Celebrating Accordion Master Joe Burke
On January 11, 2020, local Irish/Scottish music fan and supporter Nancy Iverson joined us to celebrate East Galway button accordion whiz Joe Burke’s coming 81st birthday.
On February 27, 2021, we rebroadcast a slightly edited version of the program on the occasion of Joe Burke’s death on February 20.
| Artist | Song Title | Album (Label) |
|---|---|---|
| Joe Burke and Charlie Lennon | The Dawn / The Morning Mist | The Morning Mist (New Century Music) |
| New Set | ||
| Cherish the Ladies | The Portumna Workhouse / The Hurling Boys of Portumna | Heart of the Home (Big Mammy) |
| Joanie Madden sends greetings | ||
| Joe and Joanie Madden | The Little Thatched Cabin / The Coal Miner / The Ormond Sound | A Galway Afternoon (Big Mammy) |
| Cherish the Ladies | Queen of Connemara / The Carroe Jig / The Lilting Fisherman | The Girls Won’t Leave the Boys Alone (Windham Hill) |
| Jimmy Keane sends greetings | ||
| Horse Keane | An Caisideach Ban (Fair Haired Cassidy) | (private recording) |
| Joe Burke and Charlie Lennon | My Lagan Love | The Bucks of Oranmore (Green Linnet) |
| Jimmy Keane and Dennis Cahill | Horse Keane’s Hornpipe | (private recording) |
| Vince Keehan sends greetings | ||
| Ann Kirrane | Working the Streets | One Small Star (s/p) |
| Joe Burke and Charlie Lennon | Currants for Cakes / Raisins for Everything / The Frog in the Well | The Morning Mist (New Century Music) |
| Kevin Burke sends greetings | ||
| Kevin Burke and Jackie Daly | Rose in the Garden / Andy McGann’s | Eavesdropper (Green Linnet) |
| Joe Burke and Charlie Lennon | Le Petit Accordion | The Morning Mist (New Century Music) |
| Paddy O’Brien sends greetings | ||
| Joe Burke | Bonnie Kate / Jenny’s Chickens | Traditional Music of Ireland (Green Linnet) |
| Gerry (fiddle) O’Connor sends greetings | ||
| Gerry O’Connor and Gilles le Bigot | Jig in A / Dancing Eyes / Up and About in the Morning | In Concert (Copperplate Independent) |
| Terry Corcoran sends greetings | ||
| Joe Burke and Charlie Lennon | The Wounded Huzzar | The Morning Mist (New Century Music) |
| Joe Burke, Michael Cooney, and Terry Corcoran | The Maid on the Mountain | Happy to Meet, Sorry to Part (Green Linnet) |
| Maírtín O’Connor sends greetings | ||
| Maírtín O’Connor, Seamus O’Dowd, Jimmy Higgins, Jr., and James Blennerhassett | Shop Street | The Road West (Tara) |
| Sharon Shannon and friends send greetings | ||
| Buttons & Bows | The Ballydesmond Polka / Jack the Bridge / Joe Burke’s Polka | The Return of Spring (Buttons & Bows) |
| Sharon Shannon | Rusheen Bay | Sacred Earth (Celtic Collections) |
| Phil Cunningham and Aly Bain | Bonnie Nancy | The Pearl (Whirlie) |
| Brian Conway sends greetings | ||
| Brian Conway and Brendan Dolan | Trim the Velvet / Lord Gordon’s | Consider the Source (Clo Iar-Chonnachta) |
| Andrew Caden sends greetings | ||
| Joe Burke, Andy McGann, and Felix Dolan | Pat Ryan’s Dream / Mamma’s Pet | Tribute to Michael Coleman (Green Linnet) |
| Frankie Gavin sends greetings | ||
| Joe Burke | The Bucks of Oranmore / The Wind That Shakes the Barley | Traditional Music of Ireland (Green Linnet) |