Playing Irish B/C button accordion since October 2002. Almost entirely self-taught. It's coming along very quickly (after 40 years of playing piano and a decade of listening to Irish music), though there's still a long way to go. I started playing C/G anglo concertina in June of 2006.
Since I don't use my tunebook on this site for learning tunes, I've decided to use it to keep a list of tunes that I know (or at least know well enough to follow along if somebody plays them).
I've been singing in social settings for about a decade. I've learned close to 300 songs, but more than half have faded from memory, either because I've lost interest in them or don't have time to keep them fresh.
I attend a weekly session at the Brennan's Grille (formerly the Blackthorne Tavern) in South Easton, MA on Sundays.
I present a series of acoustic folk concerts in my home about 50 miles south of Boston, MA, USA:
http://www.musicbythebay.org
Several of the concerts each year feature Irish, Scottish, or Cape Breton musicians. Past performers include Tommy Peoples, The Wrigley Sisters, The Kane Sisters, Jerry Holland, Beolach, Randal Bays, Daithi Sproule, Roger Landes, Josephine Marsh, Frankie Gavin, Liz Doherty, April Verch, Tommy McCarthy & Louise Costello, Halali, Jackie Daly, Edel Fox, Paul DeGrae, Ronan O'Flaherty, Claire Keville, Pat O'Connor, Eilis Kennedy, William Coulter, Niamh Parsons, Troy MacGillivray, Andrea Beaton, Andrew MacNamara, Brian McNamara, Cynthia MacLeod, Angelina Carberry & Martin Quinn, Kevin Burke, and probably others that are slipping my mind.
Tunes in GaryAMartin's tunebook: 283
| The Blue-Eyed Rascal | hornpipe | September 14th 2004 |
| Joe Bane's | polka | July 1st 2004 |
| Joe Bane's | polka | June 29th 2004 |
| The Maid With The Bonny Brown Hair | jig | March 13th 2004 |
| Dermot Byrne's | hornpipe | September 7th 2003 |
| No Compromise | Andrew MacNamara | March 2nd 2008 |
| 20th Feakle Festival: Reeling Through The Years | Various Artists | January 31st 2008 |
| In Good Hands | Paddy Murphy | January 31st 2008 |
| From West To East - Live Sessions | Various Artists | December 5th 2007 |
| Tobar An Dúchais | Brid O'Donohue | May 1st 2007 |
| Accordion to Zither | April 5th 2005 |
| Edel Fox & Ronan O'Flaherty House Concert | June 16th 2006 |
| A funny video | May 2nd 2008 |
| Identities of musicians in Youtube video? | April 9th 2008 |
| Sorcha Curtin | March 31st 2008 |
| Another tune search | December 6th 2007 |
| Clare FM Kitchen Sessions | October 30th 2007 |
| Discussions | Re: abc question | July 5th 2008 |
| Discussions | Re: Interesting article. | July 4th 2008 |
| Discussions | Re: Traditional Music Search Engine | July 4th 2008 |
| Discussions | Re: The best music of all time...what tha? | July 3rd 2008 |
| Discussions | Re: What do YOU think is the greatest song ever written? | July 3rd 2008 |