- Music
- 05 Nov 26
The Wran and Trá Pháidín make strong debuts on Official Folk Albums Chart
The Mary Wallopers, Madra Salach, Dove Ellis, Joshua Burnside, Ye Vagabonds, Andy Irvine and Bap Kennedy also feature in the Top 40 of the chart – which is based on UK sales of downloads, CDs, vinyl and other formats, plus streams
Irish acts continue to impress on the Official Folk Albums Chart this month – with The Wran debuting in the Top 10 with their debut album, The Stone Man.
Trá Pháidín's acclaimed Cloch 's Claí LP – their first album released via the London-based indie label World of Echo – has also scored a strong debut on the chart, at No.12.
The Official Folk Albums Chart features the biggest folk albums of the month (defined in partnership with the English Folk Expo) by British and Irish artists, based on sales in the UK of downloads, CDs, vinyl and other formats, plus streams.
The Top 10 of this month's chart includes The Mary Wallopers' Paddywhackery (No.4), Madra Salach's It's A Hell Of An Age (No.8), Dove Ellis's Blizzard (No.9), and the aforementioned The Wran's The Stone Man (No.10).
Elsewhere on the Official Folk Albums Chart, Joshua Burnside is at No.13 with It's Not Going To Be Okay; Ye Vagabonds are at No.23 with All Tied Together; Andy Irvine is at No.36 with Devoted; and the late Bap Kennedy is at No.39 with Above All, Love.
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