Hi folks, great to be back with you in 2026! Here is my annual retrospective to kick off the year. Today we're looking back at the music we first shared together over the last year, most of these are from 2025 releases, though some first came my way in 2024 and there is one interloper from 2023.
It is always tough to fit in all the releases I want to feature and several good records were left behind. But as usual, I have chosen Gold Star Releases ⭐ and Honourable Mentions 👈 that are my absolute top picks. In my view all the albums below reflect the best traditional music of 2025.
| Raven Yard Christina Alden & Alex Patterson - Safe Travels |
| A Toast Jenn Butterworth - Her By Design ⭐ |
| Ruthven CAIN - Lineage 👈 |
| She Went Astray Brìghde Chaimbeul - Sunwise |
| Dr. Eels Rachel Davis & Darren McMullen - Home 👈 
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| Where There Is Light / The May Waterway / Ninety Years Young Flook - Sanju ⭐ |
| Valsette Frigg - Dreamscapes |
| The Suffolk Miracle Gigspanner Big Band - Turnstone |
| Floating (feat. Nicolas Dupont & Mick Pedaja) Hartwin - Unfolding (feat. Nicolas Dupont) ⭐ |
| The Wicklow Court Waltz Alanna Jenish - Daleview 👈
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| The Lincolnshire Poacher Sam Kelly - Dreamers Dawn |
| I Know My Love Lucy MacNeil - Angels Whisper ⭐
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| The Workers' Song Rachael McShane & the Cartographers - uncharted |
| Harrison's Way Maggie's Wake - Maggie's Wake
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| The Queen of the Lowlands Odette Michell - The Queen of the Lowlands ⭐ |
| Si-so gorniog Gwilym Bowen Rhys - Aden 👈 |
| Not A Cloud TRIP - In Terra's Keep 👈 |
| Faili (feat. Eilidh Cormack & Ruairidh Gray) Valtos - Valtos & Friends 👈 |
| I Am Sad in the Braes of the Glen Laura Jane Wilkie - Vent |
| Brwcsod Calan - Nefydd ⭐ |
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