Wraggle Taggle

Description

A professional, fun Ceilidh band!
One of the most popular, versatile, successful and affordable traditional ceilidh bands in London, Wraggle Taggle Ceilidh Band perform live Irish, Scottish, English and American music, dance and songs. They go out as anything from a duo to a six-piece amplified or acoustic, with or without a caller.
A brilliant traditional music band
If you are organising a wedding, party or corporate function, then contact Wraggle Taggle Ceilidh Band for traditional music in Greater London.
A traditional music band tailored to your specific requirements
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Founded by Mick Bailey (Guitar/vocals) in 1998, the band has many years of success including performances for Mick Jagger, and Robert Smith of The Cure. Celebrities they've performed for include: Princess Beatrice, Princess Eugenie, Zoe Ball, Frank Skinner, Clive Anderson, Ian Hislop Stephen Fry, Alan Davis, Dara O'Briain, Sanjeev Bhaskhar, Meera Syal, Aimi MacDonald, Bert Weedon, Jon Snow, and Imelda Staunton. Read More

Set-List

Songs
Wraggle Taggle are equally at home doing a song-based performance as they are playing tunes for a dance. Bandleader Mick Bailey built his extensive repertoire of songs during many years performing in public.
Main Set
As I Roved Out (Christy)
Auld Lang Syne
Back Home in Derry
Band Played Waltzing Matilda
Black is the Colour
Black Velvet Band
Bonny Ship the Diamond
Brown Eyed Girl
Caledonia
Clare to Here
Cliffs of Doneen
Cockles & Mussels
Come by the Hills
Danny Boy
Dark Island
Dirty Old Town
Fairytale of New York
Far away in Australia
Fiddlers Green
Fields of ... Athenry
Fleur of Scotland
Foggy Dew
Galway Girl
Galway Shawl
Hallelujah
I'll Tell My Ma
Irish Rover
Isle of Tears
Jambalaya
Lakes of Ponchartrain
Last thing on my mind
Leaving of Liverpool
Lights of London
McAlpine's Fuseliers
Mountain Dew
Muirsheen Duirkin
My Lovely Rose of Clare
Nancy Spain
Only our Rivers run Free
Ordinary Man
Peggy Gordon
Queen Jane
Ride On
Sean South
Seven Drunken Nights
Spancil Hill
Star of the County Down
Sweet Sixteen
Sweet Thames Flow Softly
Tipping it up to Nancy
Town I Love so well
Whiskey in the Jar
Whistling Gypsy Rover The
Wild Colonial Boy
Wild Rover
Will you go Lassie Go
Willie McBride
World of Our Own
Rock / Pop
All My Loving
American Pie
Amorillo
Annie's Song
Brown Eyed Girl
Can't buy me love
Country Roads
Dance the Night Away
Fairytale of New York
From Me To You
Galway Girl
Hallelujah
Hey Good Lookin
I just called to say I love you
I'll never find another you
I wanna hold your hand
Return to Sender
Summer Holiday
Twist & Shout / La Bamba
World of Our Own
Yesterday
Other popular songs we do
500 miles
American Pie
Amorillo
Banks of the Ohio
Boys from the County Armagh
Bunch of Thyme
City of Chicago
Country Roads
Curragh of Kildare
Dance the Night Away
Do you want your old lobby washed down
Dublin in the Rare Old Times
Follow me up to Carlow
Hey Good Lookin
Hokey Cokey
I'm a Man you don't meet every day
Jolly Beggarman
Maggie
Marie's Wedding
My own dear Galway Bay
Red Rose Cafe
Slievenamon
Soldiers' Song
Spanish Lady
Take me Home to Mayo
Waltzing Matilda
What shall we do with the drunken sailor?
Where the three counties meet
Willie and Mary
Songs popular in care centres
Ain't Misbehavin'
A Nightingale Sang in Berkley Square
Annie's Song
Anniversary Waltz
Arriverdeci Roma
As Time Goes By
Blue Moon
Camptown Races / O'Suzannah / Turkey in the Straw
Daisy / Down at the Old Bull & Bush / I belong to Glasgow
Hey Good Lookin'
If you were the only Girl in the World
I just called to say I loved you
I know I'll never find another you
I'll Take you home again Kathleen
I'm getting married in the morning / Roll out the Barrel / My old Man said / Knees up Mother Brown
I'm in the mood for Love
It's a Long Way to Tipperary / Pack up your troubles / Coming Round the Mountain / When the Saints
Leaning on a Lampost
Lilly Marlene
Magic Moments
Maybe it's because / The Bells are Ringing / Lambeth Walk / Side by Side
My Way
On Mother Kelly's Doorstep
Que Sera Sera
Return to Sender
Rose, The
Show me the way to go Home
Strangers in The Night
Street Where you Live
Summer Holiday
Tea for Two
That's Amore
Underneath the Arches
We'll Meet Again
When Irish Eyes are Smiling
White Christmas
White Cliffs of Dover
You Are my Sunshine
You Made me Love You
And many, many more!....
Dances
A ceilidh or barn dance is an evening of informal traditional dancing. Perfect for a wedding or party, it is suitable for all ages and provides a great way for people to mix and socialize. The faster dances are an energetic work out, and Wraggle Taggle also play in a more relaxed romantic mood.
No experience necessary!
Our callers teach the dances from scratch - no experience necessary! Everyone will have a good time! Mistakes are half the fun of it! Nowadays there's lots of crossover between traditions, but the dances are thought to have originated in particular countries or regions. If you prefer, Wraggle Taggle can offer dances concentrating on one style e.g. Scottish or Irish.
The selection of dances at your function depends on your caller using their experience, working with the audience and going with what works best.
Some of the dances Wraggle Taggle have presented over the years
Barn Dance
Big Set
Bridge of Athlone
Circassian Circle
Circle dance
Circle Waltz
Cumberland reel
Cumberland Square Eights
Danish Waltz
Dashing White Sergeant
Gay Gordons
Harvesting Jig
Haymakers jig
Hokey Cokey
I Want to be near you
Longways dances
Sausage roll
Seige of Ennis
Square dance
Strip the Willow
Virginia Reel
Walls of Limerick
Waves of Tory
Plus many more Scotish, Irish and Barn Dance selections
Wraggle Taggle Ceilidh Band great wedding entertainment
Tunes
Wraggle Taggle have an extensive repertoire of traditional tunes. There wouldn't be space to list all the tunes we might do, there's literally thousands in the tradition.
Here's a few favorites
Arkansas Traveler:
Ashokan Farewell:
Athole Highlanders:
Banshee:
Blackthorne Stick:
Blarney Pilgrim:
Boys of Bluehill:
Calliopie House:
Cliffs of Moher:
College Hornpipe (Sailors Hornpipe):
Congress:
Cooley's:
Cup of tea:
Dashing White Sergeant:
Dingle Regatta:
Donnybrook Fair:
Drowsy Maggie:
Duke of Perth:
Dusty Windowsill:
Earl's Chair:
Fairy Dance:
Farewell To Erin:
Flowers of Edinburgh:
Golden Keyboard:
Gravel Walks:
Hag at The Churn:
Haste to the Wedding:
High Reel:
I'll buy boots for Maggie:
I wanna be near you:
Irish Washerwoman:
Jig of Slurs:
Keel Row:
Kesh:
Kid on the Mountain:
King of the Fairies:
Lark in the Morning:
Maggie in the Wood:
Maguire & Patterson's:
Maid behind the Bar:
Margaret's Waltz:
Marie's Wedding:
Martin Wynn's No 1 & No 2:
Mason's Apron:
Merry Blacksmith:
Miss McLeods:
Morrison's:
Mountain Road:
Musical priest:
My Love is but a Lassie yet:
Nine Points of Roguery:
Off to California:
Orange & Blue:
Otter's Den:
Over the Moor to Maggie:
Pinch of Snuff:
Planxty Irwin:
Rakish Paddy:
Rattling Bog:
Red Haired Boy/Little Beggarman:
Rights of Man:
Saddle the Pony:
Sailor's Bonnet:
Sally Gardens:
Scotland the Brave:
Sean Ryan's:
Si Bheag Si Mhor:
Silver Spear:
Skye Boat Song:
Sligo Maid:
Soldiers Joy:
Spanish Lady:
Spider in the Bog:
St Anne's:
St Bernard's Waltz:
Star of Munster:
Statten Island:
Swallows Tail:
Tam Linn:
Tarbolton:
Teetotallers:
The Rose Tree:
Toss the Feathers:
Tripping up the Stairs:
Trumpet Hornpipe (Captain Pugwash):
Turkey in the Straw:
Wise Maid:
And many, many more!.... Read More

Biography

All-Ireland champion musicians
Wraggle Taggle features all-Ireland champion musicians Carlene Anglim (fiddle), Eugene Teevan (accordion), and Mick O'Connor (tenor banjo) .
Carlene Anglim (Fiddle)BBC2 Young Traditional Musician of the Year (1994 -5). All-Ireland Fiddle Champion (1992). Havering Young Musican of the Year (1991) Carlene learnt both Classical and Irish Traditional Music from age 6 and went on to win Traditional Irish music 'Fleadh Ceol' competitions. She gained classical grades up to grade 8, studied violin at Guildhall School of Music and became professional at age 17.
E ... ugene Teevan (accordion)is an exceptionally talented traditional Irish concert flute and accordion player. He was all-Ireland Champion in 1982 and 1986 and is now a qualified music teacher with Comhaltas. He has been a regular performer at Irish music festivals, conventions and sessions as well as playing with several folk and Irish bands. Eugene has also performed in America and Canada.
Mick O'Connor (tenor banjo) won the all-Ireland tenor banjo championship in 1971 and two All-Ireland ceilidh band medals in 1986 and 1987. He was also invited by Irish president, Mary McAleese to a special reception for traditional Irish musicians at her official residence, Áras an Uachtaráin, in Phoenix Park, Dublin in 2004. He also received a Bardic Award at the All-Ireland Fleadh music festival in Derry.
Mick Bailey (guitar/vocals) who founded the band in 1998 completes the line-up with other guest musicians in a variety of line-ups. Anything from a duo to a six-piece amplified or acoustic with or without a caller. The band's most common format for a ceilidh consists of four musicians plus a caller who will teach the dances from scratch - no experience needed! A ceilidh is something really different and ideal for a successful party, as it is a fun way to get families, friends and colleagues to mix and meet and because all age groups become involved. The faster dances are an energetic work out, and Wraggle Taggle also play in a more relaxed romantic mood.
Irish, Scottish, English and American songs and tunes
Wraggle Taggle are inspired by
Altan
Ally Bain
Battlefield
The Bothy Band
Boys of the Lough
Cherish the Ladies
The Chieftains
Christy Moore
Clancy Brothers
The Corries
Deanta
De Dannan
Dick Gaughan
Dolores Keane
The Dubliners
Eddi Reader
Eric Bogle
Four Men & a Dog
The Fureys
Jimmy Shand
Liz Carroll
Mary Black
Phill Cunningham
Planxty
The Pogues
Sharon Shannon
Stockton's Wing
Van Morrison
Many other artists of all styles and genres
Many talented friends in the vibrant traditional music scene.
All the Wraggle Taggle musicians have been performing, touring and recording for many years. Read More

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Experience

Founded by Mick Bailey (Guitar/vocals) in 1998, the band has many years of success including performances for Mick Jagger, and Robert Smith of The Cure. Celebrities they've performed for include: Princess Beatrice, Princess Eugenie, Zoe Ball, Frank Skinner, Clive Anderson, Ian Hislop Stephen Fry, Alan Davis, Dara O'Briain, Sanjeev Bhaskhar, Meera Syal, Aimi MacDonald, Bert Weedon, Jon Snow, and Imelda Staunton.
Resident musicians at The Clayton Crown Hotel, London
Wraggle Taggle are regular visitors to the annual "Return to Camden Town" festival in London and appeared at Luton St Patrick' ... s Festival in March 2015. TV appearances include "Feilte" on TG4 and the band appeared in the Film "66" with Helena Bonham Carter and Catherine Tate. Wraggle Taggle are resident musicians at The Clayton Crown Hotel, London. Read More

Previous Clients

The band has many years of success including performances for Mick Jagger, and Robert Smith of The Cure. Celebrities they've performed for include: Princess Beatrice, Princess Eugenie, Zoe Ball, Frank Skinner, Clive Anderson, Ian Hislop Stephen Fry, Alan Davis, Dara O'Briain, Sanjeev Bhaskhar, Meera Syal, Aimi MacDonald, Bert Weedon, Jon Snow, and Imelda Staunton.

Suitable for

Bar / Bat Mitzvah Birthday Party (Adult) Casinos Christening Christmas Party Cocktail Party / Drinks Reception Corporate Event Dinner Party Jewish Wedding Private Party Product Launch / Promotion Trade Show / Exhibitions

Additional Information

Public Liability Insurance
All equipment Pat Tested
Musicians Union Members