Updated / Tuesday, 9 Mar 2021
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Seamus O Dowd pays tribute to a true giant of Irish traditional music, accordion player Joe Burke, who passed away last month, aged 81.
The recent passing of Irish accordion innovator Joe Burke marks the end of an era if not an entire age in the story of traditional Irish music.
For generations of Irish music lovers and musicians alike, Joe Burke, through his musicianship, constituted a kind of musical north star.