Wow!! Thank you Mark Lysaght and Irish Music Magazine for adding me to your Legends Series – I am honored and humbled by your selection of this southside Chicago immigrant box player who was fortunate to grow up and learn…
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Dennis Cahill & Jimmy Keane
This is the full 2014 online concert video of Dennis and I playing two tunes: Hector the Hero and The Charleston Reel. A snippet of the video below appeared in the TG4 Documentary: “Dennis Cahill: Litir ó Do Chara" (meaning:…
Read moreInfinite Hope...
My individual video contribution to the 140 minute plus "Infinite Hope" originally live streamed on Wednesday, June 24th, 2020.
“We must accept finite disappointment, but never lose infinite hope.”
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
"Infinite Hope"…
Read moreThe Charleston Reel as played by Four Men and a Dog
While searching online for a way to trade in all them years of playing the accordion for the equivalent in time of playing the fiddle - I came across the following track by the brilliant Four Men and a Dog…
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BPT me arse...
I’ve been doing paid gigs since high school — the first sorta regular gig was with Liz Carroll at Ireland’s 32 here in Chicago on a Friday night — on the small stage right next to the pool table…
Read more#Quarantunes
I wish to thank Dr. Ryan Hackett for the #Quarantunes nomination - but more importantly, to thank Ryan and all you other healthcare heroes, first responders, and essential workers (our newest class of heroes) out yonder who are leading…
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Brian Dennehy...
Sorry to learn of the passing of Brian Dennehy. He was a brilliant actor and very lovely man who was as comfortable with a beer in hand as he was with a script.
Back in 1984 (not the…
Read moreJohn Prine - Rest in Paradise
Side B, Cut 7
I met John Prine in Dublin many years ago at a hotel where I was staying — it was at the in-house late night ‘disco’ where one went for a drink a few minutes after the…
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Review: Liz Carroll & Jimmy Keane: Dublin Tradfest January 2019
Tradfest shows what music can be
Irish Echo
February 6, 2019
By Colleen Taylor
"What also makes Temple Bar TradFest remarkable in its use of Dublin’s most historical and austere spaces, from City Hall to St. Patrick’s…

Review: Liz Carroll & Jimmy Keane: Dublin TradFest January 2019
Tradfest: Liz Carroll & Jimmy Keane
Irish Music Magazine
Live Review by Mark Lysaght
City Hall, Dublin, January 25, 2019
Dublin’s TradFest has evolved over the years to become a major
event in the…
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1974 All-Ireland Fleadh Cheoil booklet Listowel, County Kerry, Ireland
Came across this treasure from the past earlier this week. It is the program booklet for the 1974 Fleadh Cheoil in Ireland listing all the competitors who qualified to compete. I've highlighted all the competitors from the USA who…
Read moreIronwork...
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…
Read moreJimmy Keane CelticMKE interview
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…
Read moreAccordionist Jimmy Keane: Irish Fest and the Ward Irish Music Archives
Accordionist Jimmy Keane:
Irish Fest and the Ward Irish Music Archives
Hi Folks! Jimmy Keane here typing out a few words about my upcoming performance with Mick Moloney at the CelticMKE Center on Saturday, October 21.
It…
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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…
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CCE Living Tradition Award
I guess I should clean out my accordion case more often... ;-)

Martin Hayes & Dennis Cahill
Always a honor and pleasure to play with these two great friends!!

Myself, Liz Carroll, and Marty Fahey in the early 1970's
Myself, Liz Carroll, and Marty Fahey taken by Sis Fahey at their home in the early 1970's. We gave Mary (Sis) a grand farewell yesterday and the house took in a new family last week. A ton of music, memories…
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1916 Easter Monday - National Concert Hall - Dublin
Athena Tergis, Robbie O'Connell, Mick Moloney, Jimmy Keane -- National Concert Hall, Dublin, Monday March 28, 2016