?It’s a Free For All featuring 2023 releases! In this week’s show, Katie Marie and Joe put together a collection of tracks where the only unifying theme is that they were released in 2023. Last year saw a fabulous variety of trad and trad-adjacent Celtic releases, where picking one track from each release resulted in over three hours of music that we need to boil down to a single hour.
The artists this week: Réalta, Martha Guiney, Genticorum, Deira Band, Plúirín na mBan, Sorcha Costello, Adrienne O’Shea, Dàimh, Jake James & Brenda Dowling, Fiddlers2, Fiachra O’Regan, The London Lasses, and Blackie O’Connell & Cyril O’Donoghue.
Our FairPlé score this week: 57
Playlist:
| # | Track | Artist | Release |
| 1 | Glen Where The Deer Is-The Ivy Leaf-The Dublin Lasses | Nuala Kennedy | Behave the Bravest |
| 2 | Ormond Sound-Jacksons-Lucy Campbells | Réalta | Thing of the Earth |
| 3 | The Houseboat-Foxy Roxys-Larrys | Martha Guiney | The Raven’s Call |
| 4 | Belle Alouette au champs | Genticorum | Au coeur de l’aube |
| 5 | Sparring Salva | Deira Band | Alba |
| 6 | Whirlpools : The Lighthouse Polka | Nuala Kennedy | Shorelines |
| 7 | GUTHRIE´S STUDY | Plúirín na mBan | Female Rambling Sailor |
| 8 | Minor Complications-Clancy’s Bar (Reels) | Sorcha Costello | The Primrose Lass |
| 9 | Tumblin’ Through the Hay | Adrienne O’Shea | Threads of Gold |
| 10 | Glen Where The Deer Is-The Ivy Leaf-The Dublin Lasses | Nuala Kennedy | Behave the Bravest |
| 11 | Peggy Shrimpy Jonny | Dàimh | SULA |
| 12 | He’s Playing Tunes With All the Rest, Maude Miller’s | Jake James & Brenda Dowling | In Reel Time |
| 13 | Sergeant Early’s Dream-Farewell to Connaught-Farewell to Chernobyl | Fiddlers2 | Mirrors of Elsewhere-Ireland |
| 14 | The Gardener’s Daughter-All the Way to Galway | Fiachra O’Regan | Na Beanna Beola |
| 15 | JIGS, REELS: The Woods of Caolrua, Dancing Eyes, The Crock of Gold, The White Fairy | The London Lasses | LL25 |
| 16 | EGG | Blackie O’Connell & Cyril O’Donoghue | Dubhlinn Live |