Irish Music Award Recipients for 2010
Top Solo Performer in Concert (US, IRE, EU, UK)
Christy Moore
Top Solo Performer in a Pub Venue (US, IRE, EU, UK)
Stevie Dunne
Top Duo in a Pub, Festival, Concert (US, IRE, EU, UK)
Martin Hayes & Dennis Cahill
Top Group (US, IRE & EU)
Cara
Best New Irish Music Artist(s) (US, IRE, EU, UK)
Siobhan Owen
Top Celtic Rock Band (US, IRE, EU, UK)
Beltaine
Best Irish Tenor (individual)
Tommy Fleming
Best Female Vocalist (individual/trad.)
Mary Black
Best Sean-nos Singer
Róisín Elsafty
Top Traditional Performance Show
Chieftains
Top Traditonal Group - In Festival, Pub & Concert
Qristina & Quinn Bachand
Tommy Makem Award
Andy Irvine
Best New Irish CD
John McSherry (Soma)
Top Uilleann Piper (US, IRE, EU)
Paddy Keenan
Top Fiddle (US, IRE, EU, UK)
Liz Carroll
Top Button Accordian (US, IRE, EU, UK)
Dermot Byrne
Arty McGlynn
Irish Music Award Nominees for 2010
Top Solo Performer in Concert (US, IRE, EU, UK)
Mairead Nesbitt, Méav, Luka Bloom, Christy Moore
Top Solo Performer in a Pub Venue (US, IRE, EU, UK)
Stevie Dunne, Tony Cummins, Tom Dahill, Sean Brady
Top Duo in a Pub, Festival, Concert (US, IRE, EU, UK)
Martin Hayes & Dennis Cahill, Switchback, The HiBs, Brendan Begley & Caoimhín Ó Raghallaigh
Top Group (US, IRE & EU)
High Kings, Cara, The Irish Tenors, Cherish the Ladies
Best New Irish Music Artist(s) (US, IRE, EU, UK)
Kill Krinkle Club, Qristina & Quinn Bachand, Siobhan Owen, Girsa
Top Celtic Rock Band (US, IRE, EU, UK)
The Kreellers, Beltaine, Scythian, Roger Drawdy and the Firestarters
Best Irish Tenor (individual)
Finbar Wright, Tommy Fleming, Daryl Simpson
Best Female Vocalist (individual/trad.)
Lynn Hillary, Deirdre Shannon, Lisa Kelly, Mary Black
Best Sean-nos Singer
Brid Ní Mhaoilchiaráin, Iarla O Lionaird, Róisín Elsafty, Máirín Uí Chéide
Top Traditional Performance Show
Celtic Woman, Chieftains, Riverdance, Trad on the Prom
Top Traditonal Group - In Festival, Pub & Concert
Qristina & Quinn Bachand, At First Light, Guidewires, Switchback
Tommy Makem Award
John Doyle, Jimmy Crowley, Mick Moloney, Andy Irvine
Best New Irish CD
Orla Fallon, John McSherry, The Mickey Finns
Siobhan Owen, Darren Raleigh, Michael Rooney
Top Uilleann Piper (US, IRE, EU)
Tim Britton, Tommy Martin, Diarmaid Moynihan, Paddy Keenan
Top Fiddle (US, IRE, EU, UK)
Martin Hayes, Liz Carroll, Cora Smyth, Eileen Ivers
Top Button Accordian (US, IRE, EU, UK)
James Keane, Dermot Byrne, Liam O'Connor, Johnny B. Connelly
Lifetime Achievement Award
Patrick Healy, Arty McGlynn, Mick Moloney, Patsy Whelan