This is a short list of old and new Traditional mainstays. There’s no room for a comprehensive list (if such a list is possible), but this is a great place to start.

Purchasing the CDs gives you access to the liner notes - often including stories as well as notions on the tunes. These notes are important to understanding the artists’ relationships with the tunes and the tradition.

Artists are listed in alphabetical order.

Uilleann Pipes

Willie Clancy, The Pipering of Willie Clancy Vols. 1 & 2

Robbie Hannan, Traditional Irish Music Played on the Uilleann Pipes

Paddy Keenan, Paddy Keenan Brown Album

Mick O’Brien, May Morning Dew

Mick O’Brien, Kitty Lie Over (with Caoimhín Ò Raghallaigh on fiddle)

Liam O’Flynn, The Piper’s Call

Cillian Vallely, The Raven’s Rock


Fiddle

Randal Bays: Up The West

Kevin Burke: In Concert

Séamus Connolly - Here And There

Brian Conway: Consider the Source (Brian asks to email him directly to order CDs. His email address is at the linked site)

Brid Harper: Brid Harper

James Kelly: Traditional Irish Music

Caoimhín Ò Raghallaigh: Kitty Lie Over (with Mick O’Brien on Uilleann pipes)


Flute

Vincent Broderick, The Turoe Stone

Blayne Chastain & Natalie Padilla w/Peter Romero Fiddle & Flute: Irish Traditional Music

Eamon Cotter, Traditional Irish Music from County Clare

Matt Malloy, Stony Steps

Catherine McEvoy, The Home Ruler

Conal O Grada, The Top of Coom

John Skelton & Kieran O’Hare, Two Tone

Fintan Vallely, Traditional Irish Flute Music


Concertina

Brenda Castles, Indeedin You Needn’t Bother

Edel Fox, The Sunny Banks

Noel Hill, Live in New York


Whistle

Mary Bergin, Feadoga Stain 1 & 2

Donncha Ó Briain, Ceol Ar an bhFeadóg Stain

Sean Potts (and Paddy Maloney), Tin Whistles

Séan Ryan, Take The Air


Mandolin

Marla Fibish & Jimmy Crowley, The Morning Star

Luke Plumb, Wintering Out


Banjo

John Carty, Yeh, That’s All It Is

Pauline Conneely, All Because

Gerry O’Connor, No Place Like Home

Pete Strickler & Charley Branch, Some Assembly Required

Accordion

Brendan Begley (w/Cooimhín Ó Raghallaig). A Moment of Madness

Jackie Daly. Traditional Accordion and Concertina Music

Johnny Óg Connolly. Aisling Yoshua

Joe Burke. Happy to Meet, Sorry to Part

Billy McComiskey. Outside the Box

John Williams. Raven