Irish Music Magazine - Top 10 November 2020

TOWER RECORDS DUBLIN TOP TEN
1 Lankum ~ Livelong Day ~ Rough Trade
2 Clannad ~ In A Lifetime ~ Sony/BMG
3 John Sheahan ~ Flirting Fiddles ~ Own Label
4 Sibéal ~ Sibéal ~ Universal
5 Christy Moore ~ Prosperous (Remastered) ~ Tara Records
6 Planxty ~ Woman I Loved So Well (Remastered) ~ Tara Records
7 Caoimhin O’ Raghallaigh & Thomas Bartlett ~ Caoimhin O’ Raghallaigh & Thomas Bartlett ~ Own Label
8 Planxty After The Break ~ (Remastered) ~ Tara Records
9 The Gloaming ~ The Gloaming 3 ~ Real World
10 Lisa O’Neill ~ Heard A Long Gone Song ~ Own Label
Courtesy of Tower Records, At Easons O’Connell Street and 7 Dawson St, Dublin 2, Celtic Café Store.
www.towerrecords.ie

Nenagh TOP TEN
1 Steve Cooney ~ Ceol Arsa Clairsi/ Tunes For Solo Guitar ~ Own Label
2 Kevin Crawford, Colin Farrell, Patrick Doocey ~ Music and Mischief ~ Brooklyn Boy
3 Daoirí Farrell ~ A Lifetime Of Happiness ~ Own Label
4 Arty McGlynn ~ McGlynn’s Fancy ~ Own Label
5 Stockton’s Wing ~ Retrospective ~ Tara
6 Fidil ~ Decade ~ Raelach Records
7 Paul Brady ~ Live At Rockpalast ~ Own Label
8 Andy Irvine ~ Old Dog Long Roads Volume 1 ~ Own Label
9 Mozaik ~ The Long And The Short Of It ~ Own Label
10 Damien Ó Reilly ~ Duchas ~ Raelach Records
Courtesy of Noel McQuaid’s Music Shop Nenagh
www.mcquaidsirishmusic.com

ENNIS TOP TEN
1 Ben Lennon and Tony O’Connell ~ Rossinver Braes ~ CIC
2 PJ Hernon & Sons ~ Own Label
3 Caroline Keane ~ Shine ~ Own Label
4 Steve Cooney ~ Ceol Ársa Clairsí ~ Own Label
5 Matt Molloy ~ Back To The Island ~ Own Label
6 Shaskeen ~ Live and Kicking ~ Own Label
7 John Sheahan ~ Flirting Fiddles ~ Own Label
8 Mícheál Ó Raghallaigh ~ Inside Out ~ Own Label
9 Josephine Marsh ~ Music in the Frame ~ Own Label
10 Robert Harvey ~ Feochán ~ Own Label
Courtesy of Custy’s Irish Music Ennis, County Clare
www.custysmusic.com

BELFAST TOP 10
1 Tommy Fleming ~ Voice Of Hope 2 ~ Beaumex
2 Big Tom ~ The Pleasure Has Been Mine ~ BTP
3 Derek Ryan ~ Ten ~ Sharpe
4 Various Artists ~ Country Roads Volume 1 ~ Celtic Collection
5 Charlie Landsborough ~ Attic Collection ~ Own Label
6 Christy Moore ~ On The Road ~ Sony
7 Damien Dempsey ~ Union ~ Sony
8 Arty McGlynn ~ Botera ~ Own Label
9 Jim McCann ~ Ireland’s Greatest Love Songs ~ Music Bank
10 Daniel O’ Donnell ~ Gold Collection ~ Crimson
Courtesy of Premier Record Store, Belfast

CLADDAGH RECORDS DUBLIN TOP TEN
1 Steve Cooney ~ Ceol Ársa Cláirsí : Tunes Of The Irish Harpers For Solo Guitar ~ Own Label
2 John Doyle ~ The Path Of Stones ~ Own Label
3 Caoimhín Ó Fearghail ~ Uilleann Piping From County Waterford ~ NPU
4 Muireann Nic Amhlaoibh ~ Thar Toinn/Seaborne ~ Own Label
5 Shaskeen ~ Live And Kicking ~ Own Label
6 John Sheahan ~ Flirting Fiddles ~ Own Label
7 Éilís Kennedy ~ So Ends This Day ~ Own Label
8 Cool Céilí ~ Contemporary Irish Music ~ Stargazer Records
9 Rowan Leslie ~ Contemporary Fiddle Tunes From the Northeast of Ireland ~ Mel Bay
10 Stockton’s Wing ~ A Retrospective ~ Tara/Universal
Courtesy of Claddagh Records,
www.claddaghrecords.com

LONDON TOP TEN
1 Éilís Kennedy ~ So Ends This Day ~ Own Label
2 We Banjo 3 ~ Haven ~ Own Label
3 Crawford/Farrell/Doocey ~ Music & Mischief ~ Brooklyn Boy
4 Eilis Kennedy ~ Westward ~ Own Label
5 Mulcahy Family ~ The Reel Note ~ CIC
6 The Drunken Gaugers ~ Drunken Gauger ~ Broklyn Boy
7 Kevin Burke ~ Sligo Made ~ Loftus Music
8 Donal Clancy ~ On The Lonesome Plain ~ Own Label
9 Hession/Coughlan/Cunningham ~ Urnua ~ Own Label
10 Cuig ~ The Theory of Chaos ~ Own Label
Courtesy of Copperplate Distribution, London
www.copperplatemailorder.com

WATERFORD TOP TEN
1 Mick Flannery ~ Alive Cork Opera House 2019 ~ Own Label
2 Mellow Candle ~ Swaddling Songs ~ Deram/Decca
3 Caoimhín Ó Raghallaigh & Thomas Bartlett ~ Real World
4 Christy Moore ~ Prosperous ~ Tara  RSD
5 Fontaines D.C. ~ A Hero’s Death ~ Partisan Records
6 Bleeding Heart Pigeons ~ Stir ~ Hlym Records
7 The Gloaming ~ The Gloaming 3 ~ Real World
8 Lankum ~ Between the earth and sky ~ Rough Trade
9 Dermot Kennedy ~ Without Fear ~ Island
10 Therapy  ~ Greatest Hits Abbey Road  ~ Marshall Records
Courtesy of Ben O’Neill Music Shop,
O’Connell Street, Dungarvan, Co. Waterford, www.siopaceoil.com

EUROPEAN TOP TEN
1  Duo Piccard-Masure ~ Webbesnaren 20  ~ Appel Rekords
2  Laura Marling ~ Song for our Daughter ~ Partisan/Chrysalis
3  Mary Chapin Carpenter ~ The Dirt and the Start ~ Lambent Light
4  Dreamers’ Circus ~ Blue White Gold ~ Vertical
5  Masters of Frame Drums ~ Elements ~ Seyir Muzik
6  Spilar ~ Stormweere ~ TradRecords
7  Emily Barker ~  A Dark Murmuration of Words ~ Everyone Sang
8  Calan ~ Kistvaen ~ Ricordiau Sienco
9  Kaja ~ Origo ~ Kakafon
10 Maria Kalaniemi & Eero Grundström ~ Mielo ~ Akelo
Courtesy of Folk Centre Den Appel,
Belgium, www.tsmiske.be