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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#3 scottish fiddle
#3scottish fiddle
#7irish neo-traditional
#8scottish folk
#9jig and reel
#10orkney and shetland folk
#11irish fiddle
#12uilleann pipes
#13scottish smallpipe
#14cape breton folk
#15celtic
#17puirt-a-beul
#17traditional british folk
#19concertina
#20irish accordion
#20irish flute
#23irish banjo
#24scottish gaelic folk
#25traditional english folk
#27danish folk
#29folkmusik
#40nyckelharpa
#41yorkshire folk
#47balfolk
#52nordic folk
#54swedish fiddle
#79norwegian folk
2023 in Scottish Fiddle   playlist
#trackscore
1Dai Komatsu "Violet"179
2Graham Mackenzie "Belmaduthy"147
3Lauren MacColl "The Lost Bell / Women of the Shore"126
4Westward the Light "Flow Country"116
5Assynt "St. Andrews Drive"104
6Calum Stewart "Schottishe Kerlou"89
7Ross Ainslie "Barrisdale"86
8The Madeleine Stewart Trio "Reels Set"83
9Ímar "Neachtain's Wing"82
10Rebecca Hill and Charlie Stewart "Out On The Roof"79
11Duncan Chisholm "Dusk on the Cuillin"77
12Tarah Sawyer "Philippians 4:6-7"72
13Hanneke Cassel "Raise Your Glass / DFC"65
14Blazin' Fiddles "Jukebox"63
15Moonaroon "Shepherd and Shepherdess/Maiden Lane"63
16Ryan Young "The Bird’s Nest / ’S Iomadh Rud A’ Chunnaic Mi"62
17Dàimh "If It Plays"55
18The Swampboys "Now More Than Ever"55
19Dallahan "A Terrible Beauty"54
20Rura "The Crossing"48
21McAnna´s Band "Baco"47
22Oaksun "Only Dream"47
23Cala "Cha Labhair"47
24GLIN "North Coast"47
25Gnoss "The Drovers"45
26Tern "Shetland Reels"40
27Sam Sweeney "Shape #5 (A)"40
28Avery LeVine "Drag Her Round the Road/The Morning Star"38
29Leveret "Untitled Waltz / The Derby Hunt"37
30Maura Shawn Scanlin "Nuala's Tune"35
31LÉDA "Snowblind"35
32John McCusker "Shake a Leg"35
33Heisk "Headstrong"35
34Wee Cal "Ali Mac's"34
35Salt House "Unspoken Waters"33
36Tessa Lark "Le Soka – Cheese in the Wine"31
37Réalta "The Kittycat Slip Jigs: Fluffy’s Frolics / Frosty’s Frolics"31
38Càrnan "The Gaelic Selection"31
39Sgoil Chiuil na Gaidhealtachd "Turas Dhòmsa Chun Na Galldachd"30
40gimlet "kotonikiduku"26
41Alfi "Owl Hoot"25
42James Bauld "Out for the Rain"25
43The Bow Tides "The Bow Tides Jigs"25
44The Unprepared "The Pitcher"25
45Martin Hayes "The Longford Tinker"25
46Malin Makes Music "Trans"25
47Kalos "Grasshoppers / Spiff, Spaceman / Inappropriately Hoppy"24
48Stew "The Famous Ballymote / Concertina Reel"24
49Paul Anderson "Iona"24
50Eabhal "The Deepest Breath"23
51Lily Honigberg "Shelley's Jig"23
52Natalie MacMaster "Colour Theory"23
53Martha Guiney "The Crosskeys, The Dawn of Dara, The Ogham Stone"22
54Neil Pearlman "Reel For Carl"22
55Rachel Cumberland "Range Of Buffalo Owen"21
56Face The West "The Knockdhu"21
57小松大 "Rain"21
58Elizabeth Davidson-Blythe "Montreal Sky"21
59Elír "Craigie Hill"20
60Termosa Zartholomew "Unfortunately"19
61Valtos "Faili"19
62Nathaniel Joseph "Green and Gold"19
63Megson "Anastasia & William"18
64Juliette Lemoine "Arising"18
65Katie Macfarlane "Disathairne Ghabh Mi Mulad"18
66Erik Satie "Gymnopedie 1"17
67Conor Mallon "Rise of Macha"17
68Lissa Schneckenburger "Falling Forward"17
69Jesús del Castillo "Overton - Vol. 3"17
70wornoc "Tranquillity - Alternative Version"17
71Beth Malcolm "Harlaw"17
72Andrei Krylov "Tune of Castle Ruins"17
73Jack Rutter "Bold Nevison The Highwayman"16
74Dan Brown "Roke Island"16
75Calum MacPhail "Meat The Flying Horse"16
76Sarah-Jane Summers "Number 81"16
77Natalie Haas "Kevin & Mícheál / Wayne’s Jig"16
78Doris Todd "Inactive"16
79Rachel Hair "The Transatlantic Proposal (The Transatlantic Proposal / The Maiden’s)"16
80Peatbog Faeries "Clunie Road - The Winning Bid"15
81Su-a Lee "Mo Rùn Geal Òg"15
82Gavin Marwick "Open Pasture / The Seventh Sunday"15
83Jim "Kimo" West "Circle of Friends"15
84Claire Hastings "Dream Angus"15
85Deirdre Graham "Clach Mhìn Mheallain / Nighean nan Geug"14
86Siger "Linus"14
87Nuala Kennedy "Sea Reels (Downtown Troy : Haul Away Da Hauser : Distant Colours)"14
88Ally Forsyth "Digging Up Bones"14
89Laura Risk "Hommage aux Maheux"14
90Ronan Robert "Balade à Pont-Mahé"14
91NxNW "John's Stew / Nip and Tuck"13
92Henry Purcell "How Blest Are Shepherds (Arr. for Voice and Chamber Ensemble by Rebecca Scout Nelson)"13
93Blair Douglas "The Bayou Piper"13
94Brighde Chaimbeul "Banish The Giant of Doubt & Despair"13
95Kris Drever "Catterline"13
96Elephant Sessions "FM - Valtos Remix"13
97Adrian Connolly "Beeswing the Racehorse / Green Fields of Glentown"12
98Seamus Egan "Remembrance"12
99Ciaran Ryan "Barbara's"12
100Dietrich Buxtehude "Sonata No. 3 in A Minor, BuxWV 254: I. Adagio, “Mars”"12



















 
 
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.)