2023 Around the World   country sampler   genre sampler  
The new or newly released music that defined, united and distinguished fan communities of place and interest around the world in 2023.
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#1 celtic
#1celtic
#2irish neo-traditional
#4jig and reel
#4scottish folk
#5irish dance
#8uilleann pipes
#9puirt-a-beul
#9scottish fiddle
#12irish fiddle
#14irish banjo
#15scottish smallpipe
#17concertina
#21irish flute
#21orkney and shetland folk
#22irish accordion
#23cape breton folk
#28celtic rock
#30canadian celtic
#35irish folk
#41scottish gaelic folk
#68balfolk
#69traditional british folk
#79traditional english folk
2023 in Celtic   playlist
#trackscore
1Ímar "The Stinger"280
2Jesús del Castillo "Duncan Reel - Vol. 3"231
3Daoirí Farrell "Young Emmet"206
4Jarl Thyrring "Bookends"202
5Gnoss "Keefa Hill"184
6Seo Linn "Mo Ghile Mear"183
7Rura "A minor emergency"172
8Duncan Chisholm "On The Winds of Chaos Born"172
9Kalos "Standing on the Shore"154
10Martin Hayes "The Longford Tinker"149
11Freya Daly "Soul With Me"148
12Calum Stewart "Schottishe Kerlou"147
13The Mary Wallopers "The Holy Ground"142
14Séamus and Caoimhe Uí Fhlatharta "Caisleán an tSléibhe"136
15Lauren MacColl "The Lost Bell / Women of the Shore"129
16Lily Honigberg "Lost on Land"122
17McAnna´s Band "Baco"120
18Enter The Haggis "Swallowed By A Whale"117
19Rachel Cumberland "Range Of Buffalo Owen"117
20The High Kings "Ordinary Man"105
21The Highstool Prophets "Travelin' Soldier"98
22Green Road "Belfast Mill"96
23GLIN "North Coast"92
24Geraldine Obadiah "Romance"89
25Avery LeVine "Drag Her Round the Road/The Morning Star"88
26Ceol "Big Strong Man"87
27Planxty "Timedance"83
28The Ennis Brothers "Star Of The County Down"79
29The Tumbling Paddies "Dirty Old Town - Live"79
30Amble "Mariner Boy"76
31Natalie MacMaster "Colour Theory"76
32Dan McCabe "Come My Little Son"76
33Sharon Shannon "The Diddley Doo"75
34Cormac Begley "To War"73
35Finbar Furey "Kitty"71
36Bláth na hÓige "Seán Gabha"71
37Hanneke Cassel "Evacuation Day"66
38Niall McCabe "Valhalla"62
39Tara Howley "Blarney Pilgrim"61
40The Saw Doctors "Dear Mary"60
41Valtos "Liberate"59
42Fahri Mac "Step It Out"56
43The 2 Johnnies "The Lights of Cork City"56
44The Rattlin'Rogues "The Spanish Lady"55
45Damien Dempsey "Hope Calling"53
46The Deadlians "The Fisherman"53
47Liam O'Connor "The Story I'll Tell You Is True"52
48Ella Roberts "Into the West"50
49An Chéad Ghlúin Eile "Tá Mo Chleamhnas Déanta - Sciopthaí / Fast"50
50Olivia Douglas "The Girl for You"50
51Aslan "The Fields of Athenry"49
52Danny Byrne Band "The Nights"48
53Nathan Carter "Heave Away"47
54Jack Keogh "One More"46
55The Druids Irish Folk Band "Farewell to Bellaghy"46
56The Murphys "Love Won't Break Your Heart Boy"45
57Charmaine Graham "Braised Bracket"45
58Dréos "A’ Mhisg a Chuir an Nollaig Oirnn / Calum Crùbach / Muileann Dùbh / Jock Broon's 70th"44
59Straumr "Braveheart Main Title"44
60Sound Haven "Cití Na gCumann"43
61Alessandro Penna "Ancient Knowledge"41
62Sean Magee "Tippin’ it up to Nancy"41
63Darren Boot Burke "Heroes of the Hills (Donegal Rally)"40
64Seth Staton Watkins "The Idiot"40
65All Folk'd Up "Paddy's Jigs"38
66Skipinnish "The Clearances Again"37
67Lankum "Newcastle"35
68Tide Lines "These Days"34
69Tartalo Music "Arverni"34
70Eynhallow "Forest Dreams"34
71Stephen Wake "A Precious Place"33
72Back to Earth "From Inside Yourself"32
73Rose Betts "Irish Eyes"32
74Chasing Abbey "Oh My Johnny (Banks Of The Roses)"31
75Lisa McHugh "I Quit"29
76Peatbog Faeries "The Jesster"28
77Derek Ryan "Everywhere With You"27
78Ruaile Buaile "The Bog"27
79Chalmeris "Mystical Forest"27
80Elephant Sessions "FM - Valtos Remix"26
81Derina Harvey Band "Waves of Home"26
82Jax The Bard "Don Oíche Úd I mBeithil"25
83Ceol Sona "Down By The Salley Gardens"25
84Thomas J. Curran "Enchanted Forest"24
85Philleann "Darksome Burn"24
86Marty Mone "Full of the Blade"23
87Snaarmaarwaar "Fleur De Lys"23
88KNEECAP "ITS BEEN AGES"22
89Cullen Vance "Take Me Home, Country Roads"22
90The Wellermen "My Mother Told Me (A Cappella)"22
91Sam Shackleton "Freedom Come All Ye"21
92NATI. "Older"21
93David Keenan "El Paso"21
94The Dreadnoughts "Spanish Ladies"20
95Brighde Chaimbeul "Tha Fonn Gun Bhi Trom (I Am Disposed of Mirth)"19
96The Harp of Dreams "Mystical Harp Melodies"19
97John Francis Flynn "Kitty"19
98The East Pointers "Goolaholla"19
99Claudia Buckley "This Is The Life"19
100Ciarán Rosney "Green Green Grass"19



















 
 
alchemy by glenn mcdonald / @everynoise for Spotify, listening by the world
 
These lists compile the collective 2023 new-music listening of music fans in every country where people use Spotify, and in the fan communities for 6000+ genres and other genre-shaped distinctions. The songs in each list are scored and ranked by a combined weighting of a) their absolute popularity with those fans and b) the share of the song's global listening that those fans account for. (And then filtered to one song per artist.) This means, for example, that The Sound of Ukraine 2023 is the music that defines, unites and distinguishes Ukrainian fans, whether that music comes from Ukraine or not. Likewise, 2023 in Drift Phonk is the music that fans of Drift Phonk loved, whether it's Drift or Phonk or not. To be eligible, a song must have been released on or after 2022-12-01, as best our data can tell, so that's why no "Cruel Summer".
 
In addition to exploring by country or metagenre, you can click any artist to see all the lists on which they appear.
 
You are allowed to fall in love with things you did not know even existed until now. It is not too late.
 
It is never too late.
 
 
(PS: It's not even too late for 2022, 2021, 2020 or 2019.)