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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#9 irish neo-traditional
#9irish neo-traditional
#11concertina
#21irish banjo
#26orkney and shetland folk
#27irish accordion
#28jig and reel
#31scottish fiddle
#31scottish folk
#34irish flute
#43irish fiddle
#45uilleann pipes
#53puirt-a-beul
2023 in Irish Neo-Traditional   playlist
#trackscore
1Dai Komatsu "Violet"401
2Ímar "Neachtain's Wing"355
3Calum Stewart "Schottishe Kerlou"264
4Réalta "Skidoo"222
5Jesús del Castillo "Duncan Reel - Vol. 3"217
6Martha Guiney "The Crosskeys, The Dawn of Dara, The Ogham Stone"212
7Lauren MacColl "The Lost Bell / Women of the Shore"200
8Kalos "Standing on the Shore"188
9LÉDA "Oh Honey"184
10Duncan Chisholm "To the High Mountains"173
11Ross Ainslie "Barrisdale"169
12Graham Mackenzie "Bridge Street Reels"159
13GLIN "North Coast"159
14Gnoss "The Drovers"157
15Rura "The Crossing"157
16Assynt "Nighean Donn"152
17Seo Linn "Cailleach an Airgid"150
18Dallahan "A Terrible Beauty"149
19Westward the Light "Flow Country"133
20Martin Hayes "The Longford Tinker"132
21Avery LeVine "Give Us a Drink of Water/Martin Wynne's No. 1"118
22NxNW "John's Stew / Nip and Tuck"118
23McAnna´s Band "Baco"108
24Lily Honigberg "Lost on Land"101
25Valtos "Liberate"101
26Rebecca Hill and Charlie Stewart "Out On The Roof"99
27Hanneke Cassel "Raise Your Glass / DFC"98
28Séamus and Caoimhe Uí Fhlatharta "Caisleán an tSléibhe"96
29Tarah Sawyer "Philippians 4:6-7"96
30Conor Mallon "Unearthed"92
31Bláth na hÓige "Amhrán Pheadair Bhreathnaigh"90
32Dréos "Half Your Life / The Gates Lifted / The Lemon Tree"89
33Moonaroon "Shepherd and Shepherdess/Maiden Lane"88
34Oaksun "Only Dream"84
35Daoirí Farrell "Young Emmet"78
36Ryan Young "The Bird’s Nest / ’S Iomadh Rud A’ Chunnaic Mi"75
37Alfi "Owl Hoot"73
38Blazin' Fiddles "Jukebox"72
39Natalie MacMaster "Colour Theory"72
40Maura Shawn Scanlin "Nuala's Tune"72
41Dàimh "If It Plays"67
42wornoc "Tranquillity - Alternative Version"64
43Elephant Sessions "FM - Valtos Remix"62
44Deira "Sparring Salva"62
45Face The West "The Knockdhu"56
46An Chéad Ghlúin Eile "Tá Mo Chleamhnas Déanta - Sciopthaí / Fast"55
47Clare Sands "Dealán Dé"54
48Tessa Lark "Le Soka – Cheese in the Wine"53
49Cala "Cha Labhair"53
50Doolin' "Going Back Home"47
51The Consequences "The Rookery / the Jolly Tinker / the Old Wooden Bridge"47
52Leveret "Oh the Days When I Was Young / Young Collins Rant"45
53Sam Sweeney "Shape #5 (A)"44
54Enter The Haggis "Swallowed By A Whale"43
55Salt House "Unspoken Waters"43
56Peatbog Faeries "The Jesster"41
57Niall McCabe "Valhalla"41
58The East Pointers "Goolaholla"40
59Aldoc "Mugle"40
60Heisk "Headstrong"39
61Cormac Begley "To War"38
62Seamus Egan "Under Cassiopeia"38
63Adrian Connolly "Beeswing the Racehorse / Green Fields of Glentown"37
64gimlet "kotonikiduku"36
65Ciaran Ryan "Barbara's"35
66Malin Makes Music "Trans"34
67Rachel Cumberland "Range Of Buffalo Owen"33
68Billow Wood "One Night in Doolin"32
69Elizabeth Davidson-Blythe "Montreal Sky"31
70Termosa Zartholomew "Unfortunately"29
71The Mary Wallopers "The Holy Ground"28
72The Bow Tides "The Wee Boy's Lament for His Pet Dragon"28
73John Francis Flynn "Kitty"26
74Brighde Chaimbeul "Banish The Giant of Doubt & Despair"26
75John McCusker "The Wishing Tree"25
76Sharon Shannon "The Diddley Doo"24
77Jack Rutter "Bold Nevison The Highwayman"24
78Kris Drever "Catterline"23
79All Folk'd Up "Paddy's Jigs"23
80Tern "Shetland Reels"23
81Caitríona Canavan "My Mother Told Me"22
82Planxty "Timedance"22
83Beth Malcolm "Leavin' Loch Leven"21
84Natalie Haas "Free Space / Reel for Dennis"21
85Rónán Ó Snodaigh "Nil Aon Easpa Orm"21
86Amble "Mariner Boy"20
87Henry Purcell "How Blest Are Shepherds (Arr. for Voice and Chamber Ensemble by Rebecca Scout Nelson)"17
88Megson "Anastasia & William"17
89The Rattlin'Rogues "The Spanish Lady"17
90Kathryn Tickell "Quilley Reel"17
91Lankum "Master Crowley's"16
92Doris Todd "No Prompt"16
93CAOIMHÍN "Where The Wild Things Do Grow"16
94Andrei Krylov "Tune of Castle Ruins"16
95The High Kings "The Road Not Taken"16
96Karan Casey "Sister I Am Here for You"16
97Charmaine Graham "Braised Bracket"16
98Skerryvore "Legends of the Sun"15
99Tara Howley "Blarney Pilgrim"15
100Snaarmaarwaar "Nomis"15



















 
 
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.)