Charts > January 2010 Top 10
DUBLIN TOP TEN
1 Lumiere ~ Lumiere ~ Sony/BMG
2 Éistigi ~ Dolphin
3 The Saw Doctors ~ To Win Just Once ~ Universal
4 Julie Feeney ~ Pages ~ Own Label
5 Sharon Shannon ~ Saints and Scoundrels ~ Daisy
6 Slide ~ Live ~ Own Label
7 Gerry ‘Banjo’ O’Connor ~ High Up, Low Down ~ Own Label
8 Altan ~ Ceol Aduaidh ~ Gael Linn
9 Innisfree Ceilí Band ~ Music of North Connacht ~ Own Label
10 Ger Wolfe ~ No Bird Sang ~ Own Label
Courtesy of Celtic Note, Dublin, www.celticnote.com
ON-LINE TOP 10
1 Lumiere ~ Lumiere ~ Sony/BMG
2 Kíla ~ Rogha ~ The Best of ~ Own Label
3 Sharon Shannon ~ Saints and Scoundrels ~ Daisy
4 Michael English ~ Portrait Of My Love ~ NLS
5 Sharon Shannon ~ The Galway Girl ~ Daisy Discs
6 The Coronas ~ Tony was an Excon ~ NLS
7 Christy Moore ~ Listen ~ Sony/BMG
8 Horslips ~ An Tain Remastered ~ AMC
9 Julie Feeney ~ Pages ~ Mittens
10 Christie Hennessy ~ The Two Of Us ~ Universal
Courtesy of www.irishmusicmail.com
GALWAY TOP TEN
1 At the Racket ~ It’s Not Racket Science ~ Own Label
2 Wilkinson, O’Connor, Hall & Ullman ~ Buffalo in the Castle ~ Own Label
3 Guidewires ~ Guidewires ~ Own Label
4 Steph Geremia ~ The Open Road ~ Own Label
5 Harry Bradley/Michael Clarkson ~ Pleasures of Hope ~ Own Label
6 Grainne Hambly & William Jackson ~ Music from Ireland and Scotland ~ Own Label
7 Alan Kelly ~ After The Morning ~ Own Label
8 Kathleen Loughnane ~ The Harpers Connellan ~ Own Label
9 Brian Kelly ~ Pure Banjo ~ Own Label
10 Mike Rafferty & Willie Kelly ~ The New Broom ~ Own Label
Courtesy of Powell’s Music, Shop Street, Galway
ENNIS TOP TEN
1 Claire Keville ~ The Daisy Field ~ Own Label
2 Pat O’Connor and Eoghan O’Sullivan ~ Conversation at the Crosses ~ Own Label
3 Gerry ‘Banjo’ O’Connor ~ High Up Low Down ~ Own Label
4 Lumiere ~ Lumiere ~ Sony/BMG
5 Dave Sheridan and Ciaran Sommers ~ Faoi Bhlath ~ Own Label
6 Kitty Hayes ~ Kitty Hayes Remembered ~ The Open Road ~ Own Label
7 Tony De Marco ~ Live ~ Own Label
8 Guidewires ~ Guidewires ~ Own Label
9 Alan Kelly ~ After The Morning ~ Own Label ~ OAC
10 Various Artists ~ Rogha Scoil Samhraidh Willie Clancy 2008
Courtesy of Custy’s Irish Music Ennis, Co. Clare, www.custysmusic.com
BELFAST TOP TEN
1 Lúnasa ~ Leitrim Equation ~ Own Label
2 Harry Bradley/Michael Clarkson ~ Pleasures of Hope ~ Own Label
3 Eilidh Patterson ~ When The Time Comes ~ Art C
4 Morga ~ Morga ~ Own Label
5 Tommy Fleming ~ The Best Is Yet To Come ~ Universal
6 Seamie O’Dowd/Mairtín O’Connor/Cathal Hayden ~ Crossroads ~ Own Label
7 Christy Moore ~ Listen ~ Sony/BMG
8 Roly Daniels/Dee Reilly ~ Sweet Memories ~ Sharpe
9 Horslips ~ Book of Invasions ~ Own Label
10 Kevin Crawford/Cillian Vallely ~ On Common Ground ~ Own Label
Courtesy of Premier Records, Belfast
KENMARE TOP TEN
1 Seán Garvey ~ The Bonny Bunch Of Roses ~ Harry Stottle Records
2 Alan Kelly ~ After The Morning ~ Own Label
3 Christy Moore ~ Listen ~ Sony/BMG
4 Lúnasa ~ The Leitrim Equation ~ Own Label
5 Claire Keville ~ The Daisy Field ~ Own Label
6 Kathleen Loughnane ~ The Harpers Conellan ~ Own Label
7 Orla Harrington ~ Melting Snow ~ Own Label
8 The Sick And Indigent Song Club ~ The Inistioge Folly ~ Millenium Boy Records
9 Amergin ~ The Gypsy Princess ~ Own Label
10 Lumiere ~ Lumiere ~ Sony/BMG
Courtesy of Soundz of Muzic, Kenmare, Kerry, www.soundzofmuzic.ie
USA TOP TEN
1 Mick, Louise & Michelle Mulcahy ~ Reelin’ In Tradition ~ Cló Iár Chonnachta
2 Claire Keville ~ The Daisy Field ~ Own Label
3 Liam O’Connor & Sean McKeon ~ Dublin Made Me ~ Na Piobairí Uilleann
4 Harry Bradley & Michael Clarkson ~ The Pleasures Of Hope ~ Own Label
5 Madden, Conway, McComiskey, Dolan ~ Pride Of New York ~ Compass
6 John Wynne ~ Like The Wind ~ Cló Iár Chonnachta
7 Mike Rafferty & Willie Kelly ~ The New Broom ~ Own Label
8 Paddy Carty & Conor Tully ~ Traditional Music Of Ireland ~ Trad Ireland
9 Donal Murphy ~ Happy Hours ~ Own Label
10 The Innisfree Ceilí Band ~ Music Of North Connacht ~ Ceol Productions
Courtesy of Celtic Grooves Imports, Maryland, USA, www.celticgrooves.com
LONDON TOP TEN
1 Mick, Louise & Michelle Mulcahy ~ Reelin’ in Tradition ~ Cló Iár Chonnachta
2 The Baileys ~ Song for Ireland ~ Own Label
3 Kev Boyle ~ Palestine Grove ~ Own Label
4 Mrs Elizabeth Crotty ~ Concertina Music from West Clare ~ RTE
5 Liam Kelly ~ Sweetwood ~ Cló Iár Chonnachta
6 Kate Purcell ~ Independent Soul ~ Own Label
7 Paddy Carty & Conor Tully ~ Trad Music of Ireland ~ Own Label
8 John Wynne ~ Like The Wind ~ Cló Iár Chonnachta
9 Colum Sands ~ Look Where I’ve Ended Up Now ~ Own Label
10 Larry Gavin & Micheal O’Rourke ~ 2 Miles to Tulla ~ Own Label
Courtesy of Copperplate Distribution, London, www.copperplatemailorder.com
SLIGO TOP TEN
1 Innisfree Ceilí Band ~ Innisfree Ceilí Band ~ Ceol Productions
2 Ann Marie O`Riordan ~ Melody In Harmony ~ Own Label
3 Liam Kelly ~ Sweetwood ~ Cló Iár Chonnachta
4 Tucan ~ Tucan ~ Own Label
5 Kathleen Loughnane ~ The Harpers Connellan ~ Own Label
6 Imelda May ~ No Turning Back ~ Own Label
7 Folan and Davey ~ Skin and Bow ~ Own Label
8 John Regan ~ Slopes of Benbulben ~ Own Label
9 Seamie O’Dowd, Mairtín O’Connor, Cathal Haydan ~ Crossroads ~ Own Label
10 The Unwanted ~ The Unwanted ~ Own Label
Courtesy of The Record Room, Sligo
EUROPEAN TOP TEN
1 Embrun ~ Nr 2 ~ Own Label
2 Kocani Orkestra ~ The Ravished Bride ~ Own Label
3 Griff Trio ~ Astragu Winter Traditions ~ Own Label
4 Hot Griselda ~ Hot Griselda ~ Own Label
5 The Chieftains ~The Chieftains Collection, best of Claddagh years ~ Own Label
6 Diversen ~ De klank van de Hommel ~ Own Label
7 Liam O’Flynn ~ The Given Note ~ Own Label
8 Fluxus ~ Hoover The Dog ~ Okavango ~ Own Label
9 21 Boutons (Marinette Bonnert/Père Romani) ~ Dos à dos ~ Own Label
10 Rodrigo y Gabriela ~ Re-foc ~ Own Label
Courtesy of Folk Centre Den Appel, Belgium, www.tsmiske.be/appel/appel.html