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Irish Music Award Recipients for 2013
Top Solo Performer in Concert (US, IRE, EU, UK)
Keith Harkin
Top Solo Performer in a Pub Venue (US, IRE, EU, UK)
Keith Harkin
Top Duo in a Pub, Festival, Concert (US, IRE, EU, UK)
Ryan Kelly & Neil Byrne
Top Group (US, IRE, EU, UK)
RUNA
Best New Irish Artist(s) (IRE, EU, US, UK)
Gothard Sisters
Best New Irish CD
Ryan Kelly and Neil Byrne - Acoustically Irish
Top Celtic Rock Band (IRE, EU, US, UK)
The Fighting Jamesons
Best Irish Tenor (individual)
Emmet Cahill
Best Female Vocalist (individual/trad.)
Meav
Best Sean-nós Singer
Bríd Ní Mhaoilchiarán
Top Traditional Performance Show
The Chieftains
Top Traditional Group in a Pub, Festival, Concert
RUNA
Tommy Makem Award
The Dubliners
Top Uilleann Piper (US, IRE, EU, UK)
Kieran O'Hare
Top Harpist (US, IRE, EU, UK)
Moya Brennan
Top Fiddle/Violin (US, IRE, EU, UK)
Cora Smyth
Top Button Accordion (US, IRE, EU, UK)
Danny O'Mahony
Lifetime Achievement Award
Phil Coulter
Irish Music Award Nominees for 2013
Top Solo Performer in Concert (US, IRE, EU, UK)
Keith Harkin, Christy Moore, Finbar Furey, Paul Byrom
Top Solo Performer in a Pub Venue (US, IRE, EU, UK)
Keith Harkin, Brendan Loughrey, Tony Cummings, Brian Gaffney
Top Duo in a Pub, Festival, Concert (US, IRE, EU, UK)
Ryan Kelly & Neil Byrne, Siusan O'Rourke and Zig Zeitler, The New Barleycorn, Foster and Allen
Top Group (US, IRE, EU, UK)
RUNA, Solas, Altan, Lunasa
Best New Irish Artist(s) (IRE, EU, US, UK)
Gothard Sisters, We Banjo 3 , Socks in the Frying Pan, The Yanks
Best New Irish CD
Ryan Kelly and Neil Byrne - Acoustically Irish, Screaming Orphans - Sliabh Liag, FullSet - Notes After Dark, Cathy Maguire - Ireland in Song
Top Celtic Rock Band (IRE, EU, US, UK)
The Fighting Jamesons, Manran, Rathkeltair, Blaggards
Best Irish Tenor (individual)
Paddy Homan, Anthony Kearns, Matthew Gilsenan, Emmet Cahill
Best Female Vocalist (individual/trad.)
Meav, Shannon Lambert-Ryan, muireann nic amhlaoibh, Mary Dillon
Best Sean-nós Singer
Bríd Ní Mhaoilchiarán , Róisín Elsafty
Top Traditional Performance Show
IRELAND- The Show!, The Chieftains, Socks in the Frying Pan, Rythm of the Dance
Top Traditional Group in a Pub, Festival, Concert
McPeake, Burning Bridget Cleary, RUNA, father, son, and friends
Tommy Makem Award
Danny O'Flaherty, Jimmy Crowley, The Dubliners, Mick Maloney
Top Uilleann Piper (US, IRE, EU, UK)
Tommy Martin, Paddy Keenan, Kieran O'Hare
Top Harpist (US, IRE, EU, UK)
Cormac De Barra, Moya Brennan, Aryeh Frankfurter, Patrick Ball
Top Fiddle/Violin (US, IRE, EU, UK)
Winifred Horan, Kevin Burke, Griff "Bear" Ocker, Cora Smyth
Top Button Accordion (US, IRE, EU, UK)
Danny O'Mahony, Shane Hayes, John Williams, David Munnelly
Lifetime Achievement Award
Brendan Shine, Phil Coulter, Maurice Lennon, Patrick Healy