magic Truck
- Hard For To Love
- Pig's Eye Landing
- One Eyed Cat
- Pig's Eye Landing
- Sparrows in the Buckthorn
- Pig's Eye Landing
- Like Water From a Mountain Stream
- Pig's Eye Landing
- Gypsy Stomp
- Jones
- Miller
- Chirps Smith
- Down in Little Egypt
- Red Mountain White Trash
- Fire in the Dumpster
- Red Mountain White Trash
- Chickens Don't Roost Too High
- Red Mountain White Trash
- Sweet Bama
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Progressive
These bands bend the rules, experimenting with new instruments, rhythms, and tunes
- Atlantic Crossing
- Full and Away
- Atlantic Crossing
- Groundswell
- Atlantic Crossing
- Overtones and Undercurrents
- Carnival Knowledge
- A Little Knowledge is a Dangerous Thing
- The Clayfoot Strutters
- Going Elsewhere
- Einstein's Little Homunculus
- Don't Ask
- Einstein's Little Homunculus
- Balancing Act
- Miller and Morse
- Grapevine
- Groovemongers
- Fresh Wares
- Hotpoint Stringband
- The Road to Burhania
- Hilarie Burhans
- Put on The Skillet
- Hotpoint
- Hotpoint Special
- Jeremiah McLane
- Smile When You're Ready
- Jeremiah McLane
- Freetown
- KGB
- Contra-Intelligence
- KGB
- Volga Notions
- Ginsburg and King
- Contra and Blue
- KGB
- In from the Cold
- Laura and the Lava Lamps
- Primordial Groove
- Lissa Schneckenburger
- Different Game
- Phantom Power
- Phantom Power
- Lissa Schneckenburger
- Lissa Schneckenburger
- Reckless Ramblers
- Lowdown Hoedown
- Michael Mendelson
- A Fiddler's Notebook
- Nightingale
- Nightingale 3
- Nat Hewitt
- Nat Hewitt
- Popcorn Behavior
- Journeywork
- Popcorn Behavior
- Strangest Dream
- Pig's Eye Landing
- Like Water From a Mountain Stream
- Pig's Eye Landing
- Gypsy Stomp
- Branch and Douglass
- Picassiette
- Pam Weeks
- Waiting for the Perseids
- Rodney Miller
- All-Round Collection
- Airdance
- Flying on Home
- Rodney Miller
- Airplang
- Rodney Miller
- Airplang II
- Rodney Miller
- Airdance
- Rodney Miller
- Greasy Coat
- Tricky Brits/Bag O'Tricks
- Tricky Brits/Bag O'Tricks
- Uncle Gizmo
- Uncle Gizmo
- Wild Asparagus
- Tone Roads
- Wild Asparagus
- The Call of the Wild
- Wild Asparagus
- From the Floor Up
- Wild Asparagus
- Wherever You Go
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Swingy
These CDs have a bit of that Country Swing sound
- Donna Hebert
- Big Boned Beauty
- Nat Hewitt
- Nat Hewitt
- Rodney Miller
- Airdance
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Québecois
These CDs either have tunes or style from Québec
- Atlantic Crossing
- Wind Against the Tide
- Atlantic Crossing
- Full and Away
- Atlantic Crossing
- Groundswell
- Atlantic Crossing
- Turning the Compass
- Atlantic Crossing
- Overtones and Undercurrents
- McLane and Dornfeld
- Hummingbird
- Nightingale
- The Coming Dawn
- Nightingale
- Sometimes When the Moon Is High
- Nightingale
- Nightingale 3
- Tom MacKenzie
- Wake Me When It's Over
- Tom MacKenzie
- Second Course
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English Country
These CDs blend the elegance of English Country dance music with contra
- Contratopia
- Smitten
- Tricky Brits/Bag O'Tricks
- Tricky Brits/Bag O'Tricks
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CDs to dance to
Just like is sounds, these CDs have tracks that are long enough and at the right tempo to dance to.
- KGB
- Volga Notions
- Portland Megaband
- Plays Well with Others and Others and Others
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New England
This is a reference to style, not location. I think of this as "normal" contra music
- Atlantic Crossing
- Turning the Compass
- Atlantic Crossing
- Overtones and Undercurrents
- The Barn Owl Band
- Dance Owl Night
- The Barn Owl Band
- Barn Owls Live
- Krumm and Pasquarello
- Apples and Oranges
- Contratopia
- Hands Four
- Donna Hebert
- Big Boned Beauty
- David Surette
- Back Roads
- The Elftones
- Elftones
- Golden Griffon Stringtet
- Band Call
- Golden Griffon Stringtet
- Band Call
- Phantom Power
- Phantom Power
- Michael Mendelson
- A Fiddler's Notebook
- Pig's Eye Landing
- One Eyed Cat
- Pig's Eye Landing
- Sparrows in the Buckthorn
- Branch and Douglass
- Picassiette
- Pam Weeks
- Waiting for the Perseids
- Rodney Miller
- All-Round Collection
- Rodney Miller
- Airplang
- Rodney Miller
- Airdance
- Miller and Surette
- New Leaf
- Miller and McQuillen
- Pure Quill
- Rodney and Randy Miller
- New England Chestnuts
- Rodney and Randy Miller
- Castles in the Air
- Ryan Thomson
- Newmarket Duets
- Penk
- Curley
- Portland Megaband
- Plays Well with Others and Others and Others
- Three Good Reasons
- Montague Processional
- Tom MacKenzie
- Second Course
- Wild Asparagus
- Tone Roads
- Wild Notes
- Sowing
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Vocals
These CDs have two or more tracks with vocals. Do you know the words to Red Haired Boy?
- Atlantic Crossing
- Wind Against the Tide
- Atlantic Crossing
- Full and Away
- Atlantic Crossing
- Groundswell
- Atlantic Crossing
- Turning the Compass
- Atlantic Crossing
- Overtones and Undercurrents
- The Barn Owl Band
- Cloud Forest
- Brendan Taaffe
- Come Sit By My Chair
- Hilarie Burhans
- Put on The Skillet
- Ill-Mo Boys
- Laugh and Grow Fat
- Ian Robb
- Jiig
- Lissa Schneckenburger
- Different Game
- Lissa Schneckenburger
- Lissa Schneckenburger
- Jim Tolles and Magic Truck
- Hard For To Love
- Nightingale
- The Coming Dawn
- Nightingale
- Sometimes When the Moon Is High
- Nightingale
- Nightingale 3
- Childsplay
- Childsplay Live
- Round the House
- Keep this Coupon
- Tom MacKenzie
- Wake Me When It's Over
- Wild Asparagus
- Wherever You Go
- Red Mountain White Trash
- Fire in the Dumpster
- Red Mountain White Trash
- Chickens Don't Roost Too High
- Red Mountain White Trash
- Sweet Bama
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Folksy
,If you like tradional folk music, you will want to listen to these
- Lissa Schneckenburger
- Different Game
- Lissa Schneckenburger
- Lissa Schneckenburger
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Waltz CDs
That is right, CDs with 100% Waltzes
- The Elftones
- Mist-Covered Mountains
- Unger and Snowe
- Waltz Time
- Childsplay
- The Great Waltz
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Hammered Dulcimer
The following CDs feature a Hammered Dulcimer
- Golden Griffon Stringtet
- Band Call
- Pam Weeks
- Waiting for the Perseids
- Tom MacKenzie
- Wake Me When It's Over
- Tom MacKenzie
- Second Course
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Irish
Some of these bands just show a hint of the Irish Tradition in their music, some are more stongly influenced
- Atlantic Crossing
- Wind Against the Tide
- Atlantic Crossing
- Turning the Compass
- Atlantic Crossing
- Overtones and Undercurrents
- Brendan Taaffe
- Come Sit By My Chair
- David Surette
- Trip to Kemper
- Einstein's Little Homunculus
- Don't Ask
- The Elftones
- Elftones
- Ian Robb
- Jiig
- Lissa Schneckenburger
- Lissa Schneckenburger
- Nightingale
- The Coming Dawn
- Nightingale
- Sometimes When the Moon Is High
- Pig's Eye Landing
- One Eyed Cat
- Pig's Eye Landing
- Sparrows in the Buckthorn
- Pig's Eye Landing
- Like Water From a Mountain Stream
- Pig's Eye Landing
- Gypsy Stomp
- Childsplay
- Childsplay Live
- Round the House
- Keep this Coupon
- Wild Asparagus
- Tone Roads
- Wild Asparagus
- The Call of the Wild
- Wild Asparagus
- From the Floor Up
- Wild Asparagus
- Wherever You Go
- Wild Notes
- Sowing
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Live Recordings
Some or all of the tracks on these CDs were recorded live at a contra dance
- Childsplay
- Childsplay Live
- Portland Megaband
- Plays Well with Others and Others and Others
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