Anker Folk Top Albums 2018

      Two hour-long programmes were played on Anker Radio at the start of 2019. They reflected our personal choice of albums received which we had played and in some cases reviewed in print. This included CDs sent in from Agencies or from the artistes themselves and downloads received by MP3. 
      Both shows have now been transmitted four times. They can still be heard via a "Listen Again" facility. Just go to   https://www.ankerradio.co.uk/   and then click on the "Folk" button
      If we didn't receive or hear any album  released between January 2018 and December 2018 then they did not qualify. Here's the full list played, to quote Pete Clemons "For those who like this sort of thing."  Numbers denote the Top 25 down to our Number One. 

      Track                     Album               Artiste

25 To Be heard           We All Go Some day    Alchemista

24 Turn of The Tide    CSSC                       Jane Moss

23 Bury Me Naked      Bury Me Naked        Merry Hell

22 Fathers Footseps       Solo Duo Trio             Luke Jackson

21 On Our Way                Acts of Love             Mike Reinstein

20 Art                             Notes from a Boat             Mike Vass

19 We are Leaving    Utopia & Wasteland   Greg Russell & Ciaran 

                                                                                    Agar

18 Lucky Rogues             Banjophony   Damien O'Kane & Ron Block

17 White Strand                  Avalanche                         Imar

16 Jig Trouble in Blaina          Twenty “Live”       Jamie Smiths Mabon

15 One Sparrow Down      If Wed dig any deeper        Sarah McQuaid

14 The Hour of The Blackbird The Waters & The Wild       Ninebarrow

13 Coda                             Through The Wild                    The Willows

12 Only Waiting                   Songs of City & Country              IEC

11 Here I am                         Turn to Fray                    Hickory Signals

10 Boney's Defeat                 Personnae                   Kathryn Roberts 

                                                                                   & Seth Lakeman

9 True North                          True North                           Philip Henry

8 Nature Waking                     Shivelight                   Mishaped Pearls

7 Give Me Back                      The Crowing               Bird in The Belly

    My heart Again

6  Not for Joe                  Through the Seasons                 Will Pound

5 Hard Walking                  Ashes and Dust                Winter Wilson

4 Wrecking Days               Namer of Clouds              Kitty McFarlane

3 Time Wears Awa'               Paper Circus                   Paper Circus

2 The Miser & His Daughter     Botany Bay                   Kelly Oliver

1  Every Night When The          Awake                  Hannah Sanders

           Sun Goes In                                                  and Ben Savage