I was thinking of saying "trad dance," but then I remembered I made my bandmates listen to "Shut Up and Dance" by Walk the Moon and "Sailing with the Tide" by Bellowhead as part of a discussion on arrangement, so I thought I'd leave the question more open-ended.

In the interest of fairness, I'll play too:

I've been listening to John Playford's Secret Ball by Belshazzar's Feast, The Lost Words: Spell Songs, and a lot of We Banjo 3. Plus some Metamora, in the "oldie but goodie" category. :)

I'm going to look up that Eric Merrill album today.

Thanks!

Meg

On Thu, Mar 5, 2020 at 8:22 AM Brent & Emily via Musicians <musicians@lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:

Hi Meg & et al :)

Fun question!
I'm guessing you mean for trad dance??? Or is it generally???

Re trad, I've found myself going back to some 'oldies but goodies'. Not super old mind-you, but not super recent recordings either...

David Kaynor and Betsy Branch's Midnight in Montague has been a go-to for me of late. In part thinking about David and all he's done for the trad dance/music community but also because I just love the double fiddle harmonies. Anyone have examples of recordings with really tight and clear fiddle harmonies for dance music?

Another is Eric Merrill's the Western Star....
I really love this album. Not sure if full-dance mode but great trad sound. I've never heard Eric play... wish I could!

And then for more recent recordings....
I keep on listening to Eloise & Co, Rachel Bell's solo CD, Buddy System, and Julie Vallimont's solo CD.

:) Emily in Ottawa
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