Charts > TOP 10 September 2014

DUBLIN TOP TEN
1 We Banjo 3 ~ Gather The Good ~ Own Label
2 Paul O’Shaughnessy ~ The Friendly Visit ~ Own Label
3 Danny Diamond ~ Fiddle Music ~ Own Label
4 Brian Garvin ~ Rhythm & Bow ~ Own Label
5 Michael McCague ~ The Waylaid Man ~ Own Label
6 The Voice Squad ~ Concerning of Three Young Men ~ Own Label
7 Cran ~ Dally & Stray ~ Own Label
8 Seán Ó Riada ~ Port na bPucai ~ Gael Linn
9 Louise Mulcahy ~ Tuning the Road ~ Cló Iar–Chonnacht
10 Aoife Granville ~ Saimhin Seo ~ Own Label
Courtesy of Claddagh Records, Dublin www.claddaghrecords.com

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 Cathain ~ 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 Mary Mac Namara ~ Note For Note ~ Own Label
2 Eoin O’ Neill and Band ~ Crag Road ~ Own Label
3 Shannon Vale Ceili Band ~ Shannon’s Lovely Vale ~ Own Label
4 The Dartry Céilí Band ~ Making Tracks ~ Own Label
5 Boruma Trio ~ Gleas ~ Own Label
6 Johnny “Ringo” McDonagh and Conor Keane ~ Rough and Ready ~ Own Label
7 Jackie Daly and Matt Cranitch ~ Rolling On ~ Own Label
8 Eamonn McGivney ~ Traditional Irish Music in Fiddle from Longford and Clare ~ Own
9 Leo McNamara with Triona Marshall ~ Flute Music from Clare ~ Own Label
10 Lena Ullman and Ivor Otley ~ Skating Across the Baltic ~ Own Label
Courtesy of Custy’s Irish Music Ennis, Co. Clare www.custysmusic.com

KENMARE TOP TEN
1 Leonard Barry ~ New Road ~ Own Label
2 Siobhan Smith ~ Timing is Everything ~ Own Label
3 Harry Bradley ~ First of May ~ Own Label
4 Bernadette Morris ~ All the ways you wonder ~ Own Label
5 Damien Mullane ~ 13 ~ Own Label
6 Tommy McCarthy/Louise Costello ~ Grace Bay ~ Own Label
7 Noel Battle & Roisin Broderick ~ Up and About in the Morning ~ Own Label
8 Aidan and the Astronauts ~ Young but Growing ~ Own Label
9 Dylan Foley ~ Hup ~ Own Label
10 Morga ~ For the Sake of Auld Decency ~ Own Label
Courtesy of Soundz of Muzic, Kenmare, Co. Kerry www.soundzofmuzic.ie

CELTIC NOTE TOP TEN
1 Seán Ó Riada ~ Port na bPucaí ~ Gael Linn
2 Various Artists ~ A Stór Mo Chroí ~ Celtic Airs
3 Cara Dillon ~ A Thousand Hearts ~ Sony Music
4 Beoga ~ Live at 10 ~ Compass Records
5 We Banjo 3 ~ Gather The Good ~ Own Label
6 David Power ~ the eighteen Moloney ~ Own Label
7 Louise Mulcahy ~ Tuning The Road ~ Clo Iar Chonnacht
8 Various Artists ~ Irish Ways Music and Song of Ireland ~ Celtic Airs
9 Goitse ~ Tall Tales & Misadventures ~ Own Label
10 ALDOC ~ From Tallaght To Halle ~ Own Label
Courtesy of Celtic Note, Nassau Street, Dublin www.celticnote.com

BELFAST TOP 10
1 Eoin Duigan ~ Pagan Irish ~ Own Label
2 Michael McCague ~ The Waylaid Man ~ Own Label
3 Rapparees ~ Re:Session ~ Own Label
4 Jimmy Young ~ Complete ~ Emerald
5 Mick Flannery ~ By The Rule ~ Universal
6 Various ~ The Gloaming ~ Brassland
7 Cara Dillon ~ A Thousand Hearts ~ Sony
8 Derek Ryan ~ The Entertainer Live ~ Sharpe
9 Christy Moore ~ Where I Come From ~ Sony
10 Janet Dowd ~ Sailing Away ~ Blue Cow Records
Courtesy of Premier Record Store, Belfast

JAPAN TOP 10
1 Runa ~ Current Affairs ~ Own Label
2 Fernhill ~ Amser ~ Own Label
3 Cara Dillon ~ A Thousand Hearts ~ Own Label
4 Twelefth Day ~ The Devil Makes Three ~ Own Label
5 Goitse ~ Tall Tales & Misadventures ~ Own Label
6 Cran ~ Dally & Stray ~ Own Label
7 Craobh Rua ~ I’d Understand You If I Knew What You Meant ~ Own Label
8 Louise Mulcahy ~ Tuning The Road ~ Clo-Lar Chonnacht
9 Dan Ar Braz ~ Celebration D’un Heritage ~ Coop Breizh
10 Katie McNally ~ Flourish ~ Own Label
The Japan Top Ten is Courtesy of Tambourine, Japan www.tambourine-japan.com

CHICAGO TOP TEN (USA)
1 We Banjo 3 ~ Gather The Good ~ Own Label
2 Pat Broaders/Liz Knowles/Kieran O’Hare ~ Open the Door for Three ~ Own Label
3 Brenda McCann/Annette Owens/Brian McGrath ~ Fly By Night ~ Own Label
4 Goitse ~ Tall Tales and Misadventures ~ Own Label
5 Runa ~ Current Affairs ~ Own Label
6 Phil Coulter ~ Echoes of Home ~ Shanachie
7 Andy Cooney ~ Bright Brand New Day ~ Mill Pond Music
8 Liz Carroll ~ On The Off Beat ~ Own Label
9 Paddy Homan ~ The Hard Way Home ~ Own Label
10 Beoga ~ Live At 10 ~ Compass
Courtesy of Rampant Lion Music Store Chicago www.rampantlion.com

LONDON TOP TEN
1 Leonard Barry ~ New Road ~ Own Label
2 Donal Clancy ~ Song of a Roving Blade ~ Own Label
3 The Outside Track ~ Flash Company ~ Own Label
4 Dermot Byrne & Florian Blancke ~ Own Label
5 Niamh Dunne ~ Portraits ~ Own Label
6 Kevin Crawford ~ Carrying the Tune ~ Own Label
7 Michelle Mulcahy ~ Suimhneas ~ Cló Iar–Chonnacht
8 John McEvoy ~ Traditional Irish Fiddle ~ Own Label
9 Seamus Begley & Jim Murray ~ Eiri go La ~ Own Label
10 Niamh Nic Charra ~ Cuz ~ 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 ~ Cath Finntrágha ~ Own Label
8 Niamh Ní Charra ~ Cuz ~ Ceirníní Imeartas
9 The Buachaills ~ At Your Call ~ Own Label
10 Lá ag Ól Uisce ~ Tomás Ó ealbháin/Caoimhin Ó Fearghail/Seá Ó Fearghail ~Own Label
Courtesy of Ben O’Neill Music Shop, O’Connell Street, Dungarvan, Co. Waterford

EUROPEAN TOP TEN
1 Georges Brassens ~ Bonhomme ~ Belgique
2 Gryphon ~ Miodnight Mushrumps ~ Anglophone
3 Paul Simon ~ Graceland
4 De Dannan ~ The Collection ~ Ireland
5 Naragonia Quartet Batiska ~ Belgique
6 Pascal Rubens en Toon Van Mierlo ~ 10 Yaar Naragonia ~ Belgique
7 Blues, Bluegrass, Tex-Mex ~ John Lee Hooker: Birth Of A Legend (2CD) ~ USA
8 The City Waites ~ The Mufitians of Grope Lane ~ Anglophone
9 Harry Belafonte 8 Classic Albums (4CD’s) ~ USA
10 Frankrijk ~ La Marque Rose ~ Belgique
Courtesy of Folk Centre Den Appel, Belgium, www.tsmiske.be/appel

SCOTLAND TOP TEN
1 Transatlantic Sessions ~ Vol 6 ~ Whirlie
2 Capercaillie ~ At the Heart of it All ~ Vertical
3 Salt House ~ Lay Your Dark Low ~ Make Believe Records
4 Christy Moore ~ Where I Come From ~ Columbia
5 Breabach ~ Urlar ~ Breabach Records
6 Steeleye Span ~ Wintersmith ~ Park
7 Various Artists ~ The Full English ~ Topic
8 Roy Harper ~ Man and Myth ~ Bella Union
9 Kate Rusby ~ Live At Christmas DVD ~ Pure
10 Duncan Chisholm ~ Affric ~ Copperfish
Courtesy of CODA Music, Edinburgh, Scotland www.codamusic.co.uk