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Home / Arts / Performing Arts / Dance / Folk Dancing / English Country Dancing / Bands
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- Alf Alfa and the Wild Oats - Based in the English Midlands.
www.wildoats.fsnet.co.uk
- Clutching at Straws - Based in East Anglia, England. Includes audio clips.
www.freezone.co.uk/clutching
- Crewneck Ceilidh Band - Based in Middlesex and available for events in the Southern England. Includes MP3 audio clips.
www.angelfire.com/me2/JSARTS
- Def Sheppard Ceilidh Band - Based in the East Midlands, UK. Includes musicians' profiles, and testimonials.
www.leesehold.clara.net/ds
- Devil's Fire - Based in North-West England. Includes band profile and audio clips.
www.hayzee.co.uk
- DG Band - Includes MP3 audio samples.
www.dgband.co.uk
- Fish n'Taters - Based in the East Midlands of England.
www.earwicker.org/fish_n%27taters.htm
- Grand Union - Includes a list of public gigs, and information about their demo CD/tape.
mysite.freeserve.com/grandunion
- Herbal Remedy - Based in the West Midlands of England. Tunes from Playford to the present.
www.wmnt.freeserve.co.uk/hremedy
- Knit Your Own Yoghurt - Available for barn-dances in the Oxford area (England). Forthcoming events, repertoire list, and MP3 samples.
www.dinglehall.freeserve.co.uk/kyoy
- Madcap Ceilidh Band - Based in Cheshire and Manchester, and featuring fiddle, melodeon, crumhorns, keyboard, guitar and percussion.
www.woodsty.freeserve.co.uk
- Masons Apron - Based in the West Midlands of England. Includes a description of a barn-dance, a .wav format audio clip, and profiles of the musicians.
www.publiconline.co.uk/allanp
- MoonDance - Five piece band. Site includes some information about what a ceilidh is like, a gig list, and audio/video clips.
www.poke.ltd.uk/roots66/moondance
- Oak Apple Band - English folk music in Stockholm, Sweden. Includes some background on the dances and music, with samples in .wav format.
www.algonet.se/~matsha/oab_en.htm
- One the Rum - Based in the Sussex area. Includes a list of upcoming events.
www.onetherum.co.uk
- Pepper in the Brandy - Based in Bristol/Hungerford, UK. Information about band members, upcoming gigs, albums, and repertoire.
www.folkaroundbristol.co.uk/pitb
- Rags & Tatters - Based in Kent, England. Includes profiles of the musicians, and testimonials.
pages.zoom.co.uk/rosie.piper
- Rannygazoo - Available for events in the UK or elsewhere. Play traditional, historical and original tunes. Site includes sheet music for some of their compositions.
www.rannygazoo.freeserve.co.uk/rannygazoo
- Rogues Gallery - Based in the Surrey, Hampshire, Berkshire borders in the UK. Includes hints on organizing a dance, and a description of their music with MP3 samples.
www.roguesgallery.org.uk
- Scallywag - Available in South-West England. Includes audio clips, photos and pricing information.
www.scallywag.plus.com
- Seven Stars Ceilidh Band - Based in South Devon, UK. Information about the musicians, and contacts.
lesliethompson0.tripod.com/les/id3.html
- Sheer Hopody - Band based in Devon. Photos, e-mail contact, and enquiry form.
www.sheerhopody.org.uk
- Shepherds Hey - Yorkshire country dance and ceilidh band, with caller. Booking details and sound clips.
www.shepherdshey.co.uk
- Smileyboots - Based in the Devon and Cornwall area. Includes band profiles.
www.dmanners.eurobell.co.uk
- The Bang On The Wall Band - Based in Leicestershire, England.
www.thehat.free-online.co.uk/bow
- The Family Band - Available for occasions in North-West England (Chester, Wirral, Merseyside, Cheshire) and North Wales. Site includes a brief explanation of barn-dance/ceilidh, and some sheet-music and MIDI files.
www.familyband.co.uk
- The Jellied Reels - Bristol based, available for bookings in the west of England. Includes information about the band members, a list of upcoming public gigs, and FAQs.
www.jellied-reels.co.uk
- The Little Band - Based in Lincolnshire, England. Includes booking information, and a diary of public events.
www.thelittleband.fsnet.co.uk
- The Old Mettle Dance Band - For barn dances and ceilidhs in and around North Oxfordshire, England.
www.kickback.btinternet.co.uk/Old.Mettle/Band.html
- The Old Peculiar Dance Band - Based in the Woking/Farnham area of Surrey, England. Includes Real Audio sound clips.
website.lineone.net/~phil.gaillard
- The Stompin' Hooley Band - Based in South Yorkshire. Profile, audio and video clips, and information about organising a ceilidh.
www.stephop.co.uk
- Time of Your Life - Based in the Hertfordshire and Bedfordshire area of England. Includes a gig list.
www.good-man.freeserve.co.uk/music/toyl.htm
- West Country Dance Orchestra - Acoustic band lead by fiddlers Chris Bartram and Glen Titmus, specializing in the traditional dances of South-West England, where they are based.
www.chris-bartram.co.uk/wcdoindex.htm
- Wheelwrights' Bane - Based in the Reading (UK) area. Includes a discography, gig list, tips for organizing a dance, core repertoire list, information about the musicians, and photos.
www.morreycss.freeserve.co.uk/wbane
- Wraggle Taggle - Based in London. Site includes a gig calendar, background on different types of traditional dance, testimonials, downloadable samples, and information about recordings.
www.belsizesquare.freeserve.co.uk
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