Charts > Top 10 March 2016
CLADDAGH RECORDS DUBLIN TOP TEN
1 Eamonn O’Riordan & Tony O’Connell ~ Rooska Hill ~ Own Label
2 Seamus Begley ~ The Bold Kerryman ~ IRL
3 Brid Harper ~ Brid Harper ~ Own Label
4 Eleanor Shanley ~ Forever Young ~ Own Label
5 Meabh Ní Bheaglaoich & Matt Griffin ~ Cuisle ~ Own Label
6 The Casey Sisters ~ Sibling Revelry ~ Old Bridge
7 Johnny Duhan ~ Creation ~ Own Label
8 Mick Fitzgerald ~ Cabra Tracks ~ Own Label
9 Seamus O’Rochain & Brid O’Donohue ~ We’ll Meet in Miltown ~ Own Label
10 The Outside Track ~ Light Up The Dark ~ Own Label
Courtesy of Claddagh Records, 5 Westmoreland Street, Dublin 2. www.claddaghrecords.com
TOWER RECORDS DUBLIN TOP TEN
1 Colm Mac Con Iomaire ~ And Now The Weather (Agus Anois An Aimsir) ~ Plateau
2 The Gloaming ~ The Gloaming ~ Real World
3 Colm Mac Con Iomaire ~ Hares Corner ~ Plateua
4 Lynched ~ Cold Old Fire ~ Own Label Royal Showband ~ Very Best Of & DVD ~ Universal
5 Enya ~ Dark Sky Island ~ Island
6 Phil Coulter ~ 50 Years & Book ~ Dara
7 The Royal Showband ~ Best Of ~ Universal
8 Clannad ~ Essential ~ Sony
9 Eleanor Shanley ~ Forever young ~ Own Label
10 Anúna ~ Omnios ~ Own Label
Courtesy of Tower Records, 7 Dawson St, Dublin 2 www.towerrecords.ie
GALWAY TOP TEN
1 Colm Gannon ~ The Rights of Man ~ Own Label
2 John Blake ~ The Narrow Edge ~ Own Label
3 Harry Bradley ~ The First of May ~ Own Label
4 Brian McGrath ~ Pure Banjo ~ Gael Linn
5 Darach Ó Cathain ~ Darach Ó Catháin ~ Gael Linn
6 John Gannon ~ Melodeon ~ Own Label
7 Sean McKeon ~ To the City ~ Own Label
8 Joe Cooley ~ Cooley ~ Gael Linn
9 Johnny Connolly ~ An TOilean-Aerach ~ Cló Iar-Chonnacht
10 Padraig O’Keefe, Denis Murphy, Billy Clifford ~ Kerry Fiddles ~ Cló Iar-Chonnacht
Courtesy of Gannon’s Traditional Irish Music Shop, Spiddal
ENNIS TOP TEN
1 John Blake, Lamond Gillespie and Reg Hall ~ Irish Traditional Music ~ Own Label
2 Elaine Hogan and Sheila Garry ~ The Shores of Lough Breda ~ Own Label
3 Dympna O’Sullivan ~ Enriched ~ Own Label
4 Claire Egan ~ Turning Tides ~ Own Label
5 Bríd Harper ~ Brid Harper ~ Own Label
6 Ruadhraí O’Kane, Paul Maguire, Desy Adams & Ryan O’ Donnell ~ Good Morning To Your Nightcap ~ Own Label
7 Dylan Foley and Dan Gurney ~ Irish Music From The Hudson Valley ~ Own Label
8 Oisín Mac Diarmada with Samantha Harvey ~ The Green Branch ~ Own Label
9 Tony O’ Connell and Eamonn O’ Riordan ~ Rooska Hill ~ Own Label
10 Irish Concertina Ensemble (Tim Collins) ~ Zero ~ Own Label
Courtesy of Custy’s Irish Music Ennis, Co. Clare www.custysmusic.com
KENMARE TOP TEN
1 Paudie O’Connor and Aoife Ní Chaoimh ~ Didn’t She Dance and Dance ~ Own Label
2 The Casey Sisters ~ Sibling Revelry ~ Old Bridge Music
3 Muireann Nic Amhlaoibh ~ The Small Hours ~ Own Label
4 The Whileaways ~ Saltwater kisses ~ Own Label
5 Liam Merriman and Eoin O’Meachair ~ The Birds Never Cease ~ Three River Records
6 Oisín Mac Diarmada and Samantha Harvey ~ The Green Branch ~ Claddagh
7 Oisín and Conal Hernon ~ Across the Sound ~ Cló Iar-Chonnacht
8 Elaine Hogan and Sheila Garry ~ The Shores of Lough Breda ~ Own Label
9 Finbar Furey ~ Slender Promise ~ Own Label
10 We Banjo 3 ~ Live in Galway ~ Own Label
Courtesy of Soundz of Muzic, Kenmare, Co. Kerry www.soundzofmuzic.ie
BELFAST TOP 10
1 Tommy Fleming ~ The West Awake ~ Beaumex
2 Susan Grace Bates ~ Skorsa ~ Red Box Recordings
3 Barry Kerr ~ Boy In A Boat ~ Red Box Recordings
4 Sean Donnelly ~ And Our Time Together ~ Own Label
5 Paul Brady ~ Vicar Street Sessions ~ Proper
6 Various Artists ~ Irish Turk Sessions ~ Warners
7 Luke Kelly ~ The Collection ~ Outlet
8 The Fureys ~ 25th Anniversary ~ Celtic Collection
9 Nathan Carter ~ Beautiful Life ~ Universal
10 Celtic Thunder ~ Best Of ~ Sony
Courtesy of Premier Record Store, Belfast
JAPAN TOP 10
1 Aon Teanga ~ Un Chengey ~ One Tongue ~ Watercolour
2 Askew Sisters ~ In The Air Or The Earth ~ Bootbeat
3 Rheingans Sisters ~ Already Home ~ Bootbeat
4 Méabh Ní Bheaglaoich & Matt Griffin ~ Cuisle ~ Own Label
5 The Battlefield Band ~ Beg & Borrow~ Temple
6 Karen Matheson ~ Urram ~ Vertical
7 Alyth ~ Homelands ~ Own Label
8 Frankie Gavin, Malachy Bourke & Brian Bourke ~ The Master’s Return ~ A Tribute To Paddy Killoran ~ Own Label
9 Seamus O’Rochain & Brid O’Donohue ~ We’ll Meet In Miltown ~ Own Label
10 The Casey Sisters ~ Sibling Revelry ~ Old Bridge
Courtesy of Tambourine, Japan www.tambourine–japan.com
CHICAGO TOP TEN (USA)
1 Socks in the Frying Pan ~ Return of the Giant Sock Monsters From Outer Space ~ Own Label
2 Kíla ~ Suas Sios ~ Own Label
3 Gillian Head ~ Spirit ~ Own Label
4 Colin Farrell ~ Make A Note ~ Own Label
5 Malinky ~ Far Better Days ~ Own Label
6 Wendy MacIsaac ~ Off the Floor ~ Own Label
7 Michael McCague ~ The Waylaid Man ~ Own Label
8 Altan ~ The Widening Gyre ~ Compass Records
9 Paddy O’Brien, Nathan Gourley & Dáithí Sproule ~ Bright & Early ~ New Folk
10 Randal Bays ~ The Quiet Pint ~ Own Label
Courtesy of Rampant Lion Music Store Chicago www.rampantlion.com
LONDON TOP TEN
1 We Banjo 3 ~ Live in Galway ~ Own Label
2 We Banjo 3 ~ Gather The Good ~ Own Label
3 Fleadh ~ The Peacock’s Feather ~ Own Label
4 Muireann Nic Amhlaobh ~ The Small Hours ~ Own Label
5 Goitse ~ Tall Tales & Misadventures ~ Own Label
6 Norah Rendell ~ Spinning Yarns ~ Two Tap Music
7 Brendan McAuley ~ The McCartneys of Pennyburn ~ Own Label
8 London Lasses ~ The One I Loved The Best ~ Own Label
9 Brid Harper ~ Brid Harper ~ Own Label
10 We Banjo 3 ~ Roots of the Banjo Tree ~ Own Label
Courtesy of Copperplate Distribution, London, www.copperplatemailorder.com
WATERFORD TOP TEN
1 David Power ~ The Eighteen Moloney ~ Own Label
2 Dónal Clancy ~ Songs of a Roving Blade ~ Own Label
3 Kevin Madden ~ The Sugar Loaf ~ Own Label
4 Fíodhna Gardiner ~ Air Time ~ Rú Recordings
5 The Gloaming ~ The Gloaming ~ Real World
6 We Banjo 3 ~ Gather The Good ~ Own Label
7 Eoin Duignan ~ Pagan Irish ~ Own Label
8 Niamh Ní Charra ~ Cuz ~ Ceirníní Imeartas
9 The Buachaills ~ At Your Call ~ Own Label
10 Lá ag Ól Uisce ~ Tomás Ó Cealbháin/Caoimhin Ó Fearghail/Seán Ó Fearghail ~ Own Label
Courtesy of Ben O’Neill Music Shop, O’Connell Street, Dungarvan, Co. Waterford
EUROPEAN TOP TEN
1 Tom Waits ~ Blue Valentine ~ USA
2 Martin Simpson, Andy Cutting, Nancy Kerr ~ Murmurs ~ UK
3 Pure Irish Drops 2015 ~ Meabh Ni Bheaglaoich, Alisha McMahon, Cliodha Ni Bheaglaoich ~ Magnetic
4 Wör ~ Back to the (seventeen) Eighties ~ Belgium
5 Naragonia ~ Myriad ~ Belgium
6 Aurélie Dorzée & Tom Theuns ~ L’ Art de voler ~ Belgium
7 Hans Mortelmans & Groep ~ De Wereld was Klein ~ Belgium
8 Jasmien Aernout ~ Geboetseerd ~ Belgium
9 Tri Yann ~ Best Of (Master Serie) ~ Breton
10 Beppe Gambetta & Tony McManus ~ Round Trip ~ Italy/Scotland
Courtesy of Folk Centre Den Appel, Belgium, www.tsmiske.be/appel
SCOTLAND TOP TEN
1 Iain Morrison ~ Eas ~ Peatfire
2 Rura ~ Despite The Dark ~ Rura
3 Richard Thompson ~ Still Richard Thompson ~ Fantasy
4 Lau ~ Bell That Never Rang ~ Reveal
5 Sorren MacLean ~ Winter Stay Autumn ~ Middle Of Nowhere
6 Peatbog Faeries ~ Blackhouse ~ Peatbog
7 Emily Portman ~ Coracle ~ Furrow Records
8 Robyn Stapleton ~ Fickle Fortune ~ Laverock
9 Malinky ~ Far Better Days ~ Malinky Music
10 King Creosote ~ Diamond Mine ~ Domino Recording Company
Courtesy of CODA Music, Edinburgh, Scotland www.codamusic.co.uk
