
Off The Record
by Mike FarragherMike has followed Irish and Irish American music, in all its many forms, for years in The Irish Voice.
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Off The Record for December 2011
Top Irish music makers of 2011 - Lisa Hannigan, Gavin Friday, The Script and more


This past year further stretched the boundaries of Irish music. The artists on this list run the gamut from chart-topping pop to folk to the diddly-diddly you know and love.
I’m publishing this best of 2011 list early in the hopes that some of these worthy artworks will make their way into stockings hung by the chimneys with care by that special Irish music fan in your life. My very best to you and yours for a Happy Christmas!