See the Contra Pulse website for transcripts and more. Or click here to download it directly. And the Country Dance and Song Society for information about Contra and English country dance across the continent. Here is a video of the panel discussion. To learn more about our panelists, you can see their websites Becky Tracy Kate Barnes Pete Sutherla…

The intro and interstitial tracks from today’s episode are The Wail, the 1927 foxtrot by Carleton Coon/Joe Sanders (1927 foxtrot), performed by BLT on the 1987 cassette tape Music from Here and There, Now and Then, with Kate Barnes on piano, Mary Lea on violin, and Bill Tomczak on clarinet; Alabama Jubilee, performed live at the Guiding Star Grange…

The intro and interstitial tracks from today’s episode are John Henry’s Reel/First Month of Summer/Bean A Ti Ar Lar/The Wild Irishman from Becky Tracy’s album Evergreen, Haapavesi/Wedding Dance from Assembly’s 2002 EP The January EP, Hills/Mulqueen’s from Nightingale’s 2004 album Three, Clamanda/Farewell To The Taliban from Keith Murphy’s 2005 albu…

In the debut episode of From the Mic we meet Phil Jamison of Asheville, North Carolina. Phil is nationally-known as a dance caller, old-time musician, and flatfoot dancer. He has called dances, performed, and taught at music festivals and dance events throughout the U.S. and overseas since the early 1970s, including over forty years as a member of …

The intro and interstitial tracks from today’s episode are Hell Broke Loose in Georgia from The Latter Day Lizards’ 2002 album Sleeping on a Rock, Midnight on the Water from The Latter Day Lizards’ 2007 album Rainy Night in Montague, The Old Favorite/The Return from Paris from Childsplay’s 1994 album Twelve Gated City, Rainy Night in Montague from …

The intro and interstitial tracks from today’s episode are La fille dans le bois/Reel d’IIas Boudreault from Becky’s 2001 Solo CD Evergreen, Eugene O’Donnell/Bea Maye’s/Tuttle’s/Lady Ann Montgomery from Nightingale’s 1996 album Sometimes When the Moon is High, Chili and Chocolate from Eloise & Co.’s 2018 album More, Please, Big Reel/Rare from Wild …

The intro and interstitial tracks from today’s episode are Ring Of Kohala by KGB on their album In From the Cold, Devil's Churn/Vladi On The Trans-Siberian/It's Too Hot from the Bag O' Tricks/Tricky Brits 2001 album Contra Dance And English Country Dance Music, Chimney Pond & Kirtan performed by Contra Sutra live at NW Folklife Festival 2017, To So…

The intro and interstitial tracks from today’s episode are Waiting for Recovery and Indiana Summer from the Mean Lids album Prairie Summer, First Chance (feat. Nightingale) and Glory (feat. Mean Lids) from the DR Shadow album Electro Contra and the DR Shadow single Day at the Beech. See the Contra Pulse website for transcripts and more. Or click he…

The intro and interstitial tracks from today’s episode are MacPherson Strut, Coriolis/Midnight Couchette/Brushfire/Myra’s and April Storm/Kate and Roses from Bag ‘o Tricks’ self-titled album, and Gray Jay from Roguery’s CD #6. See the Contra Pulse website for transcripts and more. Or click to download the transcript directly. And the Country Dance …

The intro and interstitial tracks from today’s episode are The Black Cat Jig/Asher (George Penk, fiddle; Clyde Curley, mandolin; Sue Songer, piano) from A Portland Selection 1, Riding on a Load of Hay/The Golden Stud © Paul Roche and recorded virtually by The Portland Megaband, Pretty Peggy (George Penk, fiddle; Clyde Curley, octave mandolin; Sue S…

The intro and interstitial tracks from today’s episode are The Brumley Brae/Skippin' Cat, Hangman's Reel, The High Part Of The Road/All The Rage, and Four Potatoes/Catharsis - George Booker, all from Uncle Gizmo’s self-titled album, Uncle Gizmo! Special thanks to Max Newman unearthing his vintage recording of the Uncle Gizmo album. Check out our up…

The intro and interstitial tracks from today’s episode are Green Table, Iris O’Norman and Rumblestrip from Sam’s 2004 album Evil Diane and Dance-a-Rama and Mick Good’s Waltz from his 2016 album Dance-a-Rama. See the Contra Pulse website for transcripts and more. Or download the transcript directly. And the Country Dance and Song Society for informa…

The intro and interstitial tracks from today’s episode are Lowdown Hoedown/Beth Cohen’s/Kolomeike from Notorious’ their 2006 eponymous album, Door County #2/Sweetbriar from the Reckless Rambler’s album Lowdown Hoedown published by Great Meadows Music, Two Rivers from Uncle Gizmo’s eponymous album, and Blues at Daybreak from the 2010 Notorious album…

The intro and interstitial tracks from today’s episode are Late for the Dance/Red Prairie Dawn performed live by the Karina Wilson Trio, Bright New Morning, a singlewritten and performed by Karina with Bard Edrighton on banjo and guitar, recorded at Torreon studios in Santa Fe, NM, Smithy Hill from the Reverie album Violet, and Celeste, also from V…

The intro and interstitial tracks from today’s episode are Julia Delaney/Farewell to Chernobyl from the Syncopaths’ first album Rough Around the Edges, Waves and Smiles performed by Audrey Knuth and Jeff, the Fifth Gear set from the second Syncopath album Five Gears, and Waltz for Ann Marie from Michael Mendelson’s album A Fiddler’s Notebook. See t…

The intro and interstitial tracks from today’s episode are Blanchard's Hornpipe/Good For The Tongue from the Old Gray Goose album Maine Country Dance Tunes and Songs, She Said She Couldn't Dance from the Old Gray Goose album Opera House Medley, Feisty Barny self-recorded by Doug Protsik, Belfast & Moosehead Lake Railroad Polka also from Opera House…

The intro and interstitial tracks from today’s episode are Cotillion des baies-des-rochers from the album Canterbury Dance Orchestra’s album Welcome Here Again, Rock Valley Jig from the album Fiddle Tunes with Omar Marcoux, album and a track from The Strasthspeay and Reel Society of New Hampshire: Stirling Fiddlers Welcome To The Strathspey And Ree…

The intro and interstitial tracks from today’s episode are a set of three tunes from the Portland Playalong Selection with Sue Songer and Clyde Curley (a companion CD to the renown tune book): Jeff City / John Sharp's Hornpipe / Ducks on the Pond, Sunday River Waltz from Betsy’s album with David Kaynor - Midnight in Montague, Picassiette from her a…

The intro and interstitial tracks from today’s episode are Reel des Accordéonistes / Mother’s / Le Champs de Bleuet / Reel Ti-Mé from Elixir’s album Anybody’s Guess, Way Down in Union Country from 21st Century Hoedown by The Morrison Brothers, Daybreak (Reprise) from Owen’s Solo Album Daybreak, and Javelina Hunt from the Night Watch album Splendid …

The intro and interstitial tracks from today’s episode are Honey in the Woodpile/Grinding Stone from Jeremiah’s latest solo album The Grinding Stone, Sri Bubba from The Clayfoot Strutters’ 2002 album Going Elsewhere, June from Jeremiah’s first solo album Freetown, Flying Tent from Nightingale’s album Three, and La Crouzade, a single recorded by Jer…

The intro and interstitial tracks from today’s episode are Cloud Nine/Broken Heart/Cloud Nine from the Airdance album Cloud Nine, Petronella/Green Mountain Petronella from the album New England Chestnuts, Cattle In The Cane from the album Airplang II, Lake George is one of the audio tracks from Gems Vol. 3, part of Rodney's series of recorded tunes…

The intro and interstitial tracks from today's episode are New Brunswick Hornpipe/Rainy Reel and Debbie's Jig/Cadeau's Jig from the Gerry Robichaud album Maritime Dance Party, Angus Campbell/Top o’ the Hill and Colored Aristocracy/Ragtime from Kitchen Junket and La Bastringue-Saut de Lapin-Beaulieu-Pointe au Pic from Heatin’ Up the Hall , both by Y…

Hi, Contra Pulse listeners – this is Ben Williams - editor and producer for this Contra Pulse. I’m just popping on to let you know that we’ll be releasing Contra Pulse every three weeks moving forward instead of every two. Our episodes have been more in depth and have more music, and moving to a three week schedule will allow us to put out that sam…

The intro and interstitial tracks from today's episode are all by Elixir - Divine Reel/Langstaff Library, Lulu's Back in Town, and Ringstead from the album Anybody's Guess, and I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Myself a Letter and Bransle/Tom Kruskal's from the album Rampant. See the Contra Pulse website for transcripts and more. And the Country D…

The intro and interstitial tracks from today's episode are Jules Verret/Reel de Mattawa (Richard Forest)/La Belle Gaspésie from Green Mountain by Mary Cay Brass and Friends, Levi Jackson Rag and la Partida, from Heatin’ Up the Hall by Yankee Ingenuity, and Goodbye My Lady Love from the album Full Swing. See the Contra Pulse website for transcripts …

The intro and interstitial tracks from today's episode are Chris Glidden's from Pete's Posse, Honeybee from the Clayfoot Strutters, and Chatterin' Horse from an upcoming album of original older time music based on Scottish pipe tunes featuring Tim Cummings on small and border pipes and Brad Kolodner on banjo See the Contra Pulse website for transcr…

The intro and interstitial tracks from today's episode are John’s Next Adventure and Moonshine Holler from Pete’s Posse. See the Contra Pulse website for transcripts and more. And the Country Dance and Song Society for information about Contra and English country dance across the continent. See and hear Pete Sutherland in action: Pete’s Posse is Pe…

The intro and interstitial tracks from today's episode areFancy Horpipe/Quindaro/Scotch Hornpipe and Valse du vieux moulin from the album Any Jig or Reel, Hot Time in the Old Town Tonight from Andy Davis, and two recent virtual recordings - Kroman’s Jig and Bouchard/Edie/JohnMcNeill by Laurie Indenbaum, Andy Davis and Arthur Davis. See the Contra P…

The intro and interstitial tracks from today's episode are Miss Thornton’s/John Stenson’s/Moving Clouds, Valse Aldor, and Tour of Scotland/Ashokans’s Farewell to Celtic Week from Fresh Fish and Callum’s Road Set from a forthcoming album by Skip Gorman and friends. See the Contra Pulse website for transcripts and more. And the Country Dance and Song…

The intro and interstitial tracks from today's episode are Yuma and Highland from Wake Up Robin and The Engagement from The Free Raisins. See the Contra Pulse website for transcripts and more. And the Country Dance and Song Society for information about Contra and English country dance across the continent. See and hear Audrey Knuth in action: The …

See and hear Peter Siegel in action: His website His show Live from Brattleboro is every Sunday evening at 6 p.m. Eastern. is available for watching on Facebook and YouTube. (Older episodes on YouTube are here) The Gaslight Tinkers live at the Iron Horse in 2013 Playing and singing with Pete Seeger in 2012 With Susan Conger, Susie Secco, and David …

The intro and interstitial tracks from today's episode are Bonnie Isabel Robertson/John Howat's from the Greenfield Dance Band's album High Clouds, Rolling Ridge/Flying Home To Shelley from Airdance's Flying On Home, and Iles de la Madeleine from Mary Cay Brass' album Green Mountain. See the Contra Pulse website for transcripts and more. And the Co…

The intro and interstitial music from today's episode is Come along Jody and Congress Reel/Fisherman's Island/Return to Milltown from Wild Asparagus. See the Contra Pulse website for transcripts and more contrapulse.cdss.org And the Country Dance and Song Society for more information about Contra and English country dance across the continent www.c…

Check out Noah's Bands Buddy System, The Faux Paws, Wake Up Robin, and Great Bear as well as Andrew and Noah's music. The interstitial music from today's episode is Mia's Room from Buddy System's album Ride the Wheel. And The Amazing Flying Sebastian from Great Bear's Album Magic Fantasy Dream Dance. Check out his book of tunes Long Flight Home - O…

Check out Noah's Bands Buddy System, The Faux Paws, Wake Up Robin, and Great Bear as well as Andrew and Noah's music. The interstitial music from today's episode is Acorn Stomp – Black Jack Grove from Buddy System's album Ride the Wheel. And The Amazing Flying Sebastian from Great Bear's Album Magic Fantasy Dream Dance. Check out his book of tunes …

Learn more about Lissa's many projects (and download her unreleased tunes) at https://lissafiddle.com/ The interstitial music from today's episode is Rory O'More from her album Dance. Which can also be found at the CDSS Store See the Contra Pulse website for transcripts and more contrapulse.cdss.org And the Country Dance and Song Society for more i…

Episode Notes Learn more about Kate Barnes at CDSS: www.cdss.org/44-community/lifetime-contribution-awards The interstitial music for this week is Hell Broke Loose in Georgia from the Latter Day Lizards' album Sleeping on a Rock: www.latterdaylizards.com You can find Kate's recordings and publications at the CDSS store and here: www.canispublishing…

Learn more about David Cantieni and Swallowtail here: http://www.swallowtail.com/David.html And his band Wild Asparagus: http://www.wildasparagus.com/about.html The interstitial music for this week's episode is The Baker / After the Bomb / Big Red off David's Album Red Rock See the Contra Pulse website for transcripts and more: https://contrapulse.…

Learn more about David Cantieni and Swallowtail here: http://www.swallowtail.com/David.html And his band Wild Asparagus: http://www.wildasparagus.com/about.html The interstitial music for this week's episode is The Baker / After the Bomb / Big Red off David's Album Red Rock See the Contra Pulse website for transcripts and more: https://contrapulse.…

Arthur and Julie have a lovely summer-night chat about his early roots, building communities through dance, and glorious New England tunes. And as piano players, they also geek out about piano styles, the difference between acoustic pianos and keyboards, and much more!By Julie Vallimont, Arthur Davis

You can learn more about Anna and her projects on her website here: https://www.annapatton.com/ More info on Anna's band Elixir can be found here: https://www.elixirmusic.com/ The interstitial music from this week's episode is Reel du Love Shack from Anna's Album Isadore's Breakfast See the Contra Pulse website for transcripts and more: https://con…

Check out Everest Witman's Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/everestwitmanmusic/ And Nova's website to learn more about the band and purchase their music: https://novatriomusic.com/about-us/ See the Contra Pulse website for transcripts and more: https://contrapulse.cdss.org/ And the Country Dance and Song Society for more information about Co…

Bonus material - video of Charlie playing and getting into harmonization and music theory: https://youtu.be/iKPL19-9afI Check out more about Charlie on his website: http://www.charliepilzer.com/about.html See the Contra Pulse website for transcripts and more: https://contrapulse.cdss.org/ Many of Charlie's CDs can be found at the CDSS Store: https:…

Julie interviews Charlie Pilzer at the NEFFA, the New England Folk Festival, in 2019. They talk about this history of the contra dance scene, Charlie's diverse musical experience, and even dive into some music theory on what makes a great contra dance tune! Transcript coming soon!By Charlie Pilzer

Julie interviews Dudley at Maine Fiddle Camp – filled with classic stories from Dudley’s long career as both a contra dance caller and musician. Diving into what makes the perfect contra dance band sound, tune. And medleys? Who needs ’em. Check out a video excerpt of the interview below! Full audio above. Click to download the transcript [Intro mus…