Charts > Top 10 Annual 2018

TOWER RECORDS DUBLIN TOP TEN
1 Lankum ~ Between The Earth & Sky ~ Own Label
2 Martin Hayes Quartet ~ Blue Room ~ 251 Records/NCH
3 Paul Brady ~ Unfinished Business ~ Proper
4 The Gloaming ~ Gloaming ~ Real World
5 Joe Dolan & The RTÉ Concert Orchestra ~ Orchestrated Volume 2 ~ Universal
6 Eleanor McEvoy ~ Thomas Moore Project ~ Own Label
7 Ciara Sidine ~ Unbroken Line ~ Sidine2
8 The Gloaming ~ Gloaming 2 ~ Real World
9 Planxty ~ Between The Jigs & The Reels: A Retrospective (CD & DVD) ~ Universal
10 Eistigi: Various Artists ~ Essential Trad Collection ~ Own Label
Courtesy of Tower Records, At Easons O’Connell Street and 7 Dawson St, Dublin 2 Celtic Café Store. www.celticcafestore.com

Nenagh TOP TEN
1 Brian Hughes ~ This Day 20 Years ~ Clo Iar Chonnacha
2 Two Time Polka ~ New Roads ~ Own Label
3 Matt Molloy & John Carty ~ Out Of The Ashes ~ Own Label
4 Sean Ryan ~ A Collection Of His Compositions ~ Own Label
5 Martin Meehan ~ The Fox’s Lament ~ Own Label
6 Noel McQuaid & Friends ~ Live at 38 ~ Own Label
7 Brian Kennedy ~ The Essential Collection ~ Own Label
8 Johnny McEvoy ~ Basement tapes ~ Trad Nua
9 Paul Smyth ~ Paul Smyth ~ Own Label
10 FullSet ~ Notes Between The Lines ~ Own Label
Courtesy of Noel McQuaid’s Music Shop Nenagh www.mcquaidsirishmusic.com

ENNIS TOP TEN
1 Cathal Hayden, Stephen Hayden & Niall Murphy ~ Bow Brothers ~ Own Label
2 Kevin Crawford, Dylan Foley & Patrick Doocey ~ The Drunken Gaugers ~ Own Label
3 Tommy Guihen ~ The Torn Jacket ~ Cló Iar Chonnacht
4 Florence Fahy ~ Tunes From The Flaggy Shore ~ Own Label
5 Liam O’ Brien ~ The Lane ~ Own Label
6 Daire Mulhern ~ Boxman ~ Own Label
7 Andrew MacNamara, Karen Ryan & Pete Quinn ~ From Camden To Tulla ~ Own Label
8 Ryan Young ~ Ryan Young ~ Own Label
9 Luke Deaton & Jayne Pomplas ~ My Mind Will Never Be Easy ~ Own Label
10 Fergus McGorman ~ Sweeping The Cobwebs Out Of The Sky ~ Own Label
Courtesy of Custy’s Irish Music Ennis, Co. Clare www.custysmusic.com

Kenmare TOP TEN
1 Liam O’Flynn ~ The Poet and the Piper ~ Claddagh Records
2 Hanz Araki ~ Wind and Rain ~ Own Label
3 Sean Mac Erlaine ~ Long after the Music is Gone ~ Ergodos
4 Seamus Sands ~ Across Bridges ~ Own Label
5 The Maguires ~ Little Giants and other Oxymorons ~ Own Label
6 Joe O’Shea ~ The Old and the New ~ Own Label
7 Norianna Kennedy ~ Ebb n Flow ~ Own Label
8 Sean Keane ~ Never Alone ~ Own Label
9 Seamus Begley ~ Meiteal ~ Own Label
10 Amergin ~ The Gypsy Princess ~ Own Label
Courtesy of Soundz of Muzic, Kenmare, Co. Kerry www.soundzofmuzic.ie

BELFAST TOP 10
1 Brian Hughes ~ This Day 20 Years ~ Own Label
2 Declan O’Rourke ~ Chronicles Of Great Irish Famine ~ Warners
3 Brian Kennedy ~ Live At Vicar Street ~ BK Music
4 Derek Ryan ~ The Fire ~ Sharpe
5 Lisa McHugh ~ Who I Am ~ Sharpe
6 Dominic Kirwan ~ My Country Favourites ~ Rossette
7 Janet Dowd ~ Home ~ Blue Cow Records
8 Paul Brady ~ Unfinished Business ~ Proper
9 Ian Lawton ~ A New Calling From New York ~ Own Label
10 Aslan ~ Uncased ~ EMI
Courtesy of Premier Record Store, Belfast

CLADDAGH RECORDS DUBLIN TOP TEN
1 Brian Hughes ~ This Day 20 Years ~ Own Label
2 Floriane Blancke ~ Kaleidoscope ~ Own Label
3 Fergal Scahill ~ Wayfairing ~ Own Label
4 Luke Deaton and Jayne Pomplas ~ My Mind Will Never Be Easy ~ Own Label
5 Dulahan ~ Where The Music Takes Us ~ Own Label
6 The Maguires ~ Little Giants and Other Oxymorans ~ Own Label
7 Claddagh’s Choice ~  An Anthology of Traditional Irish Music ~ Claddagh
8 Colleen Raney ~ Here This Is Home ~ Own Label
9 Sick And Indigent Song Club ~ Shinbone Alley ~ Own Label
10 The Henry Girls ~ Far Beyond the Stars ~ On Label
Courtesy of Claddagh Records, www.claddaghrecords.com

Chicago TOP TEN (USA)
1 Kevin Crawford/Dylan Foley/Patrick Doocey ~ The Drunken Gaugers ~ Own Label
2 Kevin Crawford ~ Carrying the Tune ~ Own Label
3 Elis Crean ~ Bittersweet ~ Own Label
4 Floriane Blancke ~ Kaleidoscope ~ Own Label
5 Kíla ~ Alive Beo ~ Own Label
6 Old Blind Dogs ~ Room With a View ~ Own Label
7 Jim Sullivan ~ Catch the Heart Off Guard ~ Own Label
8 Karen Matheson ~ Urram ~ Vertical Records
9 John Blake, Mairead Hurley & Nathan Gourley ~ The Truckley Howl ~ Own Label
10 Joanna Hyde & Tadhg O’Meachair ~ One For the Foxes ~ Own Label
Courtesy of Rampant Lion Music Store Chicago www.rampantlion.com

LONDON TOP TEN
1 The Drunken Gaugers ~ The Drunken Gaugers ~ Own Label
2 We Banjo 3 ~ String Theory ~ Own Label
3 Goitse ~ Inspired By Chance ~ Own Label
4 We Banjo 3 ~ Gather The Good ~ Own Label
5 We Banjo 3 ~ Roots of the Banjo Tree ~ Own Label
6 Tommy Guihen ~ The Torn Jacket ~ Cló Iar-Chonnacht
7 Kevin Crawford ~ Carrying The Tune ~ Own label
8 Eilis Kennedy ~ Westward ~ Own Label
9 Cillian Vallely ~ The Raven’s Rock ~ Own Label
10 Muireann Nic Amhlaobh ~ The Small Hours ~ Own Label
Courtesy of Copperplate Distribution, London www.copperplatemailorder.com

WATERFORD TOP TEN
1 Dónal Clancy ~ On The Lonesome Plain (Vinyl) ~ Own Label
2 Brian Hughes ~ This Day 20 Years ~ Own Label
3 The Keane Family ~ Muintir Chatháin ~ Gael Linn
4 Paul Brady ~ Unfinished Business ~ Proper
5 Cordeen ~ Musical Bridge ~ Own Label
6 Finbar and Eddie Furey ~ Finbar and Eddie Furey ~ Own Label
7 Cara Dillon ~ Wanderer ~ Own Label
8 The Murphys ~ Breaking Ground ~ Sharpe
9 Adrian Crowley ~ Dark Eyed Messenger ~ Chemikal
10 Joe Dolan ~ Orchestrated Volume 2 ~ Universal
Courtesy of Ben O’Neill Music Shop, O’Connell Street, Dungarvan, Co. Waterford

EUROPEAN TOP TEN
1 Katy Too ~ Nine Lives ~ Pedal Point
2 Michel Godard ~ Ihab Radwan ~ Doux Désirs ~ Own Label
3 Nikos Protopapas ~ Tempo ~ Tempo Records
4 Spinvis ~ Trein Vuur Dageraad ~ Excelsior Recordings
5 Lolomis ~ Boukane ~ Buda Musique
6 Kíla ~ Alive Beo ~ Kila Records
7 Folgazan ~ Zee Zonder Zout ~ ZeeZout
8 Sam Amidon ~ The Following Mountain ~ Nonesuch Records
9 The Levellers ~ Static on the Airwaves ~ Own Label
10 Quercus ~ Nightfall ~ Quercus Records
Courtesy of Folk Centre Den Appel, Belgium, www.tsmiske.be/appel

Scotland Top Ten
1 Out Lines ~ Conflats ~ Rock Action
2 Findlay Napier ~ Glasgow ~ Own Label
3 Blue Rose Code ~ The Water Of Leith ~ Navigator Records
4 Cara Dillon ~ Wanderer ~ Charcoal Records
5 Martin Simpson ~ Trails And Tribulations ~ Topic Records.
6 Adam Holmes ~ Midnight Milk ~ Gogar Records
7 Kamasi Washington ~ Harmony Of Difference ~ Young Turks
8 Bob Dylan ~ Trouble No More ~ The Bootleg Series 13 ~ Columbia Records
9 Visions Of A Life ~ Wolf Alice ~ Dirty Hit
10 Karine Polwart and Pippa Murphy ~ A Pocket Of Wind Resistance ~ Hudson Records
Courtesy of CODA Music, Edinburgh, Scotland www.codamusic.co.uk