"TradConnect Album of the Year 2012"

TRADITIONAL ALBUM OF THE YEAR 2012 : It was without doubt a great year for traditional Irish music in 2012. The quality of the albums that we received was outstanding. In addition to the mainstream albums there is also a lot of great work going on at a community level with musicians funding their own albums and other projects. In 2013 we are going to celebrate this as well, finding stories that help inspire.

For now though we need to pick Album of the Year 2012. In deciding on a shortlist we picked the top 15 albums by views on Tradconnect. This we felt captured some of the best music of the year. It is by no means an easy task picking album of the year and can be very subjective. To give as fair a result as possible we are combining a Tradconnect Members Vote with the vote of a panel of 20 musicians who know and like their music. To vote simply go to the link below.

Top 15 Albums by views on TradConnect

1. Caitlín Nic Gabhann - Caitlin

2. Donall Donnelly - Tremolo

3. Damien Mullane - 13

4. Colm Gannon - The Rights of Man

5. We Banjo 3 - Roots of the Banjo Tree

6. Cara - Long Distance Love

7. Dónal McCague - Bits N Pieces

8. Kevin Crawford - Carrying The Tune

9. Socks In The Frying Pan

10. Karen Ryan - The Coast Road

11. Nights in Shanaglish

12. The Olllam

13. Jack Talty & Cormac Begley - Na Fir Bolg

14. MacDara Ó Raghallaígh - Ego Trip

15. Paul McGlinchey - The Boys In The Town

Please note you will need to a Tradconnect Member, logged in on the site to cast a vote otherwise the link will not work.

VOTING IS NOW CLOSED

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Comment by alexandra on March 8, 2013 at 20:44: Donall Donnelly, a very enjoyable album. Good Luck!!

Comment by Eimear Lowe on March 8, 2013 at 20:07: Donall Donnelly is a very talented and gifted player. Good Luck!

Comment by Marie Sullivan on March 1, 2013 at 17:22: submitted my vote too. ^^ When will the results be announced ? :)

Comment by Baxter Labatos on February 12, 2013 at 9:44: I submitted my vote but it is a secret ;)

Comment by mary noonan on February 12, 2013 at 2:03: Nights in Shanaglish have been invited to launch as part of The Crossroads Festival in San Franscisco leading up to St Patrick's Day!!!!!!!!!!!!!