Dave Brown's Website.

Publishing:

In the late 1980s, Dave founded Cotswold Music, a music publishing company. Now he publishes music and dance related items through DLBMUSIC. Try Dave’s SHOP for his own CDs and Books, DLBeducation for products for Education, including musicals, classroom music and arrangements for solo instruments, and EBOOKS for electronic books which can be downloaded to your computer. The current, and rapidly expanding, catalogue contains dance books, books about calling and books of new melodies.

Biographical Information:

Dave started playing Folk Music while in Primary School in the 1960s. His class teacher, John Burgess, was a Morris Dancer and Musician and inspired all his children to dance, sing and to play. Dave was a member of the school’s Morris Dance team, Maypole team and Country Dance team. A great introduction to English folklore. While at College (1972-75) Dave sang folk songs and began to develop an interest in fiddle music. In 1975 Dave met up with John & Elvyn Blomfield and founded Wild Thyme. Over the next 19 years, Wild Thyme. became one of Britain’s best known English Country Dance Bands recording many collections of dance music.

Dave now plays in two bands (ConTradition, and a new band called SKYLARK) which specialize in a wide range of music from English Playford style to American Contra.

Since Dave finished playing with Wild Thyme he has recorded three solo CDs and two CDs with SKYLARK.

• Gingerbread and Moonshine
• Outside of the Square
• Connections
• Skylark (Skylark now has two CDs - why not check out their website.)

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SKYLARK

"The bright new sound of Skylark starts the week with their crisp, new arrangements, performed with excellence and great enthusiasm." (Sidmouth Festival programme August 2006)

Dave Brown (Fiddle and Mandolin), Elaine Meechan (Keyboards), Kathryn Dunphy (Flute and Sax).

Festival organisers, clubs, contra dance Organisers please contact Dave Brown to book the band now.
Click here to see SKYLARK'S new CD.

Reviews:
• - "incredible energy, superb musicianship and incredible dancebility." John Meechan.

ConTradition

Dave Brown plays Fiddle, Julia Day on Keyboards and Shane Day on Accordion. ConTradition are equally at home with their inspired approach to Playford through to an exciting, driving Contra style.

Described by Mike & Gill Swash as “…one the best bands there is,” and by a leading American caller as “…providing superb music …being the key to the success of the evening … representing the highest level of achievement and showing a professional attitude ….oh! … And you guys are lots of fun to be with as well!!”

How can you not have ConTradition for your next dance event? ConTradition enjoy playing at festivals, such as Eastbourne, Sidmouth, Chippenham, Broadstairs and residential dance weekends such as those run by Mike and Gill Swash in Symonds Yat. They will also play for anyone – including Colin Hume! (Smile!)

Dave Brown's Recordings

• 1983 Wild Thyme Plays Fallibroome (SDL 339)
• 1985 Beau’s Retreat (WT004)
• 1986 Captain’s Ceilidh (EFDSS BR7)
• 1987 Hunter’s Moon (WT011)
• 1988 Packington’s Pound (WT012)
• 1988 Dances with Difference Vol. 2 (CML006) (Dances by Colin Hume)
• 1990 Maggot Pie (Double Cassette of dances from the Maggot Pie Collection)
• 1991 Come Let’s be Merry – Tom Cook (CML017)
• 1991 Music from 2 Barns – Ken Sheffield (CML 018)
• 1992 Another Thyme, Another Place. (CML020) (Songs and Music)
• 1993 Dutch Crossing (NVS-3CD) Dutch Folk Dance Society
• 1997 Gingerbread and Moonshine (DB001CD)
• 2000 Halsway Millennium Players (DB002CD)
• 2002 Outside of the Square (DB003CD)
• 2006 Connections (DB004CD)
• 2007 SKYLARK (DB005CD)
• 2009 Reflections (DB009CD)
• 2010 Skylark - Spreading Our Wings (DB008CD)
• 2010 Halsway Millennium Players - Ten Years on (DB010CD)