Native New Yorker Dan Gurney makes a noteworthy debut with the pedantically titled Traditional Irish Music on the Button Accordion . Recorded in a single afternoon and accompanied by meticulous sleeve notes, Gurney’s first foray into the studio left a number of memorable deposits. At times his thoughtful and unhurried style brings a certain aloofness to his sound, as if he’s observing the tunes at a remove, but distance affords enough space to let the tunes speak for themselves.  - Siobhan Long - The Irish Times Jan 2012


Featuring 59 minutes of music with Brian Mc Grath on piano, recorded last summer at Paul Gurney’s studio in Longford, Ireland. The CD includes a 12-page booklet with photography by Danny Diamond and essays by Earle Hitchner, Monsignor Charlie Coen, and Billy McComiskey.

1. The Brook / Ambrose Moloney's   reels   free download
2. Contentment Is Wealth / Tae in the Bog   jigs
3. Fly by Night / The Eclipse   hornpipes
4. Return to Burton Road / I Buried My Wife and Danced on Top of Her   jigs
5. Farewell to Ireland / The Beauty Spot / The Flowers of the Red Mill   reels
6. The Ebb Tide / Courting Them All / The Hut in the Bog   hornpipe and reels
7. The Princess Royal   march
8. Greensleeves / The Banks of Newfoundland   jigs
9. Molly Brannigan / The Humors of Loughrea / The Green Fields of America / The Mouse Behind the Dresser   song-tune and reels
10. The Tynagh Jig / Dinny O'Brien's / The Twopenny Bit   jigs
11. Sliabh Geal gCua   slow air
12. Parnell's March   march
13. Driving the Cows Home / The Bowlegged Tailor   jigs
14. The Humors of Bandon / Sweet Molly Brown   set dances
15. Master Crowley's / Finbarr Dwyer's / The Spike Island Lassies   reels

Total playing time: 59 minutes