Our dear friend Helen from Dublin shares her Top Tens for 2024
TOP 10 ALBUMS
1. The Cure - Songs Of A Lost World
2. Frank Turner - Undefeated
3. Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - Wild God
4. Grace Petrie - Build Something Better
5. Arooj Aftab - Night Reign
6. Primal Scream - Come Ahead
7. Niamh Bury - Yellow Roses
8. Lemoncello - Lemoncello
9. Asmaa Hamzaoui & Bnat Timbouktou - L'Bnat
10. Les Amazones d'Afrique - Musow Danse
TOP TEN GIGS
1. Frank Turner & the Sleeping Souls, Dürer Kert, Budapest, Hungary, 3 November
2. The Waterboys, Universal Hall, Findhorn, Scotland, 16 September
3. Ben de la Cour, Green Note, Camden, 5 July
4. Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds, 3Arena, Dublin, 12 November
5. ØXN, Vicar Street, Dublin, 29 February
6. Margo Price, Vicar Street, Dublin, 28 January
7. Diana Jones, Whelans Upstairs, Dublin, 21 July
8. Allison Russell, St Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin, 26 January
9. Arooj Aftab, National Concert Hall, Dublin, 13 October
10. The Unthanks, Liberty Hall, Dublin, 28 November
TOP TEN FESTIVAL SHOWS
1. Måneskin, Rock en Seine
2. Frank Turner solo, Glastonbury (Avalon)
3. Lankum, End Of The Road
4. Gogol Bordello, Womad
5. Judy Collins, Glastonbury
6. Coldplay, Glastonbury
7. Justin Adams & Mohamed Errebbaa, Womad
8. Grace Petrie, Glastonbury
9. Ndox Électrique, Womad
10. Arooj Aftab, Glastonbury
TOP FIVE MUSIC FILMS
1. Tom Petty - Heartbreakers Beach Party
2. Janis Ian & the Art of Song
3. Kneecap
4. Back To Black, Amy Winehouse
5. Ryuichi Sakamoto: Opus
Best wishers
Helen
