New York-based fiddler Andy McGann attracted international attention with his recording debut in November of 1965. A collaboration with button accordionist Joe Burke and pianist Felix Dolan, A Tribute to Michael Coleman celebrated the music of the influential Sligo fiddler (1891-1945) and became one of the all-time best-selling albums of... [+] Read More

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James Scott Skinner, born in 1843, was already playing by 1855. Skinner was no folk artist, but a virtuoso of a drawing-room style that drew from both the folk and classical traditions. ~ John Storm Roberts, All Music Guide

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This superb traditional Irish squeeze box man began to play the accordion at age four, worth mentioning but perhaps not such a mark of notoriety in a genre where parents are known to hand tin flutes to their babies sometimes only moments after they struggle their way out of the womb. His mother played the box in the traditional styles and Joe... [+] Read More

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One of the greatest and most distinctively individual performers of Irish fiddle music, this artist comes from a family musical line that involves both the Doherty and McConnell families, stretching back across many generations. This includes individuals who settled down in various Irish communities as well as those who were travelers all their... [+] Read More

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