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To help you find the type of contra dance music you are looking for, we have grouped our CDs 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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Contra Music Flavors

Progressive
Irish
Old Timey
Québecois
New England
English Country
Swingy
Softer Side of Contra
Folksy

Other Contra CD Groups

CD's to dance to
Live Recordings
Vocals
Hammered Dulcimer
Waltz CD's
New Hampshire Fiddles

listing updated Monday, April 3, 2006. 111 CD titles listed.

Softer Side of Contra
Good CDs for the morning after a Dawn Dance
Tom MacKenzie
Wake Me When It's Over
David Surette
Back Roads
Jeremiah McLane
Smile When You're Ready
Childsplay
The Great Waltz
Amarillis
Waltzing in the Trees
Childsplay
Twelve Gated City
The Elftones
Elftones
David Surette
Trip to Kemper
Permanent Wave
Permanent Wave
Tricky Brits/Bag O'Tricks
Tricky Brits/Bag O'Tricks
Childsplay
Childsplay Live
Wild Notes
Sowing
Contratopia
Smitten
Top

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.
Rodney Miller
All-Round Collection
Nat Hewitt
Nat Hewitt
Ryan Thomson
New Hampshire Hornpipe
Ryan Thomson
Newmarket Duets
Two Fiddles
The Way it Really Sounds at a Barn Dance
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
Miller and Morse
Grapevine
Airdance
Flying on Home
Top

Old Timey
Some of these bands show a little Old-Time influence, while others cross right over
Various Artists
Face the Creek
Pig's Eye Landing
One Eyed Cat
Pig's Eye Landing
Sparrows in the Buckthorn
Michael Mendelson
A Fiddler's Notebook
Campbell and Fisher
Dancing in Lexington
Ill-Mo Boys
Laugh and Grow Fat
Jones
Miller
Contratopia
Hands Four
The Barn Owl Band
Dance Owl Night
Pig's Eye Landing
Like Water From a Mountain Stream
The Magic Truck String Band
Voyage of the Magic Truck
Ginsburg and King
Contra and Blue
Carnival Knowledge
A Little Knowledge is a Dangerous Thing
Red Mountain White Trash
Sweet Bama
Jim Tolles and Magic Truck
Hard For To Love
Red Mountain White Trash
Fire in the Dumpster
Red Mountain White Trash
Chickens Don't Roost Too High
Hilarie Burhans
Put on The Skillet
The Barn Owl Band
Barn Owls Live
Chirps Smith
Down in Little Egypt
Hotpoint
Hotpoint Special
Phantom Power
Phantom Power
Lynn "Chirps" Smith
Midwestern Harvest
Pig's Eye Landing
Gypsy Stomp
Top

Progressive
These bands bend the rules, experimenting with new instruments, rhythms, and tunes
Pam Weeks
Waiting for the Perseids
Uncle Gizmo
Uncle Gizmo
Rodney Miller
All-Round Collection
Jeremiah McLane
Smile When You're Ready
Nat Hewitt
Nat Hewitt
Ryan Thomson
New Hampshire Hornpipe
Rodney Miller
Airplang
Childsplay
Twelve Gated City
Rodney Miller
Airplang II
KGB
Contra-Intelligence
KGB
Volga Notions
Einstein's Little Homunculus
Don't Ask
Michael Mendelson
A Fiddler's Notebook
Wild Asparagus
Tone Roads
Wild Asparagus
The Call of the Wild
Wild Asparagus
From the Floor Up
Atlantic Crossing
Full and Away
Rodney Miller
Airdance
Popcorn Behavior
Journeywork
Popcorn Behavior
Strangest Dream
The Elftones
The Moon and the Seven Stars
Groovemongers
Fresh Wares
Tricky Brits/Bag O'Tricks
Tricky Brits/Bag O'Tricks
Hotpoint Stringband
The Road to Burhania
Einstein's Little Homunculus
Balancing Act
Wild Asparagus
Wherever You Go
Pig's Eye Landing
Like Water From a Mountain Stream
Reckless Ramblers
Lowdown Hoedown
Ginsburg and King
Contra and Blue
Laura and the Lava Lamps
Primordial Groove
Carnival Knowledge
A Little Knowledge is a Dangerous Thing
Rodney Miller
Greasy Coat
Lissa Schneckenburger
Different Game
The Clayfoot Strutters
Going Elsewhere
Atlantic Crossing
Groundswell
Hilarie Burhans
Put on The Skillet
Miller and Morse
Grapevine
Airdance
Flying on Home
Hotpoint
Hotpoint Special
Phantom Power
Phantom Power
KGB
In from the Cold
Groovemongers
Smooth Sailing
Pig's Eye Landing
Gypsy Stomp
Branch and Douglass
Picassiette
Nightingale
Nightingale 3
Lissa Schneckenburger
Lissa Schneckenburger
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Swingy
These CDs have a bit of that Country Swing sound
Nat Hewitt
Nat Hewitt
Donna Hebert
Big Boned Beauty
Rodney Miller
Airdance
Einstein's Little Homunculus
Balancing Act
Top

Québecois
These CDs either have tunes or style from Québec
Atlantic Crossing
Wind Against the Tide
David Carpenter
Eclectic Yankee
Tom MacKenzie
Wake Me When It's Over
Tom MacKenzie
Second Course
Atlantic Crossing
Full and Away
Nightingale
The Coming Dawn
Nightingale
Sometimes When the Moon Is High
Atlantic Crossing
Groundswell
McLane and Dornfeld
Hummingbird
Nightingale
Nightingale 3
Top

English Country
These CDs blend the elegance of English Country dance music with contra
Amarillis
Waltzing in the Trees
Tricky Brits/Bag O'Tricks
Tricky Brits/Bag O'Tricks
Contratopia
Smitten
Top

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
Campbell and Fisher
Dancing in Lexington
Permanent Wave
Permanent Wave
The Old Sod Band
Grass Roots
Portland Megaband
Plays Well with Others and Others and Others
Top

New England
This is a reference to style, not location. I think of this as "normal" contra music
David Carpenter
Eclectic Yankee
Pam Weeks
Waiting for the Perseids
Scrod Pudding
Food For Your Feet
Three Good Reasons
Montague Processional
Tom MacKenzie
Second Course
Rodney Miller
All-Round Collection
David Surette
Back Roads
Krumm and Pasquarello
Apples and Oranges
Ryan Thomson
New Hampshire Hornpipe
Ryan Thomson
Newmarket Duets
Two Fiddles
The Way it Really Sounds at a Barn Dance
Rodney Miller
Airplang
Donna Hebert
Big Boned Beauty
Childsplay
Twelve Gated City
Golden Griffon Stringtet
Band Call
Golden Griffon Stringtet
Band Call
Bob McQuillen
Hand It Down
Pig's Eye Landing
One Eyed Cat
Pig's Eye Landing
Sparrows in the Buckthorn
The Elftones
Elftones
Michael Mendelson
A Fiddler's Notebook
Campbell and Fisher
Dancing in Lexington
Wild Asparagus
Tone Roads
Contratopia
Hands Four
Rodney Miller
Airdance
Miller and Surette
New Leaf
Miller and McQuillen
Pure Quill
Rodney and Randy Miller
New England Chestnuts
The Elftones
The Moon and the Seven Stars
Susan Conger and Friends
Along the River
Penk
Curley
The Barn Owl Band
Dance Owl Night
Rodney and Randy Miller
Castles in the Air
The Old Sod Band
Grass Roots
The Barn Owl Band
Barn Owls Live
Portland Megaband
Plays Well with Others and Others and Others
Phantom Power
Phantom Power
Branch and Douglass
Picassiette
Top

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
Scrod Pudding
Food For Your Feet
Tom MacKenzie
Wake Me When It's Over
Ill-Mo Boys
Laugh and Grow Fat
Atlantic Crossing
Full and Away
Round the House
Keep this Coupon
Hotpoint Stringband
The Road to Burhania
Einstein's Little Homunculus
Balancing Act
Wild Asparagus
Wherever You Go
Nightingale
The Coming Dawn
Nightingale
Sometimes When the Moon Is High
Red Mountain White Trash
Sweet Bama
Jim Tolles and Magic Truck
Hard For To Love
Red Mountain White Trash
Fire in the Dumpster
Red Mountain White Trash
Chickens Don't Roost Too High
Lissa Schneckenburger
Different Game
Atlantic Crossing
Groundswell
Childsplay
Childsplay Live
Brendan Taaffe
Come Sit By My Chair
Hilarie Burhans
Put on The Skillet
Ian Robb
Jiig
Nightingale
Nightingale 3
Lissa Schneckenburger
Lissa Schneckenburger
Top

Folksy
,If you like tradional folk music, you will want to listen to these
Lissa Schneckenburger
Different Game
Lissa Schneckenburger
Lissa Schneckenburger
Top

Waltz CDs
That is right, CDs with 100% Waltzes
Childsplay
The Great Waltz
Unger and Snowe
Waltz Time
The Elftones
Mist-Covered Mountains
Top

Hammered Dulcimer
The following CDs feature a Hammered Dulcimer
Pam Weeks
Waiting for the Perseids
Scrod Pudding
Food For Your Feet
Tom MacKenzie
Wake Me When It's Over
Tom MacKenzie
Second Course
Golden Griffon Stringtet
Band Call
Top

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
Pig's Eye Landing
One Eyed Cat
Pig's Eye Landing
Sparrows in the Buckthorn
Einstein's Little Homunculus
Don't Ask
The Elftones
Elftones
Wild Asparagus
Tone Roads
Wild Asparagus
The Call of the Wild
Wild Asparagus
From the Floor Up
Atlantic Crossing
Full and Away
David Surette
Trip to Kemper
Round the House
Keep this Coupon
Wild Asparagus
Wherever You Go
Nightingale
The Coming Dawn
Nightingale
Sometimes When the Moon Is High
Pig's Eye Landing
Like Water From a Mountain Stream
Childsplay
Childsplay Live
Brendan Taaffe
Come Sit By My Chair
Wild Notes
Sowing
Pig's Eye Landing
Gypsy Stomp
Ian Robb
Jiig
Lissa Schneckenburger
Lissa Schneckenburger
Top

Live Recordings
Some or all of the tracks on these CDs were recorded live at a contra dance
Two Fiddles
The Way it Really Sounds at a Barn Dance
Various Artists
Face the Creek
Campbell and Fisher
Dancing in Lexington
Childsplay
Childsplay Live
Portland Megaband
Plays Well with Others and Others and Others
Top

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