Frankie Yankovic: Too Fat Polka [ purchase ] In 2009 the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences of the United States eliminat...

For these guys, Elvis has never left the building Carl Perkins : Put Your Cat Clothes On [ purchase ] One of the highlights of my vi...

Chromeo : Fancy Footwork [ purchase ] I don’t dance. That said, when I do dance, it’s typically only under the influence of excess. Excessiv...

Tom T. Hall : I Can't Dance [ purchase ] And now a word from the loyal opposition. Not that I’m opposed to dancing. Not at a...

Earth, Wind & Fire with The Emotions: Boogie Wonderland [ purchase ] Earth, Wind & Fire's "Boogie Wonderland" ...

Young Disciples : Apparently Nothin’ [ purchase ] Acid Jazz.  A dreadful name for a wonderful little movement.  Back in the early 1990s...

Girls From Mars : Jitter Joe [ purchase ] I was going to post this this week in any case, but the last post by 1001 Songs of Carolina G...

General Johnson : Carolina Girls [ Purchase ] Performed well, there isn't a  more graceful dance than the Carolina shag . I suppos...

Tarkan: Kiss Kiss [ download ] After our travels overseas last week to Ireland, maybe I can take you a little farther east? In my corn...

Samovar Russian Folk Music Ensemble : Hopak Ukrainian Dance [ purchase ] I like listening to ethnic dance music because it inspires me....

Donna The Buffalo: Seems To Want To Hurt This Time [ purchase ] It was our first and last year volunteering at the Hudson River Folk Festiv...

Boban Marković Orkestar : Hava Nagila [ purchase ] I was raised a secular Jew, and my fiancée was raised a secular Protestant, but we bo...

Solas : The Stride Set [ purchase ] This week on Star Maker, we will be taking a broad view of the term “dance music”. Human beings, in...

Japanese garden in Kildare Co., Ireland The Rain Book : An Old Irish Song [ purchase ] It's finally March 17th, St. Patrick's Da...

The Roches : The Troubles [ purchase ] "The Troubles" generally refers to the period of unrest in Northern Ireland between ...

The Irish Rovers : The Unicorn [ purchase ] The Irish Rovers were a Canadian band whose members were all born in Northern Ireland. The...

Rosanne Cash: Forty Shades of Green [ purchase (Johnny Cash original) ] The song "Forty Shades of Green" is not native to ...

Big Bag of Sticks : Wake Up Now [ contact Big Bag of Sticks to purchase the album Short Term Memory ] Ireland is an island nation. As s...

The Pogues : Rainy Night In Soho [ purchase ] I remember it well. The table is strewn with empty pint glasses, the ash tray is overfl...

Afro Celt Sound System : Rise Above It [ purchase ] My very first SMM post featured this fantastic group, Afro Celt Sound System. That...