Helen's Top Tens for 2018 are:
Top Albums
1. Be More Kind – Frank Turner
2. Banjophony – Damien O'Kane & Ron Block
3. Seedlings all – Josienne Clarke & Ben Walker
4. Miziki – Dobet Gnahoré
5. Arc - Michael McGoldrick
Top Ten 2018 Gigs
1. Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds / Patti Smith, Kilmainham Royal Hospital, Dublin, 6 June
2. Martin Simpson, De Lantaern, Zevenaar, 9 June
3. The Waterboys, Vicar Street, Dublin, 3 December
4. U2, 3Arena (The Point), Dublin, 5 November
5. Rolling Stones, Croke Park, Dublin, 17 May
6. Frank Turner solo (Lost Evenings night 3), Camden Roundhouse, London, 13 May
7. Frank Turner & the Sleeping Souls, Den Atelier, Luxembourg, 20 October
8. Rob de Nijs, Concertgebouw, Amsterdam, 6 January
9. Lau, Whelans, Dublin, 23 January
10. Shelby Lynne & Allison Moorer, Dublin Castle Printworks, 28 January
Top Ten 2018 Festival Appearances
1. John Cale, End of the Road
2. Colter Wall, End of the Road
3. Rhiannon Giddens, Cambridge Folk Festival
4. First Aid Kit, Cambridge Folk Festival
5. Dobet Gnahoré, Womad
6. B C U C, Womad
7. Patti Smith, Cambridge Folk Festival
8. Josienne Clarke & Ben Walker, End of the Road
9. Caoimhín Ó Raghallaigh, Womad
10. Talisk, Womad
