Music of the Year

My Music Albums of the Year January 2nd 2025 Gerry Hassan   Back by popular demand (from a few folk who like me love their music). Divided into three main sections: new, compilations and box sets, and older issues I have turned to for the first time. And a few minus and positive points about releases to round things up.   NEW ALBUMS  

1. Fine Art, Kneecap

The breakout musical sensation of 2024; a trio from West Belfast singing songs about the concerns of young people, drugs and the importance of the Irish language. All done with humour,

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My Favourite Music of 2020 Gerry Hassan Some Great Reward, December 17th 2020 For the past six years I have put together my sounds of the year. This year is a special one: 2020 was unique for obvious reasons and it is the first time I have undertaken this for Some Great Reward, the wonderful record shop run by Olly and Faye on Victoria Road, Govanhill on Glasgow’s Southside. For the past two and a half years we have run a monthly record club – Southside Record Club - at the shop with the support and input of Olly and

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My Favourite Music of 2019 Gerry Hassan December 23rd 2019 This is the fifth time that I have compiled a list of music that I have bought, listened to, and that came my way in the past year. This has been an even more varied, diverse and fantastic year of music listening and experiences this year, aided by a number of factors. One was obviously just becoming aware of more great releases, and a number of artists being brave enough to follow their muse and not the mainstream. Another was upgrading my hi-fi streaming to Qobuz along with using

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My Favourite Music of the Year: 2018 December 21^st 2018 Gerry Hassan This is my fourth year of doing a comprehensive music list of things I have bought, been listening to, and had come my way in the past year. It has been as usual an eclectic year musically but highlights include the Southside Record Club (meeting at Some Great Reward record shop) and listening to some great sounds through that, some stellar live gigs – with often the smaller the better (and a big hat tip to the Bungalow in Paisley), and some fantastic bootleg recordings. But as with

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