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Tom Orr Scottish Dance Band

For the very best in traditional music, join Gary Innes for Take the Floor. We have a brilliant session for you from the Tom Orr Dance Band.

For the very best in traditional music, join Gary Innes for Take the Floor. We have a brilliant session for you from the Tom Orr Dance Band, recorded back in April 2023. Gary is then joined by former Battlefield Band member, and renowned multi-instrumentalist, producer, and composer, John McCusker. John tells us all about his new group, the John McCusker Trio, and about his many new ventures, including a new podcast called Common Threads.

1 hour, 55 minutes

Last on

Sat 28 Sep 202419:00

Tom Orr Scottish Dance Band

Tom Orr Lead Accordion
Marie Fielding Fiddle
Scott Nichol 2nd Accordion
Craig Paton Piano
Fraser MacInnes Drums
Brian Cruickshank Bass

TITLE: Britannia Two Step
a) Master Scott MacCuish [Marie Fielding]
b) 72nd's Farewell to Dover [Donald MacPherson]
ARTIST: Tom Orr Scottish Dance Band
BBC Take The Floor Recording

TITLE: Circassian Circle
a) The Red Haired Lass [Trad]
b) Under the Influence [Calum McCrimmon]
c) The Jura Wedding [Donald Shaw]
d) The Space Party [Sharon Shannon]
ARTIST: Tom Orr Scottish Dance Band
BBC Take The Floor Recording

TITLE: Canadian Barn Dance
a) Major Byng M. Wright's Farewell to the 8th Argylls [John MacColl (1913)]
b) The Atholl Highlanders March to Loch Katrine [P/M W. Ross (1859)]
ARTIST: Tom Orr Scottish Dance Band
BBC Take The Floor Recording

TITLE: Hebridean Waltz
a) Mrs H. McIntosh of North Connel [Allan McIntosh]
b) Tobermory [Marie Fielding]
c) Inchlonaig [Graeme Mitchell]
ARTIST: Tom Orr Scottish Dance Band
BBC Take The Floor Recording

TITLE: Strip the Willow
a) The Hogmanay Howler [Gary Innes]
b) The Piper's of Roguery [Trad]
c) Ogham Stone [Trad]
d) The Hogmanay Howler [Gary Innes]
e) Lad O'Beirne's [James “Lad” O’Beirne]
ARTIST: Tom Orr Scottish Dance Band
BBC Take The Floor Recording

TITLE: Gay Gordons
a) Mr & Mrs Orr's Wedding March [Marie Fielding]
b) Harry Scott of Friockheim [Angus Cameron]
ARTIST: Tom Orr Scottish Dance Band
BBC Take The Floor Recording

TITLE: BANDLEADERS CHOICE 1 – Slow Air / March & Reel
a) July 28th [Ryan Molloy]
b) Finella
c) Marie MacLean’s Reel [Dan R MacDonald] 
ARTIST: Tom Orr Scottish Dance Band
BBC Take The Floor Recording

TITLE: Highland Schottische
a) Bill Hendry Esq. [Jim Johnstone]
b) Leaving Lunga [P/M J. Gordon]
ARTIST: Tom Orr Scottish Dance Band
BBC Take The Floor Recording

TITLE: Pride of Erin Waltz
a) When Irish Eye's are Smiling [Ernest R. Ball]
b) Mountain's of Mourne
c) How Can You Buy Killarney
d) Come Back Paddy Reilly to Ballyjamesduff
e) The Wild Rover
ARTIST: Tom Orr Scottish Dance Band
BBC Take The Floor Recording

TITLE: . BANDLEADERS CHOICE 2 – MSR
a) Wattie Geddes [Peter Farnan]
b) Ardayre Strathspey [Ian Muir]
c) The Blacksmith of Botriphnie [James Scott Skinner]
ARTIST: Tom Orr Scottish Dance Band
BBC Take The Floor Recording

TITLE: Dashing White Sergeant
a) The Fiddle Cushion [Simon Bradley]
b) Dearne Valley [Michael McGoldrick]
c) Sweeney's Buttermilk [Brendan McGlinchey]
d) Reelin' Doon Bridge Street [Graham MacKenzie]
ARTIST: Tom Orr Scottish Dance Band
BBC Take The Floor Recording

TITLE: Military Two Step
a) The Sniffer, the Blower, the Gulper and the Tantelizer [John Burns]
ARTIST: Tom Orr Scottish Dance Band
BBC Take The Floor Recording

TITLE: Orcadian Strip the Willow
a) Dr Flora MacAuley [Allan MacDonald]
b) Turf Lodge [Angus MacDonald]
c) The Hen's March [Donald MacLeod]
d) The Sheepwife [Trad]
e) The Blackberry Bush [Trad]
ARTIST: Tom Orr Scottish Dance Band
BBC Take The Floor Recording

TITLE: The Brisk Young Lad
TRK: 2
ARTIST: Malinky
CD: Far Better Days
LABEL/CAT NR: Malinky Music - MM001

TITLE: Celtic Thunder / Kent to Kintail
TRK: 4
ARTIST: Tim Edey
CD: Little Bird
LABEL/CAT NR: GBR024

TITLE: Antarctica Bound
Antarctica Bound / The Short Grass / Katie Flanigan / The Auld Inn
TRK: 2
ARTIST: Colin Dewar and his Scottish Dance Band
CD: Dance Around the World
LABEL/CAT NR: RSCDS - CD094

TITLE: Jenny Wren / Trip To Santiago / Lad O'Byrnes Reel / Madison Square Reel
TRK: 1
ARTIST: Mike McGoldrick/John McCusker/John Doyle
CD: The Reed That Bends In The Storm
LABEL/CAT NR: Under One Sky Records - UOSR007

TITLE: Yes, I Have Ghosts
TRK: 1
ARTIST: David Gilmour
CD: Yes, I Have Ghosts
LABEL/CAT NR: Legacy Recordings - G0100044174875

TITLE: So Long Liam
TRK: 11
ARTIST: Aly Bain and Phil Cunningham
CD: No Rush
LABEL/CAT NR: PCAB001

TITLE: The Ritual
TRK: 1
ARTIST: Niall McCabe
CD: The Ritual
LABEL/CAT NR: Niall McCabe Music

TITLE: The Homecoming Dance
JJ’s Reel / Smithy’s Black Beauty / Alistair McCulloch’s Reel / JJ’s Reel
TRK: 15
ARTIST: Colin Dewar and his Scottish Dance Band
CD: Dance Around the World
LABEL/CAT NR: RSCDS - CD094

TITLE: Isobel’s
TRK: 16
ARTIST: Tim Edey
CD: Little Bird
LABEL/CAT NR: GBR024

TITLE: Jig Runrig / The Ramnee Ceilidh
TRK: 2
ARTIST: Alasdair Fraser/Natalie Haas
CD: Highlander's Farewell
LABEL/CAT NR: Culburnie Records - CUL123

Broadcasts

  • Sat 28 Sep 202419:00
  • Sat 28 Sep 202420:00