How quickly the years go by. Today is my retrospective on the many albums we sampled together for the first time in 2018. Along our mostly alphabetical journey, I'll call out my favourite gold star releases [GS] and honourable mentions [HM]. But every album on this list would be a great contender for your collection of traditional music from the British Isles and beyond.
| Action Ross Ainslie / Ali Hutton - Symbiosis II [GS] - Self |
| The Oban ball Breabach - Frenzy of the meeting [GS] - Self |
| Peth mawr ydi Cariad Calan - DEG | 10 - Sain |
| Sail on Connla - The next chapter - Self |
| Speir thoo the wast wind Fara - Times from times fall [HM] - Self |
| The bank of turf / The moving bog Tommy Fitzharris / Dónal McCague - The bank of turf - Self 
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| La turlutte de l'asphalteuse Genticorum - Avant l'Orage [GS] - Self
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| Paddy Fahy's reel Martin Hayes Quartet - The blue room [HM] - 251 records |
| Rambling Ímar - Avalanche [HM] - Big Mann |
| Jolly Waggoners Sam Kelly & the Lost boys - Pretty Peggy [HM] - Navigator |
| Toria's 50th Kinnaris Quintet - Free one - Self |
| Ranging the woods John Kirkpatrick - Coat-tails flying - Fledg'ling |
| Minuet / Soulèvement / La goulette Moore Moss Rutter - III - Hudson |
| Land raiders James Duncan Mackenzie - Sròmos - Self |
| Ploughman lads Rachael McShane & The cartographers - When all is still [GS] - Topic |
| Iain McGee's Niteworks - Air fàir an là [GS] - Comann |
| Over again Stick in the wheel - Follow them true - From here |
| Oh no! Tannahill weavers - Òrach - Compass |
| Cairndaisy Usher's island - Usher's island [HM] - Compass |
| We have an anchor Norma Waterson / Eliza Carthy - Anchor - Topic |
| Willow garden Lankum - Between the earth and sky - Rough trade |
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11:49 AM, December 30th, 2018