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Here are some past Top ten listings. We also include two debut albums from young artists as ‘ones to watch’.
Mike Ganleys Crooked Road Top 10 Albums 2008
Part 1 Broadcast date 11/12/08
Seth Lakeman Poor Man's Heaven Relentless
Cara Dillon Redcastle Sessions(DVD) Proper
Queensberry Rules Landlocked Fellside
Steve Tilston Ziggurat Hubris
Whapweasel Colour Whapweasel
One to watch for 2009
The Shee A Different Season Shee Records
Part 2 Broadcast date 18/12/08
Newman, Ni Chathasaigh etc. Heartstring Sessions Old Bridge Music
Kathy Mattea Coal 30 Tigers
Dervish Travelling Show Whirling Discs
Karan Casey Ships in the Forest Crow Valley Music
Eleanor McEvoy Love must be tough Mosco
One to watch for 2009
Mark Dunlop Islands of the Moon Greentrax
Mike Ganleys Crooked Road Top 10 Albums 2009
Part 1 Broadcast date 24/12/08
David Ferrard Across The troubled Wave Alter Road Records
Jackie Oates Hyperborians Unearthed Records
Steve Knightley Track of Words Hands on Music
Sarah Grey Sandy Boys Fellside Records
Vicki Swan & Johnny Dyer Gleowien Wildgoose Records
One to watch for 2009
Hannah James & Sam Sweeney Catches & Glees Rootbeat Records
Part 2 Broadcast date 31/12/08
Brian McNeill The Baltic Tae Byzantium Greentrax Recordings
Bella Hardy In the Shadow of Mountains NOE Records
Eamon Friel Smarter Thran Records
Martin Simpson True Stories Topic Records
Show of Hands Arrogance, Ignorance & Greed Hands on Music
One to watch for 2009
Maranna McCloskey At Last Copperplate Distribution
Mike Ganleys Crooked Road Top 10 Albums 2010
Part 1 Broadcast date 23/12/10
Jez Lowe Watcheor Tantobie Records
Steeleye Span Cogs, Wheels & Lovers Park Records
Michael McGoldrick Aurora Vertical Records
Eleanor McEvoy I’d rather go blonde Mosco Records
Katriona McKay & Chris Stout White Nights MSM Records
One to watch for 2011
Lizzie Nunnery Company of Ghosts Fellside Records
Part 2 Broadcast date 30/12/10
Eliza Carthy & Norma Waterson Gift Topic Records
Diarmaid & Donncha Moynihan The Lights of Ranzanico DMC Records
Chloe Hall Outside One Tree Records
Nancy Kerr & James Fagan Twice Reflected Sun Navigator Records
Tift Merritt See you on the moon Fantasy Records
One to watch for 2011
Joseph Topping Ghosts in the shadows Fellside Records
Mike Ganleys Crooked Road Top 10 Albums 2011
Part 1 Broadcast date 22/12/11
Martin Simpson Purpose & Grace Topic Records
Bella Hardy Songs Lost & Stolen Navigator Records
Gibson Brothers Help My Brother Compass Records
Emily Smith Traveller’s Joy White Fall Records
Eliza Carthy Neptune Hem Hem Records
One to watch for 2012
Moonshee Moonshee Park Records
Part 2 Broadcast date 29/12/11
Pilgrims Way Wayside Courtesies Fellside Records
Snakefarm My Halo at Half Light Fledg'ling Records
Steve Tilston The Reckoning Hubris Records
Barber & Wilson The Old Songs DBS Records
Crooked Road Album of the year 2011
June Tabor Ashore Topic Records
One to watch for 2012
Andy Steele Night Fishing Talking Elephant Records
Mike Ganleys Crooked Road Top 10 Albums 2012
Part 1 Broadcast date 20/12/12
Fairport Convention By Popular Request (Matty Grooves)
Cathy Jordan All the way home (Blix Street)
The Outside Track Flash Company (Lorrimer Records)
Kate Rusby Twenty (Pure/Island Records)
Sarah McQuaid The Plum Tree & The Rose (Waterbug Records)
One to watch for 2013
Luke Jackson More Than Boys (Pipe Records)
Part 2 Broadcast date 27/12/12
Kathryn Roberts & Sean Lakeman Hidden People (Navigator Records)
Jim Moray Skulk (Niag Records)
Altan The Poison Glen (Compass Records)
Show of Hands Wake The Union (Hands on Music)
Crooked Road Album of the Year 2012
Gretchen Peters Hello Cruel World (Proper Records)
One to watch for 2013
Lauren McCormack On Blue Stockings Wild Goose Records
(Both parts of The Top Ten Albums 2012 will also be available on line at The Music Well)
Mike Ganleys Crooked Road Top ten Albums 2013
Part 1 Broadcast date 12/12/13
Martyn Joseph Tires Rushing By In The Rain Pipe Records
Martin Simpson Vagrant Stanzas Topic Records
Diana Jones Museum of Appalachia Recordings Proper Records
Phillip Henry & Hanna Martin Mynd Dragonfly Records
Bella Hardy Battleplan Noe Records
One to watch for 2013
Aoife O’Donnovan Fossils YepRoc Records
Part 2 Broadcast date 19/12/13
Chris Wood None The Wiser R.U.F. Records
Mary Dillon North Back Lane Records
The Backsters Love Has Wheels Compass Records
Eric Bibb Jericho Road Dixie Frog Records
Crooked Road Album of the Year 2013
Cathie Ryan Through Wind and Rain Moleanbh Records
One to watch for 2013
CoCo’s Lovers Gold or Dust Smugglers Records
(Both parts of The Top Ten Albums 2012 will also be available as a Cloudcast in early January 2014)
Mike Ganleys Crooked Road Top 10 Albums 2014
Part 1 Broadcast date 11/12/14
Vicki Swan & Johnny Dyer Red House Wet Foot Records
Natalie Merchant Natalie Merchant NonSuch Records
Eliza & Martin Carthy The Moral of The Elephant Topic Records
Rosanne Cash The River & The Thread Blue Note Records
Megson In a box EDJ Records
One to watch for 2015
Louise Jordan Veritas Anzania Records
Part 2 Broadcast date 18/12/14
Chris While & Julie Matthews Who we Are Fat Cat Records
Oysterband Diamonds on The Water Navigator Records
Eddi Reader Vagabond Reveal Records
Rodney Crowell Tarpaper Sky New West Records
Crooked Road Album of the Year 2014
Cara Dillon A Thousand Hearts Charcoal Records
One to watch for 2015
Sunjay Brayne Sunjay New Mountain Music
(Both parts of The Top Ten Albums 2014 will also be available as a Cloudcast in early January 2015)
Mike Ganleys Crooked Road Top 10 Albums 2015
Part 1 Broadcast date 3/12/15
Malinky Far Better Days Own Label
Altan The Widening Gyre Compass Records
Steve Tilston Truth To Tell Hubris Records
Fairport Convention Myths & Heroes Matty Grooves Records
Gretchen Peters Blackbirds Scarlet Letter Records
One to watch for 2016
Hannah Sanders Charms Against Sorrow Sun Grazing Records
Part 2 Broadcast date 10/12/15
Richard Thompson Still Proper Records
Simpson Cutting Kerr Mumurs Topic Records
Phillip Henry & Hannah Martin Watershed Dragonfly Records
Benji Kirkpatrick Hendrix Songs EDJ Records
Crookoked Road Album of the Year 2015
Karen Matheson Urram Vertical Records
One to watch for 2016
Foxglove Trio Those Gathered Branches Own Label
(Both parts of The Top Ten Albums 2015 will also be available as a Cloudcast in early January 2016)
Mike Ganleys Crooked Road Top 10 2007
(Part 1 - On Air 13/12/2007)
Steve Knightley Transported Cruel River
Niamh Ni Charra Rhubarb and Ginger From Both Sides
Mundy Turner Tweedling Ha Penny Tweedle
Jez Lowe Jack Commons Anthem. Jack Commons Anthem.
Sarah McQuaid The Parting Glass When 2 Lovers meet
(Part 2 - On Air 20/12/2007)
Carmina Blessed are the broken My Cresent City
Shoormal Turning Tide Turning Tide
Joni Mitchell Big Yellow Taxi (007). Shine
Chris and Kellie While 36 Miles Away From The Sea. Too Few Songs
Fairport Love on a farm boys wages Sense of Occasion
(Top Tip for 2008)
Katie Doherty Bridges Brid2ges
Mike Ganley’s Crooked Road - Top Ten Albums 2016
Part 1 Broadcast - 15th December 2016
Megson – Good Times will Come Again (EDJ Records)
Fara – Cross The line (Own label) One to watch for 2017
Christy Moore – Lilly (Sony Music)
Louise Jordan – No Petticoats Here (Anzania Music)
Harp & a Monkey – War Stories (Own label)
O’Hooley & Tidow – Shadows (No Masters)
Part 2 Broadcast – 22nd December 2016
Show of Hands – The Long Way Home (Hands On Music)
Claire Hastings – Between River and Railway (Luckenbooth records) One to watch for 2017
Seth Lakeman – Ballads of the Broken Few (Cooking Vinyl)
Nancy Kerr – Instar (LiDi Music)
Martin Simpson & Don Flemons – A Selection of Ever Popular Favourites
(Fledg’ling Records)
Crooked Road Album of The Year for 2016
Chris While & Julie Matthews – Shoulder to Shoulder (Fat Cat Records)