Irish musicians dominate the list of favourite 2024 tracks chosen by music experts, featuring Fontaines DC, Shobsy, and Sack. Globally, Chappell Roan stands out.
Irish music experts have chosen their favourite tracks of 2024, with Irish artists dominating the list. Fontaines DC, Shobsy and Sack are among the top picks, selected by fellow musicians and music critics. Internationally, Chappell Roan stood out. To celebrate New Year's Eve, we asked some of our best songwriters and music writers for their favourite songs released this year – and here's their list.
Singer-songwriter and Late Late Show house band alumni Paddy Cullivan picked Irish singer Shobsy's single Entertainment as his top choice. He said: 'With a voice like George Michael's and the stage presence of Freddie Mercury, it's unbelievable we have the best performer in the world here in Ireland, with Shobsy. 'Entertainment is an earworm that shows he's a top-tier songwriter as well.' Shobsy himself chose Fontaines DC's ballad In The Modern World from their latest album Romance. The singer - known for his epic version of Bronski Beat's Smalltown Boy - said: 'This album - and particularly this song - marked a step into incredible musical maturity for the band. It's worthy of their description as one of Ireland's all-time great bands. Yet I feel they're still just getting started.' Globally, the 29-year-old enjoyed Sabrina Carpenter's Please Please Please (which was written about her then-boyfriend, Irish actor Barry Keoghan), saying: 'It's a resurgence of truly quality pop music, along with Chappell Roan.' Rock man turned mental health advocate Bressie - guitarist with the Blizzards - picked composer Ludavico Einaudi's Pathos. He says: 'It's a track that hits the full spectrum of emotions. You go from being a snotty emotional mess to wanting to run through a wall in six minutes
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