Suitable Accompaniment (recorded)

Last updated: January, 2025
Using recorded music to accompany a country dance function is decidedly less than ideal.  Individual dances typically last at least five minutes - but suitable recordings usually last rather less than that - so several may need to be combined - which can be tricky to achieve seamlessly.  Also, without suitable playback facilities, their tempos may not be varied easily - say, to accommodate the ability of dancers.  However, if live music is just not practicable:

Categories and Tempos

Tune titles are shown in italicised text.  (‘Welcome to the Dance’, WttD [2000-ish], and ‘Community Dances’ [2019] are compilation Compact Disc sets by the English Folk Dance and Song Society, EFDSS.)

Recordings which particularly appeal are prefixed by an asterisk
Tempos are expressed as the duration, in seconds, for one revolution (usually 32 bars) - ordered slowest first..

Reels
32-bar:  40s: John Kelly - High Road to Linton/Mrs Macleod of Rasaay, Angelina Carberry - Dwyer’s, Natalie MacMaster - Barndances, Willie Kelly, Mike Rafferty & Donal Clancy - *Dash to Portobello, Junor Davy and Friends - A View Across the Valley/The Curlew, Adam Agee & Jon Sousa - John Brennan’s/Man … House/Americain … ;
39s; Floating Crowbar - The Torn Jacket/The Virginia;
38s: Border Collies - MacArthur Road Set, Celtic Fiddle Festival - *Loch Leven Castle/ … /Goat Island … / … set, Danú - *Cameron Highlander, Angelina Carberry - Pluckin’ Mad, Arty McGlynn - Miss Monaghan/Flags … set;
37s: Diatonics (EFDSS) - Speed the Plough/Staten Island; 37s→32s: The Irish Experience - Julia Delaney/Dinny O’Brien’s/Drowsy Maggie set, Border Collies - MacArthur Road set;
36s: Peter Miln - Glasgow Reel, The String Sisters - *The Crow’s Visit, Liz Carroll & John Doyle - *Ricky’s White Face, We Banjo 3 - Road to Eirogee/President Garfield set, Cróga - Road to Errogie set, Sláinte - Scully’s/Mrs MacLeod’s, The Fretless - *Macleod’s Farewell/Palmer’s Gate, The Faux Paws - *Katy Hill, Bellowhead - *Frogs Legs/Dragons Teeth, Nathan Gourley - Heights of Muingbhatha, Sharon Corr - Cooley’s, Jon Boden - OXO Reel;
35s: Sláinte Mhath - *The White Crow, The Elderberries - *Torn Jacket/Boy in Boat/Toss … set, Arcady - *The Maid Of Mount Cisco/… Ballyconnell/Ivy Leaf set, Keith Smith - The 9lb Chicken, Clayfoot Strutters - Honey Bee, Lissa Schneckenburger - Lady Walpole’s Reel/The Mountain Ranger/Nancy King set, Celtic Fiddle Festival - Twilight in Portroe/… /… set - Trip to Durrow/… /… set, George Penk, Clyde Curley & Susan Songer - Merriweather/Sally Ann Johnson, Peter Milne and Daniel James - Drowsy Maggie/Cooley’s Reel/…, Countercurrent - *Spike Island Lasses/Cape Rock/Neckbelly - *Tunes in Seattle - Sunshower/Lindsey and Lindsay, Natalie MacMaster - *Stoney Lake Reels, Dance Music of Ireland - The Maudabawn Chapel/… /Moher… set, Rosin in the Aire - Cold Frosty Morning;
34s: Liz Carroll - *Ronan Boys, Sharon Shannon - *The Woodchoppers, *Bag of Cats, *Bonnie Mulligan, - *Miss Thomson’s/The Derry Reel set, Gerry O'Connor - *Mountain Road, La Famille Arsenault - La Reel Mon Oncle Albert/Whiskey Before Breakfast, Fiddlestyles - MacArthur Road/Wilmotts/Tune Blast, The Brock McGuire Band - The Moving Cloud, Frankie Gavin - *Over The Moor to Maggie, Alasdair Fraser - *Tommy’s Tarbukas, Aly Bain & Jay Ungar - Big Scioty, Dave Swarbrick - *Farewell to Gibralta, Sean McGuire - *Feargal O'Gara/Liffey Banks, Daimh - Scotsville, Caladh Nua - *By Heck, Fara - The Dragon, Knot Fibb’n - Merry Blacksmith/Father Kelly’s/Uncle’s Lucky Charms, Tangent - *Edinburgh Rock/Anne Laceys, The Brock McGuire Band - *The Moving Cloud, Tom Doherty - The Three Sisters Reel, Ronan Hardiman - Flight of the Termite, Máiréad Nesbitt - *The Butterfly - *Skidoo (but 20s break from 2m07), Howie MacDonald & MacIsaac - *Old Time Wedding Reel Medley, Dominique Dupuis - *Reels des Naufragés, Flook - *Larry Get Out the Bin/Elzics Farewell, Patrick Street - Killanin’s Fancy/… Portobello/… set, VanNorstrand bros.- The Avocet/Wingspan, Séamus Egan - Poultry in the Parlour/Rolling in the Ryegrass, Michael Daves - *The 28th of January, Kevin Burke & Cal Scott - The Doon Reel/The Reel of Mullinavat/Maud Millers, Whapweasel - *Crisps - JWJ;
33s: Ashley MacIsaac - *Reels, Natalie MacMaster - *Three Reels, The Elderberries - Long Set/Silver Spear, Altan - *The Triple T, Monster Ceilidh Band - *Messis - *Reasoning, Banter (EFDSS) - *Corn Rigs/Seneca Square Dance, Contrasaurus (EFDSS) - *Tipsy Parson/The Breakdown, The Gothard Sisters - Celebration Reel, Brendan Carey Block - *Wing Commander Donald MacKenzie set - Flight of the Penguins/Mandragore, VanNorstrand bros. - Queen of Catalina, John Whelan - The Broadstone Inn/Big Snugs/Beth Pattersons, Alasdair Fraser & Natalie Haas - Alien Ceilidh - *Calliope House (jig)/MacArthur Road/Frank’s Reel set, Countercurrent - *That's Right Too/Wissahickon Drive/Hull’s Reel, 2nd South Carolina String Band - Cripple Creek/Old Joe Clark/The Girl …, Clayfoot Strutters - *Kotu, Solas - Give the Girl …/My Maryanne, The Shaskeen Céilí Band - Blacksmith’s Anvil/Bucks Of Oranmore/Crosses Of Annagh, Genticorum - Reel Circulair, Liz Carroll - Balkin’ Balkan/E-B-E Reel, Trian - Paddy O'Brien’s/The Gosling/Deirdre Shannons, Celtic Fiddle Festival - *Reel De Napoleon/Reel En Sol/Guy Thomas, Airdance - *MacArthur Road/Gravel Walk, Becky Tracy - Folans/The Corner House/The Red-haired Lass, Arty McGlynn - Walter Sammon’s Grandmother/Concertina … set, Dominique Dupuis - *Jack Daniel’s set, Banjo & Fiddles (Ludlow & Boucher) - Irish Set (Silver Spear), Laura Light - Paddy on a Bun, The Tune Makers - The Bucks of Oranmore, The Dam Beavers - *Hayward Medley (Mairi’s Wedding/… ), 45s-33s: Natalie Macmaster - Blackberry Blossom;
32s: (WttD, CD1, 08) The Ranchers - Reels: Left Handed Tushka/Susan Cooper, Alasdair Fraser & Natalie Haas - Alien Ceilidh, Natalie MacMaster - *Catharsis - Space Ceilidh, Leahy - Seamus Coynes, The Green Lads - *Grand Scapes (Macarthur Road), Altan - Glory Reel/The Heathery Cruach set, Peter Miln - Cuishlin Ma Chree, Liz Carroll - *Sevens - *Silver Spear - *Fremont Center/Vornado, *Chandelier/Anne Lacey’s, The Barra MacNeils or Liz Doherty - *Dougie MacDonald, Celtic Music - *Doherty’s Reel, Contrasaurus - *Up Jumped the Devil/Marmaduke’s Hornpipe, Niteworks - *Highlanders Farewell, Tidal Wave (Contra Quebecois) - Reel à Bruce/Reel De Terrebonne/Reel Du Nord, Malachy Doris Céilí Band - The Breakdown/Staten Island/Caddam Wood, Lissa Schneckenburger - Melissa without the "Me"/Eric’s Birthday, The Gothard Sisters - St Anne’s Reel - Hummingbird - Against the Grain, Martin O'Connor et al. - *The Cooley Set, The Clayfoot Strutters - *Kotu, Kilfenora Ceili - Sheehan’s/Merry Blacksmith/… , Aly Bain et al. - *The Boys of 25/The Glass of Beer (from Transatlantic Sessions 5), Aly Bain, Mike McClusker et al. - *Reels, Jenna Reid, Aly Bain and Friends - *Fiddle Blast, Matt Molloy - The London Lasses/Farewell to Ireland, Monster Ceilidh Band - Maid of Galway/Pigtown Fling, Howie MacDonald & MacIsaac - *Mason’s Apron Medley, Danú - The Stone in the Field/The Walls of Liscarroll, The Celtic Celi Band - Three Young Ladies Drinking Whiskey … , Tidal Wave - Set Des Frères Pigeon/Répertoire Gérard Lajoie/…, Alexis Chartrand & Babineau - *Le Malcommode/La Gemme Pascale, Steamchicken - *Old Joe Clarke, Kevin Griffin et al. - *The Green Mountain/Humours of Westport/… Oranmore set;
31s: Danú - *The Stone in the Field, Gallowglass - Rakes of Mallow, Andrew Vogts - Rosin on the Gourd, Alban Fuam - *The Congess Reel, Nova - *Redwood, The Gothard Sisters - *The Landing, Rún - *Road to Lisdoonvarna, Peter Miln - *!Banshee, Liz Carroll - Lost Indian, Altan - The Curlew/McDermott’s/Boxty, Andrew McNamara - The Humours of Tulla/The Skylark/Roarin’ Mary, The Green Lads - *Grand Scapes (MacArthur Road), Brittany Haas & Jordan Tice - Indian Ate a Woodchuck, Dominique Dupuis - Set à Barbara (Silver Spear/La Belle Catherine), Acadie;
30s: Ashley MacIsaac - *Jerry’s Beaver Hat/Catherine… set, Banter - Harper’s Frolic/Bonny Kate, Anna Ludlow - *The Hurricane, Andrew Vogts - *Boxing Reel/The Pig and the Devil’s Eye, Liz Carroll & John Doyle - Paddy Glackin’s Trip to Dingle/On the Lam/The Waves at Dingle/The Top of Stairs, Adam Sutherland & Friends, The Green Lads - *Road to Errogie, Yanks - *Holly Bush, Amber Leigh also Misty Mountains - Cooleys, Street Fiddlers - Queen Ester’s, Lissa Schneckenburger - Hipper than Hip/Hapenney Reel/Hughie Shortie’s, Aly Bain - Sophie’s Dancing Feet/Andy Brown’s set, Banter - Harpers Frolic/Bonnie Kate, Blazin’ Fiddles - *Miss Johnstone/Rannie MacLellan/… set;

16-bar: 21s (spurting to 17s): Pa’s Fiddle Band - Money Musk;  20s: Mick O’Brien & C O'R - Rolling in the Ryegrass set;  18s: Patrick Street (Arty McGlynn et al) - Martin Rochford’s Reel/Roll Out the Barrel/… Chair set;  17s: Crannog - The Red Haired Lass set;  16s: Andrew McNamara - The Humours of Tulla, Gerry O’Connor - Mountain Road set.

24-bar: 31s: Brittany Haas & Marshall & Walsh - Little Rabbit;  30s: Banter - Dorset Triumph/Harpers Frolic;  28s: We Banjo 3 - The Bunch of Green Rushes/Salt Creek;  25s: Lissa Schneckenburger - Moneymusk;  24s: Four Men and a Dog - Barlow Knife (Appalachian), Hugh Burns - Smokey Mountain Breakdown, Máire Breatnach or Seelyhoo (22s) - Jenny’s Chickens;  23s: Brittany Haas - *Yell in the Shoats, The Gothard Sisters - The Three Coins.

28-bar: 42s: Johnny Cash - Casey Jones (Steamin' and a Rollin', obviously!) vocal content;  29s: Rhys Jones & Sammi - *Rebel Raid.

40-bar: 45s: James Kelly et al. - Foxhunter’s Reel;  39s: Dominique Dupuis - Gravel Walk.

48-bar: 59s: Liz Carroll - Lost in the Loop;  54s: Keith Smith - Clutha, Falconers - Walpole Cottage, Noel Hill - Duke of Leinster;  48s: Amber Leigh - Toss the Feathers, De Danann - *Mulvihill’s Reel/The Dawn;  44s: Andrew Vogts - Bumblebee in a Jug.

Odd Structure Reels (about a bar per second): Celtic Fiddle Festival - La Belle Catherine - Reel a Tido/*La Rachoudine, Brittany Haas - *Streak O’ Lean, Streak O' Fat (similar to Hell Broke Loose in Georgia), The Demon Barbers - Kiss Me Quick My Mammy's … , Haas & Molsky - Lady Hamilton, Brendan Carey Block - Jake’s Trip to Seattle (18-bar).


Reels for New England Contra (so relatively contemporary)
32-bar:  39s: Mean Lids - Amber Fields;
38s: Lissa Schneckenburger, DiMario & Murphy - The Old Maid of Galway;
37s: Becky Tracy - Arizona;
36s: We Banjo 3 - Good Time, Old Time, Sam Bartlett & Sue Sternberg - Evil Diane - Mary Devlin’s;
35s: Perpetual e-Motion - Vladi on the Trans-Siberian - Cluck Old Hen, Countercurrent - Tunes in Seattle - The Apple Press/Etouffee Brutus, Fiddlestyles - Spootiskerry/Moving Cloud/… ;
34s: George Penk, Clyde Curley & Susan Songer - Merriweather/Sally Ann Johnson set, Great Bear Trio - The Gardener, The Engine Room - *Glory in the Meetinghouse, Toss the Possum - *Vladi … (live), Flook - *Larry …/Elzic’s Farewell, Buddy System - Acorn Stomp/Black … , Toss the Possum - Apple Blossom, Nightingale - *Scotch Mary/Lizzy in the Lowground/Trails of Kubinek, Michael Daves - *The 28th January, Hotpoint Stringband - *Bus Stop Reel, Pete’s Posse - The Echo, Gypsy Meltdown - *Vortex/Rainy Night in Montague, Mean Lids - Captain Nemo/Vittrad - Bubbles/Sally in the Garden - Midnight Wander - Red Prarie Dawn - Trip to Pakistan, Airdance - Contrazz/Old Joe, Máiréad Nesbitt - *The Butterfly Reel - *Skidoo, Syncopaths - The Hut on Staffin Island/Johnny Wilmot’s Fiddle/Frank’s Reel;
33s: The Engine Room - *Asheville’s Farewell, Countercurrent - Master Crowley's/Asturian Way, Tidal Wave (Contra Quebecois) - Reel à Bruce/Reel De Terrebonne/Reel Du Nord, Perpetual e-Motion - Turnpike Warrior/Mom/Kandahar set, The Great Bear Trio - Jenny’s Groove - The Amazing Flying Sebastian - *Benton’s Hallucinations, VanNorstrand bros. - Queen of Catalina, Big Bandemonium - *Flying Tent, Syncopaths - The Hut on Staffin Island/Wilmots/… , Pete’s Posse - The Bunny Tree, Contranella - Walking Home/D Tune, Laura light - Tropiganda, Hotpoint Stringband - Big John MacNeil/Elzic’s Farewell set - Jeff City/Dolly McFadden’s Favorite/… set, Nightingale - Ballygow/The Bus Stop/MacDonalds - Come Along Jody/… Dog, Genticorum - Reel Circulaire, La Bottine Souriante - Sheepskin and Beeswax, Retrospectacles - Catharsis/Red Crow, Stringdancer - Bad Axe Breakdown;
32s: Perpetual e-Motion - Sandy Boys/Beth Cohen’s set, The Great Bear Trio - Contra Dance - *The Randomanians - The Hat Thief - Lake City/The Monarch (30s), VanNorstrand bros.- South Bay Reel/Unstoppable, Andrew and Noah Band - *Elusive Goose - Cascade/Dial Pancake, Airdance - Muddy Roads, George Penk, Clyde Curley & Susan Songer - Mad River/…/Hey Little Girl set, Tom Adler & Co. (incl. Rob Pine) - Sweet Nell, Nightingale - Barter’s Hill/Lucy Campell; Hotpoint Stringband - Juneteenth/Opera Reel, Warsaw/*Haphazard Breakdown set, Toss the Possum - Golden Ticket - Blackberry Blossom - Elzic’s Farewell - *The Volunteer, The Lost and Nameless Orchestra - Dizzy Molly/Delaney/… McNeil, The Gothard Sisters - *Against the Grain!!, Stringdancer - Bridget’s …/Curvy Road …/*Haphazard Breakdown set, The Dam Beavers - *Dirt, Contranella - *Esquimaux/New Year/… - Downtown/Aquarius/… , Syncopaths - The Very Last Straw - Spootiskerry/Morning Haggis, Béla Fleck - *Frosty Morning, Tidal Wave - Set des Frères Pidgeon/Répertoire Gerard Lajoie/St Michel - Reel Américain/Bergeville, Brendan Carey Block - Flight of the Penguins/Mandragore, Wake Up Robin - *Rainy Night - Raccoon;
31s: The Great Bear Trio - *Garbage in A, Buddy System - *Ride the Wheel, Andrew & Noah - Flying Cloud Cotillion/Que, Firecloud - *Sandy Boys/…, Nova - Snow Boots, Toss the Possum - Catharsis, Hanneke Cassel - *Dot the Dragon’s Eyes, Mean Lids - Waterbound, The Green Lads - Pop;
30s: Blazin' Fiddles - Pat The Budgie, Perpetual e-Motion - Greasy Coat/Sally Ann, The Great Bear Trio - Rec Hall/Redstone Reel/Allen Street, Giant Robot Dance - Sheepskin & Beeswax, Toss the Possum - Still Grumbling …, Pete’s Posse - *Fine Times, Perpetual e-Motion - Greasy Coat/Sally Ann.
35s-29s: Nova - Epic Reel/Trip to the Market/The Coalminer.

Review numerous contra recordings (on C.D.) direct from this index:  https://www.jefftk.com/p/a-complete-tune-index-of-contracast

Electro/Techno Contra (revolution periods shown for 32-bars - but the tunes aren't really structured as such - so they need more concentration by the caller.)
34s: Firecloud - Smith Mountain/High Avalanche Danger;
32s: Perpetual e-Motion - *Flying Tent - Bridge the Gap, DR Shadow (Benjamin Smith) - First Chance - *Glory in the House, Firecloud - *Eyeball Tacos - Twister, Niteworks - Beul na h-Oidhche, Vitamin String Quartet or Taylor Davis - *Thriller, Alexandr Misko or Organic Strings - Billie Jean;
31s: The Faux Paws - *Dirt Nap, Firecloud - *Get Serious, Niteworks - Highlanders’ Farewell, Perpetual e-Motion - *Eleanor Rigby.


Jigs
32-bar:  38s: Stout Scouts - Lilting Banshee, Seelyhoo - Miss Sarah MacFadyen/Farewell … ;
35s: Kathleen & Jim Fownes - *The Old Favorite/The !Orphan, Lissa Schneckenburger - Jefferson and Liberty/Bert Ferguson, Koda - Wee Man from Skye;
34s: Oxford Nags (EFDSS) - Perfect Cure/Rig-a-Jig-Jig, Contrasaurus (EFDSS) - *Chorus Jig, The Good Tune - *Maids Of Selma/Lisnagun Jig;
33s: Mark Arrington - Haymaker’s Jig, Angelina Carberry - *Dermot Grogan's/Hardiman’s Fancy, Adam Agee & Jon Sousa - Hardiman’s Fancy/Apples … ;
32s: Kevin Burke & Cal Scott - *The Green Fields of Woodford/Seanamhac … , Jimmy Blair and his Scottish Dance Band - Lord Rosslyn’s Fancy, Countercurrent - The Legacy/Tumbledown/Manus Lunny’s … , Steamchicken - Nobbers New Jigs, Trinculo - *Drummond Castle/Shorty’s Revenge set, Michael O'Donoghue - Haymaker’s Jig, Tiger Moth - Oats, Beans and Barley Grow;
31s: (WttD, CD1, 07) The Ranchers - Jigs: Lady Mary Douglas/Jump at the Sun/There Came a Young Man, Patrick Street - Portarlington/McCormick’s… set, The Scottish Fiddle Orchestra - *Jake’s Jig/Going to the Well for Water/… set, Leahy - Wedding Day, Lissa Schneckenburger - *Bottle of Brandy set, Alasdair Fraser & Paul Machlis - *Calliope House/Cowboy Jig, Celtic Fiddle - Old Apples, Paddy Canny - Pipe on the Hob, Natalie MacMaster - Mahone Bay, Séamus Egan - Garrett Barry’s/Hag at the Churn set, Trio - *Snug in the Blanket/Drummond Castle/Stool of Repentance;
30s: Adam Agee & Jon Sousa - *An Giorra … (The Hare in the Corn)/O’Keefe’s Jig set, Liz Carroll - *Champaign Jig Goes to Columbia/Pat & Als, *The Jigs, VanNorstrand bros. - Sage Creek/… Pirate Roberts/Ruby and Bing, Bothy Band - *Strayaway Child, Koda - Kenny Gillies, James Keane - *Geese in the Bog, Halali - *Jimmy Boyles/The Roaring Bar Maid/Joy Go With My Love, Natalie MacMaster - Jig Party, *St Nick’s - Counselors Jig/The Rakes of Kildare/The Lark in the Morning, Steeleye Span - Bride’s Favourite/Tansey’s, Danú - Brown-Eyed Bridget, Matt Molloy - Pathway to the Well/Pride of Rockchapel/… set, Open House - Devil’s Jig/The Trip to Bantry/… set, Alban Fuam - *Hand Me Down the Tackle/Fermoy… /… set, Eliza Carthy & The K. of C. - Little Bear/Wobbly Cat/Upton Stick Dance set, Brendan Carey Block - *Kate’s/The Mill Roof, Jingbang Ceilidh Band - Hullichan’s Jig/The Curlew/The Skyeman’s Jig/Troy’s Weddings;
29s: Adam Agee & Jon Sousa - Drummond Castle/The Old… set, Séamus Egan - Lark in the Morning/… /Humours of Ballyloughlin set, Alban Fuam - *Connie Walshe’s/Out on the Ocean/… Delaney’s set, Session Tunes - Trip to Athlone/Rambling Pitchfork/… set, Caitlin Warbelow & Johnny Cuomo - *Eddie Kelly’s/Alabama Rick’s/… set, The Drowsy Lads - Blackthorn Stick/Connaughtman’s Rambles/… set, Blazin' Fiddles - Braehead Cottage, Howie MacDonald - Dan R’s Favourite/Portland Fancy/… set;
28s: Alasdair Fraser & Natalie Haas - *Jig Runrig, Banter - *Jump at the Sun, John Doonan - Smash the Windows, The Bothy Band - *The Kesh, John Carty - *Grey Goose, The Elderberries - *The Hag set, Altan - The Blue Idol, Eliza Carthy & The KoC - Holm Band Tune/Robert’s …/… set;
27s: Rapalje - *John Joe Gammon’s Jig/Upstairs/Darlings Asleep, Les Genoux - Chapelloise/Jump at the Sun, Gillian Boucher & Bob McNeill - Jigs;  26s: De Danann All Stars - Kitty’s Wedding/The Rambler.

16-bar: 15s: Patrick Street - *Mrs O'Sullivan’s/Calliope House, Blazin’ Fiddles - *Thursday Night in Caley, The Gothard Sisters - Midsummer Jigs.

48-bar: 54s: Greg Joy - *Blarney Pilgrim;
53s: Natalie MacMaster - Father John MacLeod’s Jig;
50s: Laoise Kelly - All Alive/Malcolm’s New Fiddle/Battering Ram (gentle), ITMA Staff - The Humours of Ennistymon/The Cliffs of Moher/Out On the Ocean set, Mark Arrington - Sweets of May;
48s: Steeleye Span - Mooncoin, Blackthorn - Dusty Windowsill Jig set;
47s: The Elderberries - Banish Misfortune/Swallowtail/… set, Midgies Ceilidh Band - *Leg of a Duck/Glasgow Gaels;
46s: Jon Boden et al. - *Bridge of Athlone, Kevin Burke - *The Humours of Ennistymon/Old as the Hills set, Junor Davy and Friends - Strike the Gay Harp/The Hag’s Purse;
44s: Various - *Blarney Pilgrim;
42s: Matt Molloy - *Munster Buttermilk.

56-bar: 56s: Niamh Ni Charra - The Bruckless Shore.


Double Jigs
32-bar:  33s: Jim Macleod - Rory O'More/The Lynmore Jig/…, Niall Mulligan - Brennan’s Jig/Grainne’s Jig, Amelia Parker - Irishman’s Heart to the Ladies/Cape Breton Dream/Stan Chapman’s;
32s: Patrick Street - *The Shores of Lough Gowna/Contentment is … set, Celtic Fiddle Festival - Maureen’s Fancy/Ceili Jig/Swinging Jig, John Whelan - *Dr O'Neal/Killavel, Kennedy’s Kitchen - Girls of Banbridge - Willie Coleman’s, Dave Swarbrick - The Swallow’s Tail/Rakes Of Kildare/Blackthorn Stick, Altan - The Gap of Dreams/Nias …/… set, Olive Hurley - Shandon Bells/Nova Scotia/Cherish The Lady;
31s: Waxies Dargle - Father O'Flynn/Irish Washerwoman/Blackberry Blossom… set, 422 - *Joe Fosters, The Climax Ceilidh Band - *Spike 16s lull from 3m02, John Whelan - *Humours Of Glendart/Leitrim Fancy/Paddy In London, The Scottish Fiddle Orch. - Jake’s Jig/Well for Water, Natalie MacMasterr - Mom's Jig, The Dunne Family - Strike the Gay Harp/Jimmy Ward’s/The Doberman’s Wallet, The Blue Rock Boys - Doctor O'Neill’s, Floating Crowbar - The Doberman’s Wallet/The Mouse…/Orphan/McHugh’s/Stan Chapman’s, The Blue Rock Boys - Doctor O'Neill’s, Arty McGlynn - Peter Byrne’s Fancy/Creepin Docken;
30s: FullSet - The Lost & Found, Brendan Mulhaire Band - Hag with the Money, Dominique Dupuis - *Mom's Jig/Cape Breton Dream, Howie MacDonald - Miss Ann Campbell/The Green Tree/The ‘Buddy’ Jig, Brendan C. Block - *Turn 3/Dawning… /Groton… , John Whelan - Francis O'Neill’s/Jesse …/Stop … ;
29s: Whapweasel - Badunga, Beòlach - Annie’s New Heart, Blazin' Fiddles - Braehead Cottage, The Barra MacNeils - Wedding Party Medley, FullSet - Travers.

48-bar: 55s: Perpetual e-Motion - Banks of Lough Gowna/Rolling Waves/Willie Coleman’s;  54s: Damien O'Kane & David Kosky - Morgan Rattler;  48s: Trinculo - Any Jig Will Do/Tall … set, The Cheviot Ranters - Bridge of Athlone set, Mark, Holly and Bruce (Climax) - Morgan Rattler/Zakynthos Jig;  46s: Spiers & Boden - Oswestry Wake/Morgan Rattler;  45s: 422 - *Zycanthos Jig set;  44s: Blowzabella - *Horizonto, Whapweasel - The Ship;  42s: The House Band - The Zakynthos Jig.


Slip Jigs
51s: Sean Softley - Open Slip Jigs;  50s: Altan - A Fig for a Kiss/Turf Cutter, Mark Arrington - *The Foxhunter’s Slip Jig set;  48s: Rún - Hardiman the Fiddler, Máire Breatnach - Nead Na Lachan (The Foxhunter), Natalie MacMaster - *Patricia Kelso’s, Altan - Tommy Potts’ Slip Jigs, Randal Bays - The Mother’s Day/Elizabeth Kelly’s Delight;  46s: Fiddler’s Dram - Peel the Tatties/The Pig in the Kitchen/The Barony Jig, Mark & Holly - The Peacock followed the Hen/Foxhunters/Drops of Brandy;  44s: Alizbar & Ann'Sannat - The Butterfly;  43s: Spinach for Norman - *Rocky Road to Dublin/Foxhunters Jig/Drops of Brandy;  42s: Alban Fuam - Rocky Road to Dublin, Mervent - Alcoholik Slip Jigs set, Street Fiddlers - Nead Na Lachan (The Foxhunter’s Jig);  39s: The Bothy Band - The Butterfly.


Polkas
32-bar:  38s: Lissa Schneckenburger - Jamie Allen;  36s: The Old Swan Band - Mrs Ellen O'Dwyer's/Packie Russell's, Lone Pine String Band (Bluegrass) - Angeline the Baker;  35s: Cheviot Ranters - Call of the Pipes/… Rocks … /… , Brian Roe - Sean Ryan’s Polka, Diatonics (EFDSS) - Come Dance and Sing/One for Phil;  34s: The Old Swan Band - Little Diamond/The Tournemore Polka/The Maids of Ardagh, Craig Duncan - Grandfather/Clarinet Polka, unidentified - Shiftin’ Bobbins;  33s: Fred Hanna - Siege of Ennis/Banks of Inverness;  32s: Art Stamper - Barndance Polka, Cheviot Ranters - La Russe/Good Humour/Come Let Us Dance and Sing, Crooked Still - *Angeline the Baker (some vocal content);  31s: Sláinte - Britches Full of Stitches/Munster Bank/Sullivan’s, Ghurt Yo'Ghurt - Sean Ryan’s Polka/… set, 422 (EFDSS) - *The Huntsmen’s Chorus/Grandfathers Polka/Bonny Kate Medley;  30s: Eliza Carthy & Kings of Calicutt - Trip to Fowey/Cuckold Came out of the Amery/Indian Queen, unidentified - *Sean Ryan’s Polka, Steeldrivers - Angelina Baker;  28s: Reelroad - *Maurice Manley’s/Siege of Ennis/Egan’s/Tarmon’s/Sean Ryan’s, Liz Carroll & John Doyle - Kieran’s Polka/The Bike to Ballyhahill set;  26s: Mervent - *Ballydesmond #1/Ballydesmond #2/Egan’s set.

16-bar: 21s: Nightingale - Newmarket Polka - Trip to Dingle;  17s: Geslison & Groberg - Cotton Eye Joe;  15s: Sham Rock - Tell Me Ma;  14.5s: Gaelic Storm - Tell Me Ma.


Hornpipes
32-bar:  47s: The Old Swan Band - Gloucester Hornpipe/Polly Put the Kettle On, John Carmichael and his band - Canadian Barn Dance;  40s: Cheviot Ranters - Drops of Brandy/the Moorbridge Hornpipe/Giswick Kirn/The Old Drove Road - Redesdale Hornpipe/King of the Fairies/…;
39s: Blazin' Fiddles - President Garfield;
35s: Corrina Rose Logston - JC’s/Honeycat Hornpipe;
34s: Eliza Carthy - Scan Tester’s Country Stepdance/ …, (rant) 422 (EFDSS) - Soldiers Joy/The Great North Run/Dunstanburgh Castle;
33s: Corrina Rose Logston - Wilson’s Hornpipe.

16-bar: 34s: Wintergreen - Puddleglum’s Misery/Elsa’s …;
26s: Steamchicken - … Devil's Dead/In Party Mood;
25s: Cooper, Bulwer, Hawkins - Washing Day/Old Mrs Huddledee/Keel Row, Bellowhead - Kafoozalum/Priest’s Miss, Steamchicken - Gobby’s Christmas …, Elektroarfa Elektroskripka - Off To California;
23s: Oxford Nags (EFDSS) - Steamboat/Boyne Water.


Bluegrass (to accompany American Square Dances)
32-bar:  39s: Ricky Skaggs - Missing Vassar;
38s: We Banjo 3 - *John Brown/The Lost Indian/Sail Away Ladies;
37s: Bruce Molsky - *Shove the Pig’s Foot …;
36s: Bucketboy Bluegrass Band - Kitchen Girl/June Apple, Mark Johnson - Booth Shot Lincoln, John Hartford - Squirrel Hunters, Mark O'Connor - Say Old Man, Jim Hendricks - *Ballad of Casey Jones, We Banjo 3 - Little Liza Jane (vocal content);
The Faux Paws - Katy Hill;
34s: Studio Musicians - Turkey in the Straw, The Sons of Pioneers - *Oh Susanna, Govannen - *Billy in the Low Ground, The Grascals - *Old Dangerfield, Chance McCoy & Appalachian String Band - *Greasy Coat, Amy Alvey & Brad Leftwich - Indian on a Stump, Ron Block - Devil in the Strawstack, Michael McGoldrick, Lunny, Molsky - Sail Away Ladies/Walking in the Parlour, John Reischman - Walk Along John to Kansas;
33s: Kenny Baker - Smoky Mountain Rag, Art Stamper - Old Arkansas, Bryan Sutton - Kitchen Girl, Brittany Haas - Fisher’s Hornpipe - Duck River - Smith’s Reel, Notorious - Door County #2, George Jackson - Dry & Dusty, Mark O'Connor - Tennessee Wagoner, Altan - The Triple T, Jim Hendricks - Mountain Dew, Empty Bottle String Band - *Booth Shot Lincoln, Bill Monroe & the Bluegrass Boys - Ashland Breakdown, Matt Turino - Jane’s Birthday, Abrams Brothers - Nashville Skyline Rag;
32s: Art Stamper - Miss Spencer’s Reel - Goodbye Girls I'm Going to Boston, Corrina Rose Logston - Smokey Mountain Rag, Chance McCoy & the Appalachian String Band - Twin Sisters - Indian Ate a Woodchuck - Cranberry Rock, Roy Acuff & Smoky Mountain Boys - Black Mountain Rag, The Steeldrivers - Whiskey Before Breakfast, J. T. Perkins - Bill Cheatum, The Bog/Foghorn Stringband - Nancy Rowland, Shannon Bielski & Rob Benzing - *Clinch Mountain Backstep, Martin Simpson et al. - Gather the Owls, Water Tower - Red Prairie Dawn, Foghorn Stringband - Grigsby’s Hornpipe, The Nashville Bluegrass Band - Old Timey Risin’ Damp, Jones, Miller & Nelson - Possum on a Rail;
31s: Richard Durrant - Billy in the Low Ground, Mason Williams or Various Artists - Ragtime Annie, Hawktail - *Abbzug (40s-31s), Corrina Rose Logston - Laughing Boy, Bela Fleck - Rocky Road (2 + 32 bars), Bruce Molsky - John Brown’s Dream (some vocal content) - Cotton-Eye Joe, Chance McCoy & the Appalachian String Band - Shelvin Rock, The Faux Paws - Fruit Game, Michael Cleveland & Flamekeeper - Jerusalem Ridge, Notorious - *Iowa City/Springfield Girls, Aubrey Haynie - *Foolin' Around, Art Stamper - *Jenny Lind - Sweet Dixie, Studio musicians - Flop-Eared Mule, Full Cord - Cluck Old Hen, Corrina Rose Logston - Sandridge, Mountain Heart - Barn Dance;
30s: Mike Scott - *Sally Goodin, New Grass Revival - *Casey Jones, various or Krüger Brothers - *Reuben’s Train, The Ozark Banjo Co. - *Anne Lacey’s/Ashland Breakdown, Hot Buttered Rum - *Old Dangerfield, Water Tower Bucket Boys - Greasy Coat, Kenny Baker - Black Mountain Rag, The Bluegrass Album Band - Brown County Breakdown, Benton Flippen - Fly Around my Pretty Little Miss, Foghorn Stringband - Lost Girl, Craig Duncan - Ragtime Annie, Frank Blevins & Rattlers - Susannah Gal (FAmPLM?)/Old Aunt Betsy (both have some vocal content);
29s: Aubrey Haynie - Hamilton Special, Bill Monroe & the Bluegrass Boys - Tallahassee, Soggy Bottom Boys - Angeline the Baker, Chance McCoy & the Appalachian String Band - Jimmy Johnson, Charlie Moore - Maple Sugar Reel, Art Stamper - Martha Campbell, Newton Boys or Kentucky Colonels - Alabama Jubilee, Uncle Earl - Julianne Johnson, Ricky Skaggs - Montana Slim (32-ish-bar).

16-bar:  18s: Babineau & Chartrand - Windsor Mills;  17.5s: Corrina Rose Logston - *Highlander’s Farewell;  17s: Ron Block - *Devil in the Strawstack;  16s: Mike Kerin et al. - Chicken Reel, The Bog/Foghorn Stringband combo - Nancy Rowland;  15s: Gordon Terry - The Chicken Reel.

20-bar:  22s: Dirk Powell - *Sally Ann;  21s: Craig Duncan - Sally Ann, Eden MacAdam-Sommer & Ungar - Glory in the Meeting House;  19s: Adam Hurt - Say Old Man (I Want Your Daughter).

24-bar:  26s: Rattle on the Stovepipe - *Chinquapin Hunting, Brittany Haas - John Brown’s Dream;  24s: Four Men and a Dog - Barlow Knife, Jack Devereux - Red SteerAubrey Haynie - Make a Little Boat, Mickey Raphael (Harmonica) - Oh Susanna;  23.5s: Uncle Earl - Backstep Cindy;  22.5s: Bruce Molsky - Last of Harris;  22s: Hammer & String - *Say Old Man, Can I Have Your Daughter;  21s: Various - The Humpback Mule.

28-bar:  29s: Rhys Jones and Sammi - *Rebel Raid.

36-bar:  35s: Pete Sutherland & Brad Kolodner - *Five Miles From Town;  34s: Aubrey Haynie - Creeks a Risin';  31s: Aubrey Haynie - Cherokee Shuffle.

40-bar:  43s: Haas & Molsky - John Brown’s Dream;  42s: Glenn Sutton - Green Bluegrass;  40s: David Holt & Josh Goforth - *Billy Wilson;  38s: Randall Franks, Fairchild, Shuler - Down Yonder.

48-bar:  52s: Matt & Tom Turino - Cuiver River Shiver;  49s for 48 + 1 bar: Notorious - *Pickin' the Berries;  47s: Brittany Haas with Lauren Rioux & Avril Smith - Sullivan’s Hollow/Five Miles From Town;  39s: Hobart Smith - *Cripple Creek.

Bluegrass Oddities 27ish-bar in 26s:  Balsam Range - *Backdraft; Bill Monroe & the Bluegrass Boys - Crossing The Cumberlands (46s, step-hop).



Cajun
32-bar:  42s: Boiling Bayou Cajun Band - *Amédé Two-Step, The Cajun All-Stars - Cousin Lilly, Lost Bayou Ramblers or Lee Benoit - Bosco Stomp;
41s: The Cajun All-Stars - Mamou Two-Step;
40s: The Savoy Family Band - Rockin’ Chair Two-Step, Lost Bayou Ramblers - Bayou Perdu - Renee Stomp - Lacassine Special, *Bayou Perdu (vocal content), The Cajun All-Stars - *Mamou Jam;
39s: The Cajun All-Stars - *Newz Reel, Jesse Lege - Mamou Hot Step;
38s: The Savoy-Doucet Cajun Band - Evangeline Special, La Queue De Tortue, *Lacassine Special (minor vocal content), The Savoy Family Band - Tite Robe Court (some vocal content);
36s: The Balfa Brothers - Indian On A Stomp (minor vocal content);
35s: Dewey Balfa, Marc Savoy, D. L. Menard - Liberty.