Nialler9’s Top 100 Irish songs of 2021

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100.

PrettyHappy

Salami


99.

Kʒːlu

Luciferin


98.

Stella

You Are Here


97.

Cosha

Run The Trrack


96.

Rejjie Snow, Cam O’Bi, grouptherapy

Relax


95.

Bicep, Clara La San

X


94.

A92 Collective

A92 Freestyle

The Pakistan-born, New York musician Arooj Aftab’s album Vulture Prince is one of the year’s finest and this is a brittle and beautiful folk traditional song.

Vulture Prince takes inspiration in Arabic poetry known as ghazals, which often express love in the face of grief or pain.

Aftab’s younger brother had passed away prior to the album, prompting the reach for ancient texts, and the album wraps those sentiments up in free-forming folk and jazz textures with harp, viola, cello, double bass, synth and minimal percussion lending the album an expansive air and a deep spiritual resonance beyond the tactile act of plucking strings.


93.

Shadeemus

Butterflies


92.

Lewwab

Come thru


91.

Jordan Nocturne

Gemini Boy

90.

Toygirl

Water


89.

Toké O’Drift  (feat. Julia Louise Knifefist)

igot(igot)


88.

Lucy Blue

Snow In Tokyo


87.

Fay’d

Spailpín fánach (Drill Remix)


86.

Joshua Burnside, Laura Quirke

Taking The Wheel


85.

Danny G & The Major 7ths, Jus Me, 0phelia, Breezy Ideygoke, King Koko,

Make Me Feel (Believing)


84.

Paddy Mulcahy

A Dream, A Sequence


83.

Elzzz, Trever

Mileage


82.

T-woc

Crazy Bronco


81.

Loraine Club

Desire



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