(Maryann Keifer & Me with picture by Grace Madden behind the desk)
Hi Folks!!
Sorry to let you know that I won't be able to fulfill Maryann McTeague Keifer’s wishes for me to assume the mantle of her “Ireland Tonight”…
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Ironwork...
In the "now for something completely different" category -- musician, historian, and my buddy Bucky Halker interviewed me a few years back as part of the "Cultural Traditions of Ironworkers in America's Upper Midwest : Archie Green Fellows Project" for…
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Artist Spotlight: Piano Accordionist Jimmy Keane
CELTIC MKE·TUESDAY, OCTOBER 3, 2017
You grew up around music & your parents encouraged you to play, but what drew you to the piano accordion?
J: It is a bit odd…
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The Horse Keane and Sean McGuire...
Liz Carroll recently sent me an article written by Martin McGinley about the late great fiddler Sean McGuire (1927-2005). Liz asked me to make sure I read it all the way through. And lo and behold, there was a Sean…
Read moreTrad Music Survey May 27-29, 2017
Trad Music Survey May 27-29, 2017
Surveyor/Pollster: Jimmy Keane
100 Participants
This was a non-scientific survey posted on social media and by direct outreach to some of my musician friends.
Aside from cleaning up some text…
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oh that time of year...
Repeat after me:
Saint Patrick. Paddy. Patty. Patties. ;-))
Saint Patrick. Paddy. Patty. Patties. ;-))
new bits...
Hi Folks -- I received a rake of kind messages, emails, phone calls, and home visits asking how I am progressing with my new addition during the last two weeks post-surgery --- unlike this very funny cartoon which several of…Read more
What type of accordion(s) does Jimmy Keane play?
I currently play a custom-made* Italian accordion which I branded Cappal and has the following:
4 sets of hand made middle reeds (no treble couplers)
46 treble keys (starting on a low C)
120 bass
I…Read more
4 sets of hand made middle reeds (no treble couplers)
46 treble keys (starting on a low C)
120 bass
I…Read more
Who were Jimmy Keane's biggest musical influences?
My dad, Jimmy (Horse) Keane was my initial influence. Although he did not play an instrument per se, he was a great sean-nos (old style) singer in Irish (and in English) from Connemara. He loved music and musicians. If you…Read more
When did Jimmy Keane start playing the accordion?
I started at the age of seven. I went to an old pipe smoking German-American accordion teacher on the south side of Chicago (the “only side”) named Mr. Marsh who taught me the basics on a 12-bass accordion (how to…Read more