The respected and popular Public Radio Programme Celtic Connections, which is syndicated to 140 radio stations in 30 states throughout the USA has chosen "Let the Circle Be Wide" by Tommy Sands with Moya and Fionan to be the ALBUM OF THE YEAR for 2009.

We are delighted and energised by the news and warmly congratulate and thank all those connected with the making of the record. Thanks to Tom Newman, Colum Sands, Steve Cooney, Ary McGlynn, all the Sands Family and musicians in Spring Studios Rostrevor, Jim Musselman and Alan Edwards at Appleseed Recordings, Robin Troup at Ixtlan Artists Group, and especially Bryan Kelso Crow at Celtic Connections, Illinois