Hi folks, 2023 was a great year for new releases of traditional music. This week's program is a retrospective of the best albums we shared together for the first time last year.
It was very difficult this year to fit in all the releases I wanted to feature and several good records were left behind. That made this year's choice of Gold Star Releases ⭐ and Honourable Mentions 👈 quite challenging. So these are my absolute top picks, but in my view all the albums below reflect the best traditional music of 2023.
| On the Winds of Chaos Born Duncan Chisholm - Black Cuillin ⭐ |
| Altsasaig Daimh - Sula |
| Marina Dallahan - Speak of the Devil 👈 |
| Young Emmet Daoirí Farrell - The Wedding Above in Glencree ⭐ |
| Belle alouette au champs Genticorum - Au cœur de l'aube ⭐ 
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| The Drovers Gnoss - Stretching Skyward 👈 |
| The Transatlantic Proposal (The Transatlantic Proposal / The Maiden’s) Rachel Hair & Ron Jappy - Élan |
| Keld (A Spring) Liz Hanks - Land 👈 |
| The Longford Tinker Martin Hayes & The Common Ground Ensemble - Peggy's Dream |
| The Port Lauren MacColl - Haar |
| Bridge Street Reels Graham Mackenzie - The Dawning |
| Jim Jones In Botany Bay Jim Moray - Beflean: An Alternative History 2002-2023 |
| Another Voyage Laura Risk, Nicholas Williams & Rachel Aucoin - Traverse 👈
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| The Crossing RURA - Dusk Moon |
| Her Silver Spate Salt House - Riverwoods |
| Ruby Sam Sweeney - Escape That ⭐ |
| Le pays de Samuel Le Vent du Nord, Le quatuor trad & Philippe Prud'homme - Les voix du vent avec cordes et piano 👈
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| Tiny the Trooper / Should all the Penguins be Forgot Gudrun Walther / Andy Cutting - Conversations |
| Just Stop & Eat the Roses Kathryn Tickell & The Darkening - Cloud Horizons |
| Waterbound The Wanton String Band - The Wanton String Band ⭐ |
| Ann Robertson’s Kitchen (feat. Ryan Murphy & Helena Kay) Peatbog Faeries - I See a World 👈 |
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Good morning everyone, hope you enjoy these great records 2023.
11:48 AM, December 31st, 2023