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Billy McComiskey

Accordion Man

By Kristin Cotter McGowan, Contributor
August / September 2016

August 10, 2016 by Leave a Comment

Billy McComiskey, who recently received a National Heritage Fellowship – the nation’s highest honor in the folk and traditional arts, talks to Kristin Cotter McGowan. ℘℘℘ I'm up in the Catskills. It’s Irish Arts Week in East Durham, New York, and master box player, All-Ireland Accordion Champion Billy McComiskey is taking a break between his scheduled workshops to talk about … [Read more...] about Accordion Man

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