Lofty’s Top 20 Irish Albums of 2016

Lofty pics his top albums of 2016 from some standout Irish Artists

2016 has been a bountiful year for Irish music particularly when it comes to album releases with over 200 albums released in this island this year. So trying to narrow down such quality output to the best 20 albums has been a tough task but I’ve managed to do my best.

As a proud Limerick man it’s also fair to say that 2016 has been a great year for Limerick music too and it’s fantastic to have three albums from Limerick acts in the Top 20 – ‘Be Honest and Fear Not’ from windings, ‘Let the Dead Bury the Dead’ by Rusangano Family and our favourite Irish album of the year ‘Is’, the awesome debut album from Bleeding Heart Pigeons.

Listen to Lofty present his top Irish albums of 2016 on his “Sounds from a Green World” show on 8radio.com and see the full list below >

This is our list of the best Irish albums of 2016 >

• In Heat Not Sorry – The Altered Hours

• Madness is the Mercy – August Wells

• The Tilt of the Earth – Barry McCormack

• New Forest – Cathy Davey

• The First Kiss of Love – Cronin

• Scan the Blue – exmagician

• Songs for the Walking Wounded – The Frank & Walters

• We Move – James Vincent McMorrow

• Salt – Katie Kim

• King Kong Company – King Kong Company

• At Swim – Lisa Hannigan

• I Own You – Mick Flannery

• Her Kind – Morning Veils

• Learning to Growl – Overhead, the Albatross

• Let the Dead Bury Dead – Rusangano Family

• Soft Days – Sea Pinks

• Age of Indignation – September Girls

• Tidal Waves – Swords

• Be Honest and Fear Not – windings

• Is – Bleeding Heart Pigeons

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