Charts > Top 10 April 2018
TOWER RECORDS DUBLIN TOP TEN
1 Christy Moore ~ On The Road ~ Sony
2 Martin Hayes Quartet ~ Blue Room ~ Own Label
3 Lankum ~ Between The Earth & Sky ~ Own Label
4 Planxty ~ Between The Jigs & The Reels: A Retrospective ~ Universal
5 The Gloaming ~ The Gloaming 2 ~ Real World
6 Paul Brady ~ Unfinished Business~ PB Music
7 Eleanor McEvoy ~ Thomas Moore Project ~ Own Label
8 Mary Black ~ Sings Jimmy MacCarthy ~ 3ú
9 Joe Dolan & The RTÉ Concert Orchestra ~ Orchestrated ~ RTÉ
10 Ronan Collins ~ Reeling In The Showband Hits ~ Own Label
Courtesy of Tower Records, At Easons O’Connell Street and 7 Dawson St, Dublin 2 Celtic Café Store. wwwcelticcafestorecom
Nenagh TOP TEN
1 Laurence Nugent ~ White Island ~ Lough Erne Music
2 Fiodhna Gardiner ~ Air Time ~ Own label
3 Dáire Mulhern ~ Boxman ~ Own label
4 The Friel sisters ~ Before the Sun ~ Own label
5 Two Time Polka ~ New Road ~ Own Label
6 Kathleen Loughnane ~ Affairs of the Harp ~ Own label
7 Sean Ryan ~ A Collection Of His Own Compositions ~ Own label
8 Noel Mc Quaid and friends ~ Live at 38 ~ Own label
9 Niamh Parsons & Graham Dunne ~ Kind Providence ~ 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 Bobby Gardiner ~ Melodeon Mad ~ Own Label
2 Declan Folan ~ All In Good Time ~ Own Label
3 Tom Delaney & Caroline Keane ~ Never Say Goodbye, Say Hello ~ Own Label
4 Noel Bermingham ~ When The Tide Is Out ~ Own Label
5 Martin Hayes ~ The Blue Room ~ Own Label
6 The Compositions of Paddy O’ Brien ~ Eileen O’ Brien ~ Own Label
7 Florence Fahy ~ Music From The Flaggy Shore ~ Own Label
8 Dáire Mulhern ~ Boxman ~ Own Label
9 Brian O’ Rourke ~ A Loaf In The Post Own Label
10 Andrew MacNamara, Karen Ryan, Pete Quinn ~ From Camden To Tulla ~ Own Label
Courtesy of Custy’s Irish Music Ennis, Co. Clare www.custysmusic.com
Kenmare TOP TEN
1 Martin Hayes Quartet ~ The Blue Room ~ Own Label
2 Brian Hughes ~ This Day 20 Years ~ Cló Iar Chonnacht
3 Dáire Mulhern ~ Boxman ~ Own Label
4 Noel Bermingham ~ When The Tide Is Out ~ Own Label
5 Paul Brady ~ Unfinished Business ~ Proper
6 Kevin Burke & John Brennan ~ The Pound Ridge Sessions ~ Loftus Music
7 Matt Molloy & John Carty ~ Out of the Ashes ~ Racket Records
8 Sick And Indigent Song Club ~ Shinbone Alley ~ Own Label
9 Planxty ~ Between The Jigs & The Reels: A Retrospective ~ Universal
10 Lankum ~ Between The Earth & Sky ~ 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 ~ Own 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 Eilis 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 We Banjo 3 ~ String Theory ~ Own Label
2 The Drunken Gaugers ~ The Drunken Gaugers ~ Own Label
3 Open The Door For Three ~ The Joyful Hour ~ Own Label
4 Muireann Nic Amhlaobh ~ The Small Hours ~ Own Label
5 Brian Hughes ~ 20 Years From Now ~ Own Label
6 Tommy Guihen ~ The Torn Jacket ~ Cló Iar-Chonnacht
7 Goitse ~ Inspired By Chance ~ Own Label
8 Eilis Kennedy ~ Westward ~ Own Label
9 Gatehouse ~ Tus Nua ~ Own Label
10 Kevin Crawford ~ Carrying The Tune ~ Own label
Courtesy of Copperplate Distribution, London www.copperplatemailorder.com
WATERFORD TOP TEN
1 Cór Fear na nDéise ~ Ceolta Néata ~ Own Label
2 Brendan Mulholland, Conor Lamb, Deirdre Galway ~ Music In The Glen ~ Own Label
3 Brian Hughes ~ This Day 20 Years ~ Own Label
4 Eithne Ní Uallacháin, Gerry O’Connor, Desi Wilkinson ~ Cosa gan Bhróga ~ Gael Linn
5 The Gloaming ~ The Gloaming ~ Real World
6 Finbar Furey ~ Paddy Dear ~ Banshee
7 Luke Kelly ~ The Definitive Collection ~ Celtic Airs
8 Sharon Shannon ~ Sacred Earth ~ Celtic Collections
9 Phil, John and Pip Murphy ~ The Trip to Cullenstown ~ Claddagh Records
10 Dónal Clancy ~ Songs of a Roving Blade ~ Own Label
Courtesy of Ben O’Neill Music Shop, O’Connell Street, Dungarvan, Co. Waterford
EUROPEAN TOP TEN
1 Jason Wilson & Dave Swarbrick ~ Kailyard Tales ~ Anglophone
2 Buurman ~ Dans & Dwaal ~ Benelux
3 Frank Van Der Linden ~ Nachtwerk ~ Benelux
4 Lankum Between the Earth and Sky ~ Ireland
5 Phonix featuring Sangka ~ Groovy Guzheng – Denmark / China
6 GFVP ~ LIQA ~ Belgium
7 The Secret Sisters ~ You Don’t Own Me Anymore ~ USA
8 Lal & Mike Waterson ~ Bright Phoebus ~ England
9 Calum Stewart Tales from the North ~ Scotland
10 Christy Moore ~ On The Road ~ Ireland
Courtesy of Folk Centre Den Appel, Belgium, www.tsmiske.be/appel
Scotland Top Ten
1 Chris Stout & Fiona Mckay ~ Bare Knuckle ~ Bare Knuckle
2 Salt House ~ Undersong ~ Make Believe
3 Ross Ainslie ~ Sanctuary ~ Great White
4 Julie Fowlis ~ Alterum ~ Machair
5 Boreas ~ Ahoy Hoy ~ Isle Music
6 John McCusker, John Doyle & Michael McGoldrick ~ The Wishing Tree ~ Own Label
7 Blazin Fiddles ~ The Key ~ Blazin Fiddles
8 Pete Clark Muriel Johnstone ~ Neil Gow’s Fiddle ~ Inver
9 Martin Hayes Qrt ~ The Blue Room ~ 251
10 Hannah Read ~ Way Out I’ll Wander ~ Hudson
Courtesy of CODA Music, Edinburgh, Scotland www.codamusic.co.uk
