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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#6 scottish folk
#6scottish folk
#15puirt-a-beul
#23scottish singer-songwriter
#28traditional scottish folk
#43irish neo-traditional
#60scottish gaelic folk
#77celtic rock
#80celtic
#96scottish fiddle
2023 in Scottish Folk   playlist
#trackscore
1Rura "The Crossing"388
2Duncan Chisholm "On The Winds of Chaos Born"387
3Valtos "Liberate"366
4Ímar "Neachtain's Wing"331
5Gnoss "The Drovers"320
6Elephant Sessions "FM - Valtos Remix"299
7Assynt "Nighean Donn"252
8Lauren MacColl "The Lost Bell / Women of the Shore"251
9GLIN "Castlerock"226
10Westward the Light "The Rearrangement Reel"216
11Face The West "The Knockdhu"209
12Dai Komatsu "Violet"202
13Ross Ainslie "Lunny"194
14Graham Mackenzie "Bridge Street Reels"185
15Calum Stewart "Schottishe Kerlou"185
16Tide Lines "Colour Scheme"172
17Cala "Cha Labhair"159
18Skerryvore "Emergence"154
19Dallahan "Beaton's"154
20Skipinnish "The Clearances Again"150
21Peatbog Faeries "The Jesster"139
22Dàimh "If It Plays"132
23Malin Makes Music "Trans"132
24Rebecca Hill and Charlie Stewart "Out On The Roof"128
25Salt House "The Dipper"121
26Heisk "Headstrong"119
27Càrnan "Off the Cuff"114
28Blazin' Fiddles "Jukebox"113
29Calum MacPhail "The Mermaid"111
30Jesús del Castillo "Duncan Reel - Vol. 3"96
31LÉDA "Oh Honey"96
32Kris Drever "Catterline"93
33Beth Malcolm "Leavin' Loch Leven"87
34Tarah Sawyer "Philippians 4:6-7"75
35Ryan Young "The Bird’s Nest / ’S Iomadh Rud A’ Chunnaic Mi"73
36Hanneke Cassel "Evacuation Day"70
37Kalos "Standing on the Shore"66
38Sam Sweeney "Shape #5 (A)"63
39Seo Linn "Mo Ghile Mear"63
40Réalta "Skidoo"60
41The East Pointers "Goolaholla"59
42Leveret "Bass Hornpipe"59
43Martin Hayes "The Longford Tinker"56
44Megson "Anastasia & William"53
45Deira "Sunny Glasgow"53
46Claire Hastings "Dream Angus"51
47Natalie MacMaster "Colour Theory"43
48Torridon "Took My Heart"42
49wornoc "Tranquillity - Alternative Version"41
50DLÙ "Anthem (Ros T Remix)"41
51Haverin "Before The Ship Goes Down"40
52Julie Fowlis "Who Is This?"40
53Oaksun "Only Dream"40
54Brighde Chaimbeul "Banish The Giant of Doubt & Despair"39
55Adam Holmes "The Healing"38
56Mànran "Wild Mountain Thyme"36
57Daoirí Farrell "Young Emmet"35
58McAnna´s Band "Baco"35
59Maura Shawn Scanlin "Nuala's Tune"35
60Avery LeVine "Drag Her Round the Road/The Morning Star"34
61The Tumbling Souls "End Up Running"33
62Enter The Haggis "Swallowed By A Whale"32
63Karine Polwart "Northern Sky"32
64The Langan Band "One Whole Year"31
65Spell Songs "Heartwood - Live at The Natural History Museum"30
66The Young'uns "Jack Merritt's Boots"28
67David Erick Ramos "Kaze ni naru (Become the Wind) [from "The Cat Returns"]"28
68Juliette Lemoine "Persian Omelette"27
69Martha Guiney "The Crosskeys, The Dawn of Dara, The Ogham Stone"27
70Conor Mallon "Unearthed"26
71Dréos "Half Your Life / The Gates Lifted / The Lemon Tree"26
72Clare Sands "Dealán Dé"26
73Séamus and Caoimhe Uí Fhlatharta "Caisleán an tSléibhe"26
74Alfi "Owl Hoot"23
75Beluga Lagoon "Laid Bare"21
76Rachel Cumberland "Range Of Buffalo Owen"21
77Low Light Listening Lounge "Wake Up"21
78Elizabeth Davidson-Blythe "Montreal Sky"21
79Doolin' "Going Back Home"18
80Amble "Mariner Boy"17
81Niall McCabe "Valhalla"17
82Ben Nicholls "The Greenland Whale Fisheries"17
83NATI. "Older"16
84Natalie Haas "Free Space / Reel for Dennis"15
85Paul Alan Morris "Meadowlark"15
86Martin Simpson "Come All You Fair And Tender Ladies"14
87Frigg "Palokankaan poikien parempi valssi"13
88The High Kings "The Road Not Taken"12
89Bláth na hÓige "Seán Gabha"12
90Lena Jonsson Trio "Happy two step"12
91Ceol "Big Strong Man"12
92The Mary Wallopers "The Holy Ground"11
93Cormac Begley "To War"11
94gimlet "kotonikiduku"11
95Karan Casey "Sister I Am Here for You"11
96Hack-Poets Guild "Hemp & Flax"10
97An Chéad Ghlúin Eile "Tá Mo Chleamhnas Déanta - Sciopthaí / Fast"10
98Snaarmaarwaar "Nomis"10
99Tara Howley "Blarney Pilgrim"10
100CHICKENN "SHORELINE"10



















 
 
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.)