Wednesday 30 December 2009

Top 100 Songs on Celtic Crush

Top 100 Songs played on Celtic Crush as voted by listeners Oct. '09

Catch Celtic Crush is a three hour show on SiriusXM Satellite Radio hosted by Larry Kirwan every Saturday morning at 7AM ET, with a reairing at 11PM ET Tuesday nights on The Spectrum, Ch. 18 Sirius/Ch. 45 XM

1 Northwest Passage – Stan Rogers
2 Lisdoonvarna – Christy Moore
3 Kilkelly – Moloney/Keane/O’Connell
4 The Galway Girl – Steve Earle
5 Raglan Road – Van Morrison & The Chieftains
6 Say You Love Me – Sharon Shannon/Dessie O’Halloran
7 Sing All Our Cares Away – Damien Dempsey
8 Wacko King Hacko – Peatbog Faeries
9 The Big Fellah – Black 47
10 Empty Glens – Runrig
11 Green Fields of France – The Furey Brothers & Davy Arthur
12 Birches – Bill Morrissey
13 Ora Se Do Bheath Abhaile – Sinead O’Connor
14 The Band Played Waltzing Matilda – Liam Clancy
15 Life’s Like That, Isn’t It – Larry Kirwan
16 Menez – Alan Stivell
17 Wedding Reel – Lunasa
18 Whistles The Wind – Flogging Molly
19 Whiskey in the Jar – Thin Lizzy
20 Fields of Athenry – Paddy Reilly
21 Funky Ceili – Black 47
22 Fairy Tale of New York – The Pogues
23 Arthur McBride & The Sergeant – Paul Brady
24 Beeswing – Richard Thompson
25(T) Buile Mo Chroi – John Spillane and Louis De Paor
25(T) Dirty Old Town – The Pogues
27 Travelling People – Turner & Kirwan of Wexford
28 Scarlet Begonias – Wake The Dead
29 Ocean and a Rock – Lisa Hannigan
30 Fairy Tale of New York – Christy Moore
31(T) The Rocky Road To Dublin – The Dubliners
31(T) Downpressor Man – Sinead O’Connor
33 One Starry Night – Davy Spillane
34 Into The Mystic – Van Morrison
35 First Light of the Day – Paddy A Go Go
36 James Connolly - Black 47
37 Matty Groves – Fairport Convention
38 Fishermen’s Blues – The Waterboy
39 Thousands Are Sailing – The Pogues
40 Shipping Up To Boston – Dropkick Murphys
41 Star of the County Down – Van Morrison & The Chieftains
42 Fanatic Heart – Black 47
43 N 17 – The Saw Doctors
44 Home For a Rest – Spirit of the West
45 Johnny, I Hardly Knew You
46 One – Johnny Cash
47 Patriot Game – The Clancy Brothers & Tommy Makem
48 Black Velvet Band – Dropkick Murphys
49 Laid – James
50 Delirium Tremens – Christy Moore
51 Aisling Gheal – Seamus Heaney/Liam Og O’Flynn
52 Never Any Good With Money – Martin Simpson
53 Sweet Sixteen – The Furey Brothers/Davy Arthur
54 Here Comes The Night – Them
55 Wild Rover – Dropkick Murphys
56 Emerald – Voodoo Loons
57 Amazing Grace – Flatfoot 56
58 Kilroy Was Here – Larry Kirwan
59 I Was Watching You – Rosanne Cash
60 Rainy Night in Soho – The Pogues
61 Halelujiah – Jeff Buckley
62 Sunshine Serenade – The Mighty Stef
63 Downtown Baghdad Blues – Black 47
64 Tobacco Island – Flogging Molly
65 Release – Afro-Celt
66 Hard Times in Old England – Billy Bragg
67 The Parting Glass – The Clancy Brothers & Tommy Makem
68 Her Father Didn’t Like Me Anyway – Finbar & Eddie Furey
69 If I Should Fall From Grace – The Pogues
70 Welcome To The Cabaret - Christy Moore
71 Nobody’s Baby Now – Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
72 All Around My Hat – Steeleye Span
73 Wexford – Pecker Dunne
74 1952 Vincent Black Lightning – Richard Thompson
75 Rocky Takes a Lover – Bell X1
76 Baisteach – John Spillane & Louis De Paor
77 Muirsheen Durkin – Johnny McEvoy
78 Man You Don’t Meet Every Day – Sharon Kaye
79 Livin’ in America – Black 47
80 Lord Offaly – David McWilliams
81 Rock on Rockall – The Wolfe Tones
82 Si Do Mhamo – Hothouse Flowers
83 Zombie – Dolores Riordan
84 Street of Dreams – The Oysterband
85 Ride On – Christy Moore
86 Love Is Teasing – The Chieftains
87 It Makes No Difference – The Band
88 Leaving of Liverpool – Gaelic Storm
89 The West Coast of Clare – Planxty
90 Pipe Solo – The Bothy Band
91 The Musical Priest – Cora Smyth
92 Sleepy Maggie – Ashley MacIsaacs
93 Mingulay Boat Song – The Makem and Spain Brothers
94 The Battle of Aughrim – The Chieftains
95 Wicklow Hills – Pierce Turner
96 Caledonia – Dougie Maclean
97 Carrickfergus – Van Morrison & The Chieftains
98 The Blue Idol – Altan
99 On a Sea of Fleur De Lis – Solas
100 Who’s Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses – U2


Catch Celtic Crush every Saturday morning at 7AM ET, with a reairing at 11PM ET Tuesday nights.

4 comments:

  1. no micky marleys roundabout by barnbrac?

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  2. just heard your show this morning, -it was great-love the kilkelly story and song. ...Chris Rezek

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  3. I'm a long time listner to sirus, but only new to celtic crush. Just love it! It really takes me away to different place, away from the hetics of life.

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  4. woow awesome collection i like it,and i have launched a website newly namethetop100songs.com for more please visit...
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