Traditional Music- britain and ireland
- adam kadishman shakine
- Jul 30
- 11 min read
Updated: Aug 25
British and irish country dance albums:
Green ginger- albums (reflects regency dance music in regency britain and ireland):
England
English traditional dance & instrumental music
ancient music-
artists and albums:
alamire & Andrew awrence king:
-deo gracias angla!: medieval English carols- the trinity carol rolls
Paul hillier, the musicians of swanne alley:
The sound of shakespeare
ensemble belladona: Melodious Melancholye (The Sweet Sounds of Medival England)
Huelgas Ensemble, Paul Van Nevel:
En Albion: Medieval Polyphony in England (Sony Music Entertainment Germany GmbH 2021 album)
the Dufay collective:
-miri it is: songs & instrumental music from medieval england
-Johnny, Cock thy Beaver: popular music-making in 17th century England
the city waits:
-penny merriment
-how the world wags
Tarleton's jig:
- Elizabethan street songs
Ars Antiqua De Paris:
– Elizabethan Music
Ensemble Ars Antiqua Genève:
– L'Age D'Or De La Musique Anglaise
serendipity:
-robin hood: music for an English outlaw (the gift of music album 2014)
Sirinu:
– All Goodly Sports: The Complete Music Of Henry VIII (chandos records album 1998)
Smithsonian folkways albums:
-Tom Kines: Songs from Shakespeare's Plays and Songs of His Time
the Dufay collective:
-Miri It Is: songs and instrumental music from medieval England
-Johnny, Cock thy Beaver: popular music-making in 17th century England
dante ferrara
manuscripts composers & collections:
the Gresley manuscript
Lovelace Manuscript by Lovelace published in about 1647
john playford's The English Dancing Master- 1651-1703
Playford’s Dancing Master: The Compleat Dance Guide:
john hilton the younger-Catch That Catch Can (1652 playford)
John Young the Dancing Master (continuation of playford's dancing master with additional tunes); 1706-1728
Henry Atkinson manuscript; 1694
Thomas Bray's country dances, 1699
Thomas Marsden's Collection of Lancashire Hornpipes, 1705
Daniel Wright's Extraordinary Collection of Pleasant and Merry Humours, 1713
Nathaniel Kynaston - 24 country dances for the year 1713
John Walsh in his Twenty Four New Country Dances for the Year 1718
John Walsh: Most Celebrated Jiggs, Lancashire Hornpipes (early 18th century)
Daniel walsh's The Compleat Country Dancing Master (1735)
Daniel Wright's Compleat Collection of Celebrated Country Dances 1740
John Johnson's Two Hundred Favorite Country Dances vols. 1-8 1740-1758
Thomas wilson- 1816 a companion to the ballroom
Waylet's Collection of Country Dances (1749)
John Johnson: A Choice Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances (mid 18th century)
David Rutherford: Compleat Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances (mid 18th century)
John Hinton-The Universal Magazine of Knowledge and Pleasure (contains some tunes) 1747–1814
Charles and Samuel Thompson Book/Manuscript Compleat Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances Vols1-5 1751-88
Samuel Ann & Peter Thompson: Compleat Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances (mid-late 18th century)
William Randall 24 Country Dances for the year…
Mid 18th century.
Richard bride- Twenty four Country Dances for the Year [1766; 1769; 1772]
Henry thompson country dances
manuscript from Aston-on-Carrant (Gloucestershire, copy of 1770 MS)
William Vickers manuscript 1770-1772
Vocal Music, or The Songster's Companion of 1775
James Biggins music manuscript (Leeds, west Yorkshire)- 1779
Twelve Country Dances for the Year 1779 by Ignatius Sancho
Thomas Preston Twenty-Four Country Dances for the Year…
Late 18th century.
W.M. Cahusac
William Winter's Quantocks Tune Book
Country Dances of the cahusac family 1750s- 1820s
John Fentum's Favorite Country Dances for 1795
The Gentleman and Lady’s Companion by John Griffiths 1798
Joshua Jackson's manuscript-1798
Thomas Calvert music manuscript collection 1799
1799 manuscript by William Mittell of New Romney in Kent
John Fentum's Favorite Country Dances late 18th early 19th centuries
Henry Robson's list of popular Northumbrian song and dance tunes, published c. 1800
peacocks tunebook-William Wright-A Favorite Collection of Tunes with Variations Adapted for the Northumberland Small Pipes, Violin, or Flute-1801
Composed by Mr Gray. Adapted for the violin, german flute, oboe etc., with figures 1803
Wheatstone’s Country Dances Book 5th, 1810
j. gray- twenty four country dances for the year 1812
Goulding, D'Almaine and Potter 24 Country Dances early 19th century.
early 19th century music manuscript of British military fifer John Buttery
James Biggins, his book
John Bell: John Bell music manuscript collection c. 1812
Matthew Betham music manuscript collection 1815
Button and co., Whitaker and Beadnell's Country Dances early 19th century
longman and co. and broderip country dances late 18th century
John Charles White's Collection of New and Favorite Dances early 19th century.
William Robinson (c. 1790-c. 1860)
John White collections early 19th century
John Clare manuscript (Helpston, Northants, 1820)
the Rev. Robert Harrison manuscript (Brampton, Cumbria, 1820)
the music manuscript book of fiddler John Burk, dated 1821
the Pyle Family Manuscript-1822
Robert Hughes (Whitchurch, Shropshire, 1823)
Joseph Kershaw music manuscript (1820s)
Joshua Gibbons MS,1823,Tealby,Lincs.
the country dances of button and co.
Wheatstone’s Country Dances Book 5th, 1810
music manuscript collection of the Browne Family (of Troutbeck, Lake District, Cumbria 1825)
James Haslingden (Midlands, 1827)
George Spencer (Leeds, west Yorkshire, 1831)
Lionel Winship's music manuscript (1833, Wark, Northumberland)
James Winder's music copybook (1835-41, Lancashire)
John Rook music manuscript collection 1840
Lawrence Leadley (Helperby, Yorkshire, c. 1840's)
John Roose music manuscript collection c. 1850
james hill c.1811 – 1853
Ellis Knowles manuscript-1847
William Irwin music manuscript collection-c. 1850
William Clarke music manuscript mid-19th century
Thomas Hampton's manuscript late 19th century.
J. Collingwood Bruce & John Stokoe: Northumbrian Minstrelsy 1882
Traditional folk dance musicians and albums:
Pete cooper:
-English fiddle tunes
a large collection of tunes from many different eras and areas
John playford english dancing master- circa 1650-1750
musicians and their albums:
Mary vanhoozer:
Mark gliston:
Shulamit kleinerman:
Les witches:
The broadside band (albums):
English country dances from playford's dancing master:
J. Wright*, Y. Guilcher*, D. Gasser*, J. Rubinlicht* Et D. Paris* –
John Playford - The English Dancing Master (1651) (22 Country Dances Du XVIIᵉ Siècle)
(1978 album)
Luthval (lute player youtube channel playlist)
Bill resseguie- hammered dulcimer (youtube channel playlist)
NyckelharpaUK
chestnut-cecil laye
Nathaniel knyaston manuscripts:
Twenty Four New Country Dances For the Year 1711, 1714, 1716,1718
Belshazzar’s feast- nathaniel knyaston’s famous dance (album)
William vickers manuscript- circa 1770
Musicians and albums:
Jim’s red pants- whitby abbey (album)
Andrew cadie- Half witted merry and mad (album)
Thomas straight manuscript 1779-1784
Regency dances- the birmingham baroque collective- country dances by thomas straight album:
thomas skillern manuscript 1781:
Country Dances by Thomas Wilson, 1809-1819:
Joshua Jackson tunebook-1798
Bob diehl- trip to harrogate (album):
Pyle family manuscript 1822
Hampshire dance tunes (album):
Late 18th century early 19th century manuscripts from northern england
Mikey kenny-northwest english fiddle (album)
Tunes found in the manuscripts of
H.S.I. Jackson, Edward Winder, James Winder, John Winder, James Nuttall, William Irwin, Joseph Barnes, The Browne Family, Senhouse, Henry Stables, Thomas Marsden.
album:
An album of northern english tunes from the 18th and 19th centuries
Cut and dry band- the wind in the reeds (album):
Bonny north tyne album
Artists featured:
Bagpipes [Small] – Joe Hutton
Fiddle – George Hepple, John Armstrong (7)
Organ [Mouth] – Billy Atkinson
Holey Ha'penny: Classic Recordings Of Traditional Music From The North-East Of England
Artists featured:
Bagpipes [Pipes] – Joe Hutton, John Hepple
Fiddle – Adam Gray (3), George Hepple, Jake Hutton, Jim Rutherford, Ned Pearson, Tom Hunter (4)
Fiddle, Melodeon – Willy Taylor
Harmonica [Mouth Organ] – Jimmy Hunter (5)
Jew's Harp – Bob Clark
Piccolo Flute – Billy Ballentine
the cheviot ranters
the high level ranters
An example of traditional dance music particular more to southern england
Lost morris (album):
The Adderbury morris men
-Sing and play the music of the Adderbury tradition
dartington morris
Live Traditional Music at The Trooper Inn UK
andy drysdale
Francis Shergold & Bampton Traditional Morris Dancers
beltain
the brunos:
cry havoc-english folk dance project the music of cry havoc
William kimber:
John kirkpatrick and sue harris:
Scan tester- i never played to many posh dances:
Bob cann-
west country melodeon:
Pigeon on the gate- melodeon players from east anglia
billy bennington
the rice family
english country music from east anglia
general traditional dance music
cohen braithwaite kilcoyne
anahata:
lester bailey
will allen
english melodeon and concertina playlist
Old Swan band:
lance frodsham:
-the English dulcimer: country morris and sword dances arranged for fretted dulcimer
flowers and frolics
the english fiddle ensemble
mikey kenny
bryony griffith
David spalding sharp-
the english country dance band-
persons of quality-
Traditional folk singers and albums
Joseph taylor (south)- 1907 recodings:
Harry cox (south)
The copper family (south)
Bob Copper-
Countryside Songs From The South
Sam larner (East anglia)
The willett family (south)
Jasper levy minty and phoebe smith (south)
phoebe smith
Bob hart (southeast)
George “pop’ Maynard:
Walter pardon:
Fred jordan (shropshire)
Stan hugill (shanties)
jumbo brightwell
frank hinchliffe
Isla cameron and lou killen: northumbrian songs and ballads
Isla cameron and bob davenport- northumbrian minstrelsy
Shirley and dolly collins:
Ewan mccoll & peggy seeger-manchester angel (album)
Cyril Poacher-
Audrey coppard-
Wallace house:
A.l. Lloyd:
English drinking songs (album):
England and her traditional songs 1 & 2 (albums):
Will noble:
Tony wales:
watersons:
The young tradition:
Tim Hart and maddy prior:
Harry boardman:
John Roberts & Tony Barrand
when the sheepshearing's done
sussex harvest
i'm a romany rai
when the sheepshearing's done (album)
im a romany rai (album)
down in the fields-an anthology of traditional folk music from rural england
green grow the laurels-country singers from the south
eynsham morris
roy harris-
other traditional singers:
Mary Ann Haynes
brazil family
copper family
wylette family
stan hugill
bob Roberts
phoebe smith
wiggy smith
levi smith
carolyne hughes
George Townshend
bob fox
Bob Scarce
Freda palmer
bob lewis
walter pardon
bob Roberts
bob davenport
Shirley collins
frankie Armstrong
annie briggs
tim hart
maddy prior
June tabor
the watersons
the young tradition
peter bellamy
Oldham tinkers
martin carthy
keith Kendrick
roy harris
Bernard Wrigley
eliza carthy
nancy kerr
peggy seeger(american)
Hermes nye (American)
Scotland
Scottish traditional folk music:
Scottish folk dance music manuscripts:
the John Skene manuscript: 1615-1635 (mandora & lute)
Blaikie Manuscript (usually dated 1692)
the george skene manuscript-"George Skene His Musick Book": 1715 - 1717
William Thomson: Orpheus Caledonius c.1730
Walsh's Caledonian Country Dances: c. 1737
James Oswald's Caledonian Pocket Companion: 1745-1760
Robert Bremner-Scots Reels: 1757
Neil Stewart's Collection of the Newest and Best Reels and Country Dances 1761
Primrose, Arthur Cormack and Alison Kinnaird
William Campbell (Campbell’s 12th Book of New and Favorite Country Dances & Strathspey Reels for the Harp, Piano-Forte & Violin, with their Proper Figures, as Danced at Court, Bath, Williss’s, & Hanover Square Rooms) c.
Jacob Harbour's New & Favorite Country Dances, Strathspey Reels, Waltz, & Hornpipes c. 1800
David Young–Drummond Castle/Duke of Perth Manuscript (1734)
Gillespie Manuscript of Perth-1768
William Marshall (1748–1833)
John watlen- The Celebrated circus tunes- 1791
Joseph Lowe: Lowe's Collection of Reels Strathspeys and Jigs (mid 19th century)
James Scott Skinner (1843 – 1927)
William C. Honeyman: The Strathspey Reel and Hornpipe Tutor 1898
traditional scottish musicians:
tom anderson/Jimmy Cooper/David Cunningham Snr/Catriona MacDonald/hector mcandrew/ Tom anderson/ aly bain/ paul anderson/ douglas lawrence/
Scottish folk dance music albums:
green ginger:
-gang on the same gate(album)
Màrtainn Skene's Scottish Country Dance Band
100th Anniversary Dances (album)
Martin gonnella- a tribute to niel gow
Ron gonnela:
-Scottish fiddle master
Jimmy shand and his band-
Sco5tish country dances
Legacy Recordings albums:
20 Scottish Dance Bands from 50s, 60s & 70s vol.1 + Vol.2 2002
includes:
Bobby MacLeod
Angus Fitchet
Jim Cameron
Adam Rennie
Ian Powrie
Bobby Crowe
The Strathpeffer
Will Starr
Curly Mackay
The Hawthorn Broadcasting
The Glendaruel
The Strathearn
John Crawford's Gleneden
Bill Douglas
The Danelaw
Bob Lillie's Kelvin Midlothian Pipe Band
Jim Berry
George Stirrat
Rob Gordon
George Bell
Adam Rennie
Ian Powrie
Hamish Menzies
Peter White
James Camerons West Coast Band
Jim Berry
George Bell
Bill Hendry
Rob Gordon
Andrew rankine
Scottish traditional music revival bands:
The Boys of the Lough/aly bain & phil cunningham/alison kinnaird/battlefield band/The Cullivoe Band
mac-talla group:Eilidh Mackenzie, Christine Primrose, Arthur Cormack and Alison Kinnaird
willie hunter and violet tulloch
-the willie hunter sessions
Pete clark and muriel johnstone-
Niel gow's fiddle
Bill hardie- the music of James Scott skinner
Scottish folk singers and albums:
isla Cameron/Jeannie Robertson/lizzie higgins/Jimmy McBeath/the campbell family-ian campbell folk group/ewan MacColl/peggy seegr/the stewart family-dave stewart/willie scott/daisy chapman/jean redpath/daisy champan/Duncan Williamson/joe rae/ lucy stewart
ian manuel
the frost ploughshare
ewan MacColl & peggy seeger:
-popular Scottish songs
-classic scots ballads
Twos & Fews / Drag City label album:
Whaur the Pig Gaed on the Spree
Scottish Recordings by Alan Lomax, 1951-57 (2011)
smithsoian folkways albums:
-rory and alex McEwen- Scottish songs and ballads
-songs and pipes of the Hebrides
-rory and alex mcewen:
-great Scottish ballads
-scottish songs and ballads
veteran label album:
Duncan Williamson:
- put another log on the fire: songs & tunes from a scots traveller
musical tradition label album:
Lizzie Higgins
-in Memory of ...
Daisy Chapman:
-Ythanside
willie scott:
The Shepherd’s Song-Border Ballads (2009)
Joe Rae:
-The Broom Blooms Bonny: Ballads, songs and stories from Ayrshire
sleepytown records:
-The Bothy Songs and Ballads of North East Scotland vol.1-vo.4
various, including: Joe Aitken/Jock Duncan/Jimmy McBeath/John McDonald/Frank McNally/John Malcolm /John Mearns /Geordie Murison /Davie Stewart/John Strachan /Tam Reid /Gorge Elrick/The Fife Yokels/The Gaugers/Willie Kemp/John Malcolm/Tom L Morrison/George Morris
topic records albums:
Various Artists:
-Back o' Benachie: Songs and Ballads From the Lowland East of Scotland 1968
The Stewart Family:
-The Stewarts of Blair
norman kennedy:
-scots songs and ballads 1968
the campbell family:
-the singing campbells
Ireland
Irish traditional folk music:
Irish traditional folk music manuscripts:
Airs:
turlough o'carolan (1670 – 1738)
A Collection of the Most Celebrated Irish Tunes and containing forty-nine airs 1726
JOHN AND WILLIAM NEAL-A CHOICE COLLECTION OF COUNTRY DANCES with their Proper Tunes (mid 18th century)
Jackson's Celebrated Irish Tunes, Dublin, c. `1774
Tracy's Selection of the present favorite Country Dances (1795)
Edward bunting- 1796 General Collection of the Ancient Irish Music
Smith’s Irish Minstrel (Edinburgh, 1825)
Henry Hudson: Collection of Irish Music 1840's
George petrie- Ancient Music of Ireland in 1855
P.M. Haverty One Hundred Irish Airs (mid 19h century)
William forde- General Collection of Music of Ireland, Ancient and Modern
(Mid 19th century)
Stephen Grier music manuscript collection (mid-late 19th century)
William Bradbury Ryan
Ryan's Mammoth Collection 1883
francis o'neill:
O'Neill's Music of Ireland (1903)
The Dance Music of Ireland (1907) (sometimes called o'neills 1001)
Frank Roche’s Collection of Traditional Irish Music- 1912
Irish traditional folk music albums:
-Sorcha ni ghuairim: Sorcha ni ghuairim sings traditional irish songs
-Deirdre Ní Fhlionn: Irish Traditional Songs
-Traditional Music of Ireland, Vol. 1: The Older Traditions of Connemara and Clare
artists included:
mairin ni dhonnchadha
sean 'ac donnca
William clancy
denis murphy
-Traditional Music of Ireland, Vol. 2: Songs and Dances from Down, Kerry, and Clare
artists included:
sean dehora
bridget granbhil
David harper
sam allen
-Ireland (smithsonian folkways album)
artists included:
cait ni mhuimhneachain
aggie white
sean o conghaile
carcur mummers group
johnny doran
mickey Doherty
tomas o donaill
colm o coadhain
mary ann carolan
Margaret dunne
nioclas toibin
micho Russell
wiini O'Donnell
neili ni dhomhnaill
james "sonny" MacDonagh
aodh o maoldhomhnaigh
jack lyons
frank brone
vail 0 flatharta
sean o duinnshleibhe
the flax in bloom (topic records album)
musicians:
willie clancy/paddy killoran/ johnny doran/Michael coleman/Michael Gorman/ kevin burke/micho Russell/lucy farr/seamus ennis/Junior Crehan/finbar furey/seamus McGuire/neil a. duddy/Matt Molloy/Kevin Crawford/joe cooley/paddy O'Brien/joe Heaney/Packie bryne/john kelly/Jimmy power/ sean maguire/joe burke/sean ryan
mary MacNamara:
-traditional music from east clare
Lucy Farr:
-'Heart & Home': Irish fiddle music from Galway. (veteran label album)
various artists compilation albums:
Smithsonian folkways album:
-Irish Popular Dances
-Irish Dance Music
-Ceol an Clair (Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Éireann)
claddagh records:
music from Galloway
champions of Ireland fiddle
john rea
-traditional music on the hammer dulcimer (1977)
sean McAloon & john rea:
-drops of brandy (first release 1970 on mercier records, before topic records release in 1976)
packie duigan & seamus horan:
-music from co leitrim (1978)
ceilidh bands:
The Laichtin Naofa Ceili Band:
-An Irish Dance Party (Dublin Records)
topic records albums:
Seán Mac Donnchadha/Pádraic Ó Catháin/Tomás Ó Neachtain/Feichín Ó Connluain:
-Grand Airs of Connemara 1968
Various Artists:
-Paddy in the Smoke: Irish Dance Music From a London Pub 1968
wheels of the world: early irish-american music
veteran label albums:
-my true love he dwells on the mountain
topic records albums:
-past masters of irish dance music
-past masters of irish fiddle music
-paddy in the smoke
-round the house and mind the dresser:irish country house music
traditional irish songs
Sarah Makem:
-Ulster Ballad Singer 1968 (topic records album)
-as i roved out (musical traditions album)
veteran label albums:
Roisin White:
- 'The First of my Rambles': Folk Songs from Ulster
Packie Byrne:
- 'Donegal & Back!' - Songs, ballads & whistle tunes
Maggy Murphy:
- 'Linkin' O'er the Lea' - Traditional folk songs and ballads from Tempo, Co. Fermanagh.
John Kennedy:
- 'The Girls Along the Road' - Traditional songs ballads and whistle tunes from Co. Antrim
dick Cameron:
-irish folk songs and ballads (Smithsonian folkways album 1961)
margaret barry
rita keane
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