Joseph Burke .His Parents were Michael Burke and Anne Keane. He was an Irish musician. He was noted for being a pre-eminent button accordion player, recording and performing traditional music for over half a century.
Early life
Burke was born in Kilnadeema, south of Loughrea in east County Galway, on 11 April 1939. He won the All-Ireland Senior Accordion Championship in Thurles in 1959 and again in Boyle the following year. Together with fiddler Aggie Whyte, he won the All-Ireland duet championship in 1962 in Gorey, Wexford. ==Career==
Career
Burke co-founded of the Leitrim Ceili Band with Padden Downey in 1956. After residing in the US from 1988 until 1991, Burke returned to Kilnadeema in 1992. There, he carried on teaching and performing music. He died on 20 February 2021 at Galway Hospice. He was 81. ==Awards==
Awards
Burke was named RTÉ's Traditional Musician of the Year in 1970. He went on to win both the AIB Traditional Musician of the Year and the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Irish World in 1997. Three years later, he received an award in Musical Mastery from Boston College. ==Discography==
Discography
Solo albums • ''Galway's Own (1971). Outlet SOLP 1015, reissued as Joe Burke'' on Outlet PTICD 1015. • ''The Tailor's Choice'' (1983) Collaboration – Joe Burke, Michael Cooney and Terry Corcoran • Happy To Meet & Sorry To Part (1986) • The Bucks of Oranmore (1996) ==References==