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Gold Star Releases of 2010 |
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Every year we each make a list of our gold star albums: our favourite releases from the previous year. These are our picks for the essential albums of 2010, and would enhance any traditional music lover's collection.
See also: last year, next year and gold star releases from other years.
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Colin's Gold Star
Releases for 2010 |
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| Artist | Album | Label |
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| Cara | Long Distance Love | Artes |
| Chrissy Crowley | The Departure | Self |
| The Demon Barbers | Captain Ward | Self |
| Finest Kind | For Honour and for Gain | Fallen Angle |
Mairearad Green
Anna Massie | Mairearad & Anna | Self |
| Fay Hield | Looking Glass | Compass |
| The Imagined Village | Empire and Love | ECC |
Nicholas Pellerin
et les Grands Hurleurs | Nicholas Pellerin
et les Grands Hurleurs | Tempête |
| Brian Pickell | Friday Night in Town | Self |
| Téada | Music & Memory | Compass |
| Urban Folk Quartet | Urban Folk Quartet | Self |
Also outstanding: |
⋅ Casey/Doyle (Exiles return)
⋅ Green (Dear Irish boy)
⋅ Hut People (Home is where the hut is)
⋅ McGoldrick (Aurora)
⋅ McSherry (Soma)
⋅ Old Blind Dogs (Wherever yet may be)
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Gordon's Gold Star
Releases for 2010 |
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| Artist | Album | Label |
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Tony Barrand
Keith Murphy | On the banks of Coldbrook | Self |
| Bellowhead | Hedonism | Navigator |
Eliza Carthy
Norma Waterson | Gift | Topic |
| Daimh | Diversions | Greentrax |
| The Demon Barbers | Captain Ward | Self |
| Tim Eriksen | Soul of the January Hills | Appleseed |
| Finest Kind | For Honour and for Gain | Fallen Angle |
| Fay Hield | Looking Glass | Compass |
Jeanna Leslie
Siobhan Miller | Shadows Tall | Greentrax |
| The Once | The Once | Borealis |
Also outstanding: |
⋅ Byrne (Ballads)
⋅ Casey/Doyle (Exiles return)
⋅ King (Panic Grass & Fever Few)
⋅ McKennitt (The wind that shakes the barley)
⋅ West (Sark o' Snaw)
⋅ Imagined Village (Empire & Love)
⋅ Lúnasa (Lá Nua)
⋅ McGoldrick (Aurora)
⋅ MacMillan (Tyro)
⋅ O'Kane (Summer Hill)
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