Current Playlist
One of the features of our website is the Playlist, a periodically-changing selection of tunes and songs you might hear at dances and sings around the country. All are available through the CDSS Store.
The five selections here were chosen by dancer/caller (and CDSS Board member) Wendy Graham, a self-described "dance maniac," who live in /Durango, CO.
Selections are from the following recordings and bands:
- Super Tonic, by Elixir
- Café Curioso, by Soda Rock Ramblers
- A Portland Selection, by Goerge Peck, Clyde Curley and Sue Songer
- Nightcap, by Bare Necessities
- Swinging on the Gate, by various musicians
Dance Around Your Bones
Selection: Dance Around Your Bones
Band: Elixir
Recording: Super Tonic
Musicians: Ethan Hazzard-Watkins (fiddle), Anna Patton (clarinet), Nils Fredland (trombone), Jesse Hazzard-Watkins (trumpet), Owen Morrison (guitar), with Will Patton (bass, mandolin)
Tracklist: Dance Around in Your Bones/Homage a la Belle Gaspesie, Wallace’s Cross/Ring of Kohala, Chicago, Reverend Brothers/Calamity, Bird in the Bush, Jehovah's Retreat, Dongo, I Don't Know Why, House of Hamill/Abe's Retreat, The Rambling Pitchfork, Reel du Montreal/Pointe a Pique, Hope, The Red Star Line/The Adirondack
Wendy says: Dance Around swings with catchy lyrics and toe-tapping Dixieland jazz band-inspired brass harmonies.
Scotti Tuddi
Selection: Scotti Tuddi
Band: Soda Rock Ramblers
Recording: Café Curioso
Musicians: Linda Askew (guitar), David Cahn (accordion, fiddle, bass), Larry Edelman (mandolin, fiddle, octave mandolin), Scott Mathis (mandolin, mandola, manjo-uke, guitarron)
Tracklist: Polka
de Rapho, Jackaroo, 18th of June, Julia, American Cider Press/Cherry Creek/Studthumper,
Scotti Tuddi, O Detta al Sole/Santa Maria Polka, Mon Père est Vieux, Cynthia's Favorite/Go
Tell Aunt Rhody, Silver Mist Waltz/Ylvisaker's Polka, Homesick Waltz, Caseydilla,
Prayer for Sandy, Button Boy/Karen Collins, La Ninetta, Rooskie's Waltz, El Satellite/Polka
Monteray, Linda's Valse Linda
Wendy says: Unique harmonies, twin mandos, and a distinctive southwest flavor.
Pretty Peggy
Selection: Pretty Peggy
Band: George
Penk, Clyde Curley and Sue Songer
Recording: A Portland Selection: Contra
Dance Music in the Pacific Northwest
Musicians: George Penk (fiddle), Clyde Curley (mandolin, octave mandolin, 4-string banjo), Sue Songer (piano), with guest musician Creighton Lindsay (guitar, dumbek)
Tracklist: Hommage
à Edmond Parizeau, Money in Both Pockets/Campbell River/Reunion Jig, Shamrocks
in the Galax/Damon’s Winder/Two Wide Nickels, Round the Horn, Basket of
Yarn/Blair Atholl/Millbrae, Father Kelley’s, Star Above the Garter/Reverend
Brothers/The Walk Home, Miss Monaghan’s/Cottage in the Grove/Mason’s Apron,
Liza Jane, Shoes and Stockings/Johnny Cope/Big Liza Jane, Eli Greene’s
Cakewalk, Little Judique, Merriweather/Sally Ann Johnson, The Black Cat
Jig/Asher, Le Cultivateur/Exit Gabriel/La Belle Catherine, Pretty Peggy,
Bouchard’s Hornpipie/Ice on the Road/Sandy MacIntyre’s Trip to Boston, Célina
Wendy says: This waltz is not only beautiful, it’s a great tempo for dancers when recorded music is needed.
Pernod
Selection: Pernod
Band: Bare Necessities
Recording: Nightcap
Musicians: Mary
Lea (violin, viola, percussion), Jacqueline Schwab (piano), Earl Gaddis
(violin, viola, vocal), Peter Barnes (flute, whistle, harmonica)
Tracklist: Ashford
Anniversary, Joy After Sorrow, Grimstock, The Night Cap, Portsmouth, St
Martin’s Lane, The First Lady, King of Poland, Heidenröslein, Barney
Brallaghan, Chestnut, The Dusty Miller, Barbarini’s Tambourine, Pernod
Wendy says: Rich,
riveting, and dramatic, “Pernod” soothes and stirs both mind and body.
Scotch Cap
Selection: Scotch
Cap/Boyne Water/ Frailach
Artist: Various artists (chosen track played by the Guppies)
Recording: Swinging on the Gate
Musicians: (each track is played by a different band): Luceo -- Rebecca King (piano), Lee Anne Welch (fiddle), John Light (accordion); Hillbillies from Mars -- Kevin Carr (fiddle), Daniel Steinberg (keyboard, melodica), Paul Kotapish (mandolin), Ray Bierl (fiddle); Faultline -- Paul Kotapish (guitar), Bobbi Nikles (fiddle), Betsy Branch (fiddle); Hoffman, Noyes & Carnahan -- Erik Hoffman (guitar), Ingrid Noyes (accordion), Danny Carnahan (fiddle); Suzy’s Floozies -- Maxine Gerber (banjo), Suzy Thompson (fiddle), Kate Brislin (guitar); The Guppies -- Jim Oakden (recorder, mandolin, clarinet), Kathrine Gardner (fiddle), Craig Johnson (piano); Tipsy House -- Jack Gilder (flute), Junji Shirota (guitar), Chris Knepper (fiddle); The Earls -- Ray Bierl (fiddle), Mary Gibbons (acoustic bass), Marty Cutler (banjo), Alan Senauke (guitar); Berger, Kammen, Linsenberg & Ward -- Chuck Ward (piano), Shira Kammen (viola), Jon Berger (violin), Judy Linsenberg (soprano recorder); Nikles, Hancock & Thayer -- Kyle Thayer (guitar), Bobbi Nikles (fiddle), Charlie Hancock ( accordion); QuébecQuasi -- Kevin Carr (fiddle), John Hamstra (mandolin), Daniel Steinberg (flute, clogging), Laurie Rivkin (fiddle), Barbara Mendelsohn (piano), Carolyn Cirimele (acoustic bass); Stump Tail Dog -- Ray Frank (guitar), Dan Engle (fiddle); Kammen & Oakden -- Jim Oakden (clarinet, guitar, recorder), Shira Kammen (fiddle); Dotgals -- Adam Cavan (acoustic bass), Susan Sullivan (fiddle), Dan Warrick (guitar), Karen Warrick (mandolin); Contrabandits -- Kathrine Gardner (fiddle), Kit Nelson (electric bass), Chris Knepper (fiddle), Charlie Hancock (piano); Berger & King (Rebecca King (piano), Jon Berger (violin, accordion)
Tracklist: Armando’s
Favorite/Tuttle’s, Jefferson City, Salamanca/Tamlin/Whiskey Before Breakfast,
Wee Hours Waltz, Half Past Four/Blackjack Grove, Scotch Cap/Boyne
Water/Frailach, Dick Gossip/Glass of Beer/Pick of the Litter, Spotted Pony, Mr
Isaac’s Maggot, Hudie Gallagher/The Orphan, Reel à Jules Verret/Les Siamois,
Valentine’s Waltz, The Night Cap/Bolt the Door, Crow Creek/Salty River Reel,
Winds of Change/Grapevine Breakdown/Knepper’s #3, Never Love Thee More
Wendy says: Starts
off with an English country dance tune, goes
Southern, and ends klezmer. This makes me happy.