Alan's repertoire comes from a wide range of sources, ranging from the virtuosos who made the earliest recordings of Irish traditional music to Madison's own traditional music sessions, from modern Irish composers such as Liz Carroll and Charlie Lennon to his own compositions, and also going back centuries in time to the music of Turlough O'Carolan and the old song-air traditions.

His main musical influences have been the recordings of the great Irish fiddlers Michael Coleman, Kevin Burke, and Martin Hayes, the Sliabh Luachra fiddle masters, the uilleann piping of Seamus Ennis and Willie Clancy, and the accordion playing of Joe Burke, Joe Cooley, and early Jackie Daly.

SoundCloud

Alan maintains an ongoing collection of his recordings at his SoundCloud page.

Waltzes

• Old Time Waltz
  (an old Irish waltz he learned from famous fiddler James Kelly)

Slow Airs

Here are some relatively cheery examples of the old Irish slow airs in his repertoire. "Slow air" means a freeform, solo performance of an old-style (sean nós) Irish song, but using an instrument instead of singing. The texts of these songs are usually in Irish (Gaelic language) – but don't ask me to sing them! =)

• The Coolin
• Turus go Tír na nÓg
  (transl. "trip to the land of the fairies")
• The Vales of New Direen
• Sí Bheag, Sí Mhór
  (transl. "small fairy, great fairy")

Other Wedding-Appropriate Slow Airs

Hornpipes

• Kitty's Wedding

Irish Polkas and Slides

I often play polkas and slides from the Southwest of Ireland on my melodeon - an old-fashioned kind of accordion used in Ireland:

• Magic Slipper / Little Diamond

More Samples

Wedding music samples

You can also browse a list of Alan's complete repertoire.

This music is free to share under a Creative Commons Music Sharing License. Any reuse must credit the performance to Alan Ng.