Modal Citizen Records

Established in 2008, Modal Citizen Records is an independent record label that showcases some of the finest roots, trad, and jazz music from the Northwest of Ireland. In 2017, through increasing musical collaboration, more and more Modal Citizens joined in the communal session recordings that resulted in musician/writer Marc Geagan’s Book/CD "Songs of Erne: Traditional Music from South Donegal and West Fermanagh," which featured a guest appearance by Steve Cooney performing Ruaidhrí Dall Ó Catháin’s tune "The Hawk of Ballyshannon." The next foray saw the launch of jazz steel guitar virtuoso Richard Nelson’s second solo jazz album "Song for My Father." This expansion into jazz paved the way for the release of internationally-renowned jazz guitarist Mike Nielsen’s stunning album "Solo Sound Recipes." The next phase saw increasing collaborations with our friends from Derry, Basork. This inevitably set us on a Balkan Odyssey, which we are still on.

Modal Citizen Records' mission is to, above all, create and distribute great music and provide our artists with the artistic freedom and platform to further their careers by offering recording, marketing, and digital distribution across the globe on all international online retailers.