
Susan MacFadyen Scottish Dance Band
For the very best in traditional music and song, join Gary Innes for Take the Floor. This week we look back on a session from Susan MacFadyen and her Scottish Dance Band.
For the very best in traditional music and song, join Gary Innes for Take the Floor. This week we have a session from Susan MacFadyen and her Scottish Dance Band recorded in our Aberdeen bistro studio in 2019. Scottish singer, songwriter, actress and presenter Fiona Kennedy is Gary’s special guest chatting about her career and life since lockdown in March.
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Susan MacFadyen Scottish Dance Band
Susan MacFadyen Lead Accordion
Wullie Scott Second Accordion
Shona MacFadyen Fiddle
Gemma Donald Piano
Kieran Johnstone Drums
Suzanne Croy Double Bass
TITLE: Kate Dalrymple
ARTIST: Susan MacFadyen Scottish Dance Band
BBC Take The Floor Recording
TITLE: Canadian Barn Dance
a) Angus MacColl of Benderloch [James Wark]
b) Hugh Alexander Low of Tiree [Hugh Campbell]
ARTIST: Susan MacFadyen Scottish Dance Band
BBC Take The Floor Recording
TITLE: Eva Three Step
a) Jean Mauchline
b) Rab’s Wedding [J. Kerr]
ARTIST: Susan MacFadyen Scottish Dance Band
BBC Take The Floor Recording
TITLE: Gaelic Waltzes
a) Fear A’ Bhata [Trad]
b) Fo Ghruaimean cha bi mi’n dingh [Trad]
c) Nan Ceadachadh an Tide Dhomh [Trad]
d) Clachan Ghlinn-da-Ruadhail [Trad]
ARTIST: Susan MacFadyen Scottish Dance Band
BBC Take The Floor Recording
TITLE: Fiona’s Polka
a) Jim Stott’s Polka [Kathleen R. Hadden]
ARTIST: Susan MacFadyen Scottish Dance Band
BBC Take The Floor Recording
TITLE: Boston Two-Step
a) If you’re Irish [Trad]
b) Dear Old Donegal
c) Garden where the praties grow
d) Kishorn Commandos
e) Loch Maree Islands
ARTIST: Susan MacFadyen Scottish Dance Band
BBC Take The Floor Recording
TITLE: Slow Air
a) The Final Journey [Gemma Donald]
ARTIST: Susan MacFadyen Scottish Dance Band
BBC Take The Floor Recording
TITLE: Sound of Music Medley
a) The Sound of Music [Rodgers and Hammerstein]
b) Maria [Rodgers and Hammerstein]
c) Sixteen going on Seventeen [Rodgers and Hammerstein]
d) My Favourite Things [Rodgers and Hammerstein]
e) The Lonely Goatherd [Rodgers and Hammerstein]
f) Edelweiss [Rodgers and Hammerstein]
g) Climb Ev’ry Mountain [Rodgers and Hammerstein]
h) Doe a Deer [Rodgers and Hammerstein]
i) Something Good [Rodgers and Hammerstein]
j) So Long, Farewell [Rodgers and Hammerstein]
k) The Sound of Music [Rodgers and Hammerstein]
ARTIST: Susan MacFadyen Scottish Dance Band
BBC Take The Floor Recording
TITLE: Viennese Swing
a) Barina Waltz [Drewie Hawick]
ARTIST: Susan MacFadyen Scottish Dance Band
BBC Take The Floor Recording
TITLE: Gay Gordon’s
a) Kol Kalison’s March [Drewie Hawick]
b) Stotties March [Susan MacFadyen]
c) Da trip South [Gemma Donald]
ARTIST: Susan MacFadyen Scottish Dance Band
BBC Take The Floor Recording
TITLE: Strathspey – Autumn In Appin
a) The Hills of Lorne [Charlie Hunter]
b) The Haunt of the Gnomes [J. Scott Skinner]
c) The Bonnie Thackit Hoosie [J. Scott Skinner]
d) Les Trois Grands Luthiers [J. Scott Skinner]
ARTIST: Susan MacFadyen Scottish Dance Band
BBC Take The Floor Recording
TITLE: Riverside Jig
a) Kirsteen’s Jig [Lorne McDougall]
b) Last Tango in Harris [R.S. MacDonald]
c) Rory Gallagher [Gordon Duncan]
d) The Famous Baravan [Gordon Duncan]
ARTIST: Susan MacFadyen Scottish Dance Band
BBC Take The Floor Recording
TITLE: Come a Ye Tramps and Hawkers
TRK: 18
ARTIST: The McCalmans
CD: A' The Best
LABEL/CAT NR: Sleepytown Records - SLPYCD004
TITLE: Elliott’s
TRK: 8
ARTIST: Rura feat. Finlay MacDonald
CD: Live At The Old Fruitmarket
LABEL/CAT NR: RURACD003
TITLE: Barn Dance - Woodland Flowers
TRK: 14
ARTIST: Jimmy Shand & His Band
LP: The Atholl Highlanders
LABEL/CAT NR: Legacy Records
TITLE: An t'Eilean Ard, Glenstriven
TRK: 3
ARTIST: Neil Barron & His Scottish Dance Band
CD: Music For Scottish Dancing
LABEL/CAT NR: Thane Records - TRCD9701
TITLE: Rise Again
TRK: 1
ARTIST: Fiona Kennedy
CD: Highland Heartbeat
LABEL/CAT NR: KPC001759
TITLE: Oran na Cair-Ora
TRK: 8
ARTIST: Calum Kennedy
CD: Songs in Gaelic
LABEL/CAT NR: DMM6656
TITLE: Munster Buttermilk and Mrs O’Sullivan
TRK: 1
ARTIST: Aly Bain and Phil Cunningham
CD: Portrait
LABEL/CAT NR: WHIRLIECD20
TITLE: The Maple Tree – I’ll Remember You
TRK: 1
ARTIST: Fiona Kennedy
EP: The Maple Tree
LABEL/CAT NR: Fiona Kennedy Music
TITLE: Ian Burgess / Loch Lochy / Time Out In The Gap / Castle Law...
TRK: 6
ARTIST: Tom Orr Band
CD: Off The Beaten Track
LABEL/CAT NR: CPR002
Broadcast
- Sat 24 Oct 202019:00BBC Radio Scotland