The Importance of Listening!
This is a list (dynamic in nature) of recommended listening for the Button Accordion. These are albums of solo Traditional Irish Music on the accordion. You will notice that the albums include C sharp D players and of course BC. These albums have had a significant affect on me growing up, recently and will continue to be sources of inspiration for me. Both systems of playing Irish music on the accordion are great to listen to, as well as melodeon players – hence one could speak about all sorts of traditional music albums as recommended listening for the button accordion.
Listen Listen Listen
I cannot stress enough the importance of listening. I can safely say that I spent 75% of my time listening to traditional music. That may be commercially recorded music, researched music, informal session recordings etc. Music swirls around in my head all day, and it should swirl in yours.
Suggested Listening
Here is a suggested list of albums which are Traditional Irish Music accordion albums. The list will be updated and reviewed continuously, don’t expect it to be the one stop shop for a complete list of accordion greats or complete list of recommended listening for the button accordion. The list will be updated and hence never finished.
It is more than likely that I have forgotten about an album or I don’t know of an album that should be included, so why not get in touch: https://irishbuttonaccordionlessons.ie/contact/
Recommended Listening for the Button Accordion
I would recommend that you buy the albums from the artist’s website, store or their bandcamp. If this is not possible, then these sites are reputable stores with good relationships with the artists and will ship worldwide.
