Michael Philip Scottish Dance Band
For the very best in traditional music, join Gary Innes for Take the Floor. We have the brilliant Michael Phillip and his Band, performing for us in front of a studio audience.
For the very best in traditional music, join Gary Innes for Take the Floor. We have the brilliant Michael Phillip and his Band, performing a festive packed setlist for us, in front of an audience in Aberdeen. Gary also chats to this week's special guests, The Shands, who perform some fab tunes for us, and reflect on their recent success at the Trad Awards, where they were named Up and Coming Artist of the Year.
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Michael Phillip Scottish Dance Band
Michael Philip Lead Accordion
Margaret Robertson Fiddle
Nicol McLaren Second Accordion
Graham Berry Piano
Robert Simpson Drums
Suzanne Gray Double Bass
TITLE: The Queen Mother's Century
a) Babbie's Birthday Reel [Michael Philip]
b) The Traditional Reel [D MacLeod]
c) The Ness Pipers [Pipe Major I Morrison]
d) The Clarty Veil [Brian Lamond]
ARTIST: Michael Philip Scottish Dance Band
BBC Take The Floor Recording
TITLE: 4/4 Marches
a) William Chrisp of Balgreggie [Michael Philip]
b) The Taps of Feckle [Angus Cameron]
ARTIST: Michael Philip Scottish Dance Band
BBC Take The Floor Recording
TITLE: Irish Reels
a) McLeod’s Reel [Trad]
b) Toss the Feathers [Trad]
c)The Glen Road to Carrick [Trad]
d) Dillon Brown [Trad]
ARTIST: Michael Philip Scottish Dance Band
BBC Take The Floor Recording
TITLE: Christmas Waltzes
a) O Come All Ye Faithful [John Francis Wade]
b) In the Bleak Midwinter [Gustav Holst and Harold Darke]
c) It Came Upon the Midnight Clear [Edmund Sears]
ARTIST: Michael Philip Scottish Dance Band
BBC Take The Floor Recording
TITLE: Eva Three Step - 6/8 Marches
a) Murdo MacKenzie of Torridon [Bobby MacLeod]
b) Rab Wallace’s Return to Kirkcaldy and District Pipe Band [Michael Philip]
ARTIST: Michael Philip Scottish Dance Band
BBC Take The Floor Recording
TITLE: Christmas Saunter
a) Blue Christmas [Jay Johnson & Billy Hayes]
b) Holly Jolly Christmas [Johnny Marks]
ARTIST: Michael Philip Scottish Dance Band
BBC Take The Floor Recording
TITLE: BANDLEADER’S CHOICE 1 - Fiddle Trio
a) Ann [Margaret Robertson]
ARTIST: Michael Philip Scottish Dance Band
BBC Take The Floor Recording
TITLE: 2/4’s
a) Tam Bain’s Lum [Pipe Major D.S. Ramsay]
b) Pipe Major George Allan [Pipe Major Donald MacLeod]
ARTIST: Michael Philip Scottish Dance Band
BBC Take The Floor Recording
TITLE: Jigs
a) The Connaught Man’s Rambles [Trad]
b) The Old Red Barn [Trad]
c) The Georgian Bay Jig [Trad]
d) The Farmer’s Jamboree [Trad]
ARTIST: Michael Philip Scottish Dance Band
BBC Take The Floor Recording
TITLE: Waltzes
a) Aurora’s Waltz [Michael Philip]
b) Krissi [Margaret Robertson]
ARTIST: Michael Philip Scottish Dance Band
BBC Take The Floor Recording
TITLE: Two Step
a) Jarl Mullay’s Mither [Margaret Robertson]
ARTIST: Michael Philip Scottish Dance Band
BBC Take The Floor Recording
TITLE: BANDLEADER’S CHOICE 2 - Fiddle Trio
a) Winter Wonderland [Richard B Smith & Felix Bernard]
ARTIST: Michael Philip Scottish Dance Band
BBC Take The Floor Recording
TITLE: Polka
a) The Westings View Polka [Michael Philip]
ARTIST: : Michael Philip Scottish Dance Band
BBC Take The Floor Recording
TITLE: Christmas Jigs
a) In Dulci Jublio [Johan Sebastian Bach]
b) While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks by Night [Nahum Tate]
c) God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen [Trad]
d) We Three Kings [John Henry Hopkins Jr.]
e) I Saw Three Ships [Richard Rodney Bennett]
ARTIST: : Michael Philip Scottish Dance Band
BBC Take The Floor Recording
TITLE: Merry Christmas Everybody
TRK: 1
ARTIST: Karine Polwart
COMP: Noddy Holder and Jim Lea
CD: Single
LABEL/CAT NR: Delphonic Records – DELPHS101
TITLE: The Wexford Carol
TRK: 4
ARTIST: Tim Edey
COMP: John Rutter
CD: Tim Edey’s Celtic Christmas Vol. 1
LABEL/CAT NR: Gnatbite Records - GBR023
TITLE: Welcome Christmas Morning
TRK: 6
ARTIST: Jimmy Shand
COMP: Jimmy Shand
CD: Jimmy Shand The Story
LABEL/CAT NR: EMI – DUO110
TITLE: Silver Bells
TRK: 5
ARTIST: Sydney Devine
COMP: Jay Livingston & Ray Evans
CD: Scottish Christmas Celebration
LABEL/CAT NR: CDITV735
TITLE: 4/4 Marches
a) The Headlands [R. Cooper]
b) The Shindig March [G. Shand]
ARTIST: The Shands
BBC Take The Floor Recording
TITLE: Strathspey
a) Louis DeCarlo's 70th Birthday Strathspey [S. Thoumire]
ARTIST: The Shands
BBC Take The Floor Recording
TITLE: Medley
a) Trade Winds [G. Innes]
b) Reelin Doon Bridge Street [G. MacKenzie]
c) Mario’s Cap [G. MacKenzie]
d) Josh‘s Jig [G. MacKenzie]
ARTIST: The Shands
BBC Take The Floor Recording
TITLE: Musette Waltz
a) La Sorciere [J. Privat/M.Vittenet]
ARTIST: The Shands
BBC Take The Floor Recording
TITLE: Irish Reels
a) The Boys Of The Lough [Trad]
b) The Reconciliation [Trad]
c) Swinging on the Gate [Trad]
d) The Plough & The Stars [Trad]
ARTIST: The Shands
BBC Take The Floor Recording
TITLE: Fairytale Of New York [J. Finer/S. MacGowan]
ARTIST: The Shands
BBC Take The Floor Recording
TITLE: 12 Folk Days of Christmas
TRK: 17
ARTIST: The McCalmans
COMP: Trad
CD: Scots Abroad
LABEL/CAT NR: Greentrax - CDTRAX300
TITLE: Ding Dong Merrily on High/O’Carolans Concerto
TRK: 1
ARTIST: Tim Edey
COMP: Trad
CD: Tim Edey’s Celtic Christmas Vol. 1
LABEL/CAT NR: Gnatbite Records - GBR023
TITLE: Merry Christmas to All and Goodnight
TRK: 6
ARTIST: Emily Smith
COMP: Emily Smith
CD: Songs for Christmas
LABEL/CAT NR: White Fall Records – WFRCDS015
TITLE: The Jingle Bell Suite
TRK: 1
ARTIST: The Fire
COMP: Trad
CD: The Fire’s Very Scottish Christmas
LABEL/CAT NR: Self-released
The Shands
Clelland Shand - Accordion
Blythe Shand - Piano
Inver Shand - Accordion
Broadcast
- Sat 23 Dec 202319:00BBC Radio Scotland
