Re: Re. What's everyone listening to these days - Musicians

5 Mar 2020

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(a)lists.sharedweight.net&gt; 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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