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A playlisting with BBC 6 Music comes ahead of a debut album, Personal History, this October. – EP 47Īilbhe Reddy Momentum is building for the Dublin singer whose music blends the clear-eyed earnestness of folk with the bustle and hustle of electro-pop. As a bonus, they're signed to the most credible label on the planet, Ninja Tune, and have been championed by Mixmag and Resident Advisor.

Who have we scandalously omitted? What triumphs of hype-over-substance have we fallen for?īicep Bloggers-turned-house sensations, this Belfast duo pack their music with references to Big Beat and EDM. In other words, our list is best approached not as a definitive statement but as a conversation starter. You will have your own Top 50 and it is just as valid as ours (you can put Dermot Kennedy in first, second and third place if you wish). The countdown that follows is also, and needless to say, subjective. And that was just the debate over whether Hozier’s ponytail merited its own separate entry. There were blunt words, tears and slammed doors. Such is the outpouring of talent that narrowing our selection of essential artists to just 50 was a huge challenge.

The industry here used to be 50 shades of glum.
#Irish song bar fight kicked like an old football free
A new generation of rappers, free thinkers and pop stars-in-training has risen in their place. Gone are the glum old days of blokey singer-songwriters and earnest indie bands as far as the eye could see. These are thrilling times for Irish music (the pesky matter of a once-in-a-century pandemic aside).
