Happy new year. This is my annual best-of 2020 show. More or less in alphabetical order. Along the way I'll be flagging 4 albums as Gold Star Releases ⭐ and 4 as Honourable Mention 👈 to reflect my absolute top picks, but in my view all the albums below deserve your consideration as the best traditional music of 2020.
All hang down Jon Boden & The Remnant Kings - Rose in June - Hudson |
The song of Evan Calan - Kistvaen ⭐ - Little seeds |
S.O.S The East Pointers - Yours to break - Self |
Naoise Nolan’s / An slabhra nóiníní John Doyle - The path of stones - Compass |
Triple fids The Fitzgeralds - The Fitzgeralds 👈 - Self |
Uncertain lodging Goitse - Úr - Self |
Cruel mother Fay Hield - Wrackline - Topic |
Sweet sixteen Sam Lee - Old wow ⭐ - Cooking vinyl |
The farthest field The Lumber Jills - The Lumber Jills 👈 - Self |
When first I went to Caledonia Allison Lupton - Words of love - Self |
Mo chràdhghal bochd Lauren MacColl - Landskein - Make believe |
Le moine tremblant Musique à bouches - L'habit de plumes 👈 - Self |
Her bright smile haunts me still Shannon Quinn - Watchmaker 👈 - Cowbell |
5 miles Mairi Rankin & Eric Wright - The cabin sessions ⭐ - Crooked cove |
The earl of terror Haley Richardson & Quinn Bachand - When the wind blows high and clear ⭐ - Self |
Fleur de mandragore / Berthier-Sur-Mer Pierre Schryer & Adam Dobres - Mandorla - Self |
Air chuairt Shooglenifty - Acid croft, vol. 9 - Self |
Old Tom Nettlebone - Revel and rhyme - Independent |
Alberta The small glories - Assiniboine & the Red - Red House |
The road to Garrison / Réel du Lac-St-Jean Sophie & Fiachra - Sophie & Fiachra - Self |