For over two centuries, New England has been home to a unique music and dance called Contra. Rooted on traditional dance tunes from Ireland, Scotland and England, Contra music has evolved to include influences from Quebec, Cape Breton and Europe, as well as classical and jazz traditions. Contra musicians still play traditional jigs, reels and waltzes, but also play tunes written just yesterday. Danceability is what links these diverse sounds together. Contra dance has spread across the country and New England's music has blossomed into the most creative and exciting music style in America.

Airdance includes Rodney Miller, David Surette, Mary Cay Brass, Stuart Kenney and Sam Zucchini in a dazzling combination of fiddle, guitar, piano, bass and percussion. This exceptional combination represents a living bridge between the 250 year contradance music tradition of New England and the contemporary tradition being practised today all over the United States and now in the UK. Rodney Miller is widely considered to be the foremost exponent of New England style fiddling. Over the past thirty years Miller has toured the United States, Canada, the British Isles, Australia and Denmark and he has recorded over ten albums. The band's album was released in 2000 on the Great Meadows Music label.

Airdance recalls the musical explosion of Rodney Miller's original Airplang albums which inspired the New England contra music revolution. Celtic, traditional and even jazz tunes flower on strong contra dance roots, and reflect the continuing vitality and vibrancy of the New England contra scene. Rodney's famous fiddle is featured, but each member of the band has time in the spotlight. Each musician is New England's finest on his or her instrument. The fusion of these talents creates musical magic.

Airdance includes Rodney Miller, Mary Cay Brass, Stuart Kenney, David Surette and Sam "Zuchinni" Brewton.

In l983, Rodney was designated a "Master Fiddler" by the National Endowment for the Arts.

Contra dancing is lively and friendly like English ceilidh. The dancers are in two long lines. The moves are interesting but not too complicated. The music is based on traditional Celtic and French-Canadian tunes, with the swing you find in bluegrass.

Fiddling in New England has always been tied to dancing from its earliest beginnings in the 1600s. The lives of early settlers were hard, and music and dancing was a very welcome break from their labours, serving a valuable social function in the communities of New England. The New England tradition of community contra and square dancing and fiddling has come down to us unbroken today from colonial times.

When Rodney Miller recorded his two albums with Airplang (with Russ Barenburg, Molly Mason, Peter Barnes, John McGann and Tim Jackson), contra dance music was revolutionized into the dynamic and inspirational fusion of Celtic, traditional and jazz material that makes it so exciting today. Rodney Miller is widely considered to be the foremost exponent of New England style fiddling and was named a Master Fiddler by the National Endowment for the Arts in 1983. His recordings such as Greasy Coat, Airplang and New England Chestnuts have become classics for fiddlers world-wide. Many of his original compositions have gone on to become fiddle tune standards.