Dunno if you consider US performers as germane to English Dance music, but in the US, the stars of English Country Dance music are Bare Necessities , from new England. All members of the quartet are well known for their contributions to dance music.

Peter Barnes is a significant name with his books: two volumes of English Country Dance music & "A Little Couple-Dancemusik" book with Waltz, Tango, Schottishe and vintage dance tunes. His two volumes of ECD are so commonly used that "NIB" is used for the odd tune "not in Barnes"

Mary Lea plays in another English Country dance band (MGM ), contra dance bands (Wild Asparagus, Yankee Ingenuity) & for vintage dance.

Earl Gaddis plays for English, Scottish, American and international dancing & is a delight to band camp students.

Jacqueline Schwab is known for her piano playing in many other contexts - like Ken Burns' Civil War series. She is the excellent dance instructor for Bare Necessities dance weekends.

The Boston CDSS has produced a series of CDs covering the Country Dance repertoire with Bare Necessities playing the dances at speed: CDSS Music Collection Two of the Bare Necessities recordings, Take a Dance and Nightcap are more playing around with the tunes.

ALL of it is superb music: this is the sort of playing that lifts you into the dance - music, dance and dancers merge

Joanne in Cleveland & the ECD band Toad in the Hole