Reels & Ceilidhs

music for reels

Great Scottish dancing needs great music - it's essential! If you're hiring a band, make sure it's a good one. If you're unsure, I'm happy to advise.

If a live band is out of budget, consider hiring a ‘caller’ with recorded music - this is exactly what I do! I bring top-quality reeling tracks and expert calling to ensure a fantastic night of dancing. Most of my bookings come this way, and it works brilliantly.

There are also fantastic reeling tracks available, including:

🎵 Jim Lindsay & His Band – The Blackwatch Ball [link here]
The best collection of reeling tunes anywhere!

🎵 Ron Kerr & His Scottish Dance Band – Play the St Andrews Ball [link here]
A more old-school style, but still excellent.

🎵 Cavendish Dance Band - The St Andrew’s Ball V1 [link here]
Even more old-school style, but still excellent.

🎵 Cavendish Dance Band & The Frank Reid Band - The St Andrew’s Ball V2 [link here]
Including a selection of wonderful Encores

I don’t earn anything from these recommendations - I just want to share music that guarantees a brilliant night of reeling!

If you’ve found other great tracks that work well for reels, let me know - I’d love to hear them! 🙏

Varied selection of great music for Scottish Reeling

by Various Bands

Some of these are samples, some are full length originals. Download any by right clicking on the tracks shown, and downloading the mp3 files. You can then add these to Apple Music, Spotify or Google Music etc as you wish

0:53

Dashing White Sergeant (sample)

Jim Lindsay and his Band
0:52

Eightsome Reel (sample)

Jim Lindsay and his Band
0:38

Hamilton House (sample)

Jim Lindsay and his Band
1:14

Duke of Perth (sample)

Jim Lindsay and his Band
1:10

Strip the Willow (sample)

The Frank Reid Band
1:00

Strip the Willow (sample)

Lomond Ceilidh Band
1:11

Reel of the 51st (sample)

Ron Kerr and his Band
10:35

Reel of the 51st (FULL LENGTH, 10.5 mins) by Highfield Reels Band

Unknown
4:05

Foursome Reel EXTENDED version (credit to Jim Lindsay)
4:17

High paced encore for Dashing White or 51st, Jailhouse Jigs by Skerryvore, with amazing pipes!

Skerryvore
4:12

High paced encore for Dashing White by Skippinish, great pipes solo!