Price: $15 plus $2 postage and handling

This CD of dance music from New England, Ireland, Scotland, Québec, and Cape Breton features Eric on piano along with Andy Reiner (fiddle, mandolin), Dave Reiner (fiddle), Ken Kolodner (hammered dulcimer), Kimberly Fraser (fiddle, feet), Anna Grosslein (flute), Billy Novick (clarinet), and Will Lydgate (bass).

1. Relevé (Eric Eid-Reiner) / The Puppeteer (Keith Murphy) / A Poke and a Tickle (Eric Eid-Reiner)
2. Rannie MacLellan's (Brenda Stubbert) / Union Street Session (Paul Cranford) / Wake Up to Cape Breton (Brenda Stubbert) / Hull's (John Morris Rankin)
3. Forgotten Fantasy (Anna Grosslein) / The Room (Adam Waickman) / The Lemon Walk (Anna Grosslein)
4. Trip to Herve's (Michael McGoldrick) / Farral O'Gara / Le Gadilederot (Jean Duval)
5. Waltz of the Floating Bridge (Jeremiah McLane)
6. Calliope House (Dave Richardson) / Andy DeJarlis'
7. Path to the Belfry (Eric Eid-Reiner)
8. Reel de Montréal / La Bastringue / Old French
9. Kevin Keegan's #1 / North Carolina Breakdown (L. Arthur Smith)
10. Mariposa (Jeremiah McLane) / Reel Africain (Jean-Claude Mirandette) / Sweet Grandmother's Spatula (Hanneke Cassel)
11. Neil Gow's Lamentation for the Death of His Second Wife (Neil Gow)
12. Journey to the Heartland (Ken Kolodner) / The Flying Tent (Keith Murphy)
13. On a Meadowlark Night (Eric Eid-Reiner)
14. Roof for the Rain (Ken Kolodner) / Lady of the Lake / Shenandoah Falls
15. I Lost My Love / The Wild One! (Mer Boel) / Up on the Brow (Keith Murphy)
16. Sayre (Eric Eid-Reiner)
17. The Salvation (Simon Bradley) / The Reconciliation / Frank's Reel (John McCusker)

Eric plays a variety of great tunes and medleys on piano, in styles ranging from Cape Breton, Irish, Norwegian and oldtime to ragtime, jazz, Jewish and modern folk. Dave and Andy join in on fiddle, including several twin fiddle tunes. Don't miss Eric's original composition, The Fiddle Bottle Waltz.

1. Inisheer (Thomas Walsh)
2. The Golden Tooth (Phil Cunningham) / Aidan's Waltz (Keith Murphy) / The Farewell (William Marshall) / The Brewer Lad / The Popcorn / MacArthur Road (Dave Richardson) / Charlie Hardie's Reel (James Scott Skinner)
3. Eternal Friendship (Phil Cunningham) / Angeline the Baker
4. Tennessee Waltz (Pee Wee King and Redd Stewart) / Athol Highlanders / Fiddler's Challenge (Eric Eid-Reiner) / Miller's Reel / Devil's Dream
5. Mercy, Mercy, Mercy (Josef Zawinul, Larry Williams, and Johnny Watson)
6. Ragtime Annie / Liberty Two-Step / Slider's Reel (David Reiner) / Fisher's Hornpipe
7. Fiddle Bottle Waltz (Eric Eid-Reiner)
8. Colonel O'Hara (Turlough O'Carolan)
9. The Entertainer (Scott Joplin)
10. Boda Waltz / The Butterfly / The Fading Light (Keith Murphy) / Canyon Jig (David Reiner) / McBride's (Donal Lunny and Declan Sinott)
11. Ma Tovu (Hebrew Liturgy, Jeff Klepper)
12. Ask Me Now (Thelonious Monk)
13. Jousting in the Fens (Andy Reiner)
14. Oseh Shalom (Hebrew Liturgy, Steve Dropkin) / Oseh Shalom (Hebrew Liturgy, Debbie Friedman)
15. Hökpers Vals (Lars Hökpers; harmony by John Chambers)
16. Soul of the Limestone Rock (Jeremiah McLane with Keith Murphy)
17. Funky 105 (Alasdair Fraser) / Barter's Hill (Keith Murphy) / Lively Steps (Jerry Holland) / The Honorable Mrs. Graham of Balgowan (Daniel Dow)
18. Over the Ice (Keith Murphy) / Blue Bonnets Over the Border
19. Ghost (Peter Anick and David Reiner)
20. Daughter's Eyes (Christopher Williams)
21. Sally Ann

Matching Orange is thrilled to have released its debut CD in 2011. The trio of Eric Eid-Reiner (piano), Eric McDonald (mandolin, guitar, vocals), and Brendan Carey Block (fiddle), plays music from New England, Ireland, Scotland, Cape Breton, and Appalachia. Popular at contra dances and in concert, Matching Orange creates swirling levels of intensity, sometimes gritty, sometimes pure, and always engaging.

1. Old Favorite / Banks of Lough Gowna / All the Rage (Larry Unger)
2. Pretty Fair Maid / Farral O'Gara
3. Soft Shuffle (Eric McDonald) / Trip to Herve's (Michael McGoldrick)
4. Sovay, the Female Highwayman
5. Path to the Belfry (Eric Eid-Reiner)
6. Reel des Menterries (Normand Miron) / Reel de Boucherville (Alfred Montmarquette)
7. I Wish My Baby Was Born
8. Ross's Reel #4 / F Reel (Brendan Carey Block) / Reichswall Forest (Dan R. MacDonald)
9. Key to the Cellar / The Blacksmith
10. Russell Road (Eric McDonald) / Bm Reel (Brendan Carey Block)

A tune for every week of the year! Each tune from the Fiddle Hell Common Tune List is played both up-tempo and slowly. Includes reels, jigs, waltzes, hornpipes, and airs from Southern, Northern, Irish, Scottish, Canadian, and other traditional tune fiddle styles.

This will help you prepare for Fiddle Hell -- an annual gathering of fiddlers in Groton, Massachusetts -- or learn the tunes even if you can't make it this year. Order a copy for yourself and for a friend or family member, and you can learn the same tunes to play next time you're together.

Digital downloads (including cover art and liner notes) are also available for $15.

What fiddlers are saying:

Jean: “Just wanted to tell you the CD is great! Even knowing a lot of the tunes, I love hearing a variation and the backup as well! Fabulous job putting it together. In fact, I'm going to be ordering a few more from you to give as gifts to friends.”

Mat: “The playing is good, precise and done with a light touch... good teachin' material. The tempos of the band tracks are the kind you'd hear at a festival or dance; no pussyfooting… I'm happy. This is some decent tutelage and motivation to learn a tune a week. To the woodshed...”

Tom: “Even if it takes the rest of my life to learn all these tunes each Fiddle Hell will be better because of it... This is a great resource and well worth the price!”

Laquetta: “It is easy to hear the melody in both slow and fast versions… For the first time ever, I’m actually learning by ear and not frantically searching the Internet for a version of the sheet music that more or less matches the version of the tune I’m trying to learn… I really liked your slow versions. In the few days I’ve had the CDs, I’ve probably learned more about good playing techniques than I have in the year I’ve been learning… I can hear when you hammer on, pick up a string an octave below for resonance, or do slides or grace notes and the all the various things that add texture but can’t be heard at “full” slow speed. I can hear some of how the bow is used to create the effects. This is all stuff I’ve read about, but never really experienced. It’s been a real eye-opener.”

Recorded live at Codman Farms, Lincoln, MA, this CD sounds just like us! Bluegrass, oldtime, Irish, swing, and more. Guaranteed to get your toes tapping!

1. Over the Waterfall / Soldier's Joy
2. Road to Lisdoonvarna / Irish Washerwoman / Swallowtail Jig / Ten Penny Bit
3. Way Downtown
4. Star of the County Down / Jennie's Chickens / The Gravel Walk
5. Jambalaya / Prairie Grass Two Step
6. Boatsman / June Apple / Old Joe Clark
7. The Holy Land / Call to Dance
8. Five Foot Two, Eyes of Blue
9. Ebba Polka / Redwing
10. Turkey in the Straw / Golden Slippers
11. Gone, Gone, Gone
12. Cherokee Shuffle / Big Sandy River / Devil's Dream
13. I'm an Old Cowhand
14. Red-Haired Boy / Julia Delaney's / Tam Lin / Music for a Found Harmonium
15. Footprints in the Snow
16. Ouzel Falls / Wizard's Walk
17. Slider's Reel / Ragtime Annie / Whiskey Before Breakfast