Singer
Christy Moore

Christy Moore, a native of Co. Kildare, Ireland, found fame as a member of the legendary tradition folk band Planxty. Since then he has carved out his own career as a consummate solo performer. In the 1980s Christy teamed up with Donal Lunny to form the innovative Moving Hearts. Christy Moore started in the music business in the mid-sixties, when his life as a bank clerk was interrupted by a bank strike, and he moved to England. There he became ... involved in the folk music scene at the time, and spent a few years playing pubs and clubs around the country. His return to Ireland was marked by the album ‘Prosperous’, which proved to be a milestone in the rapprochement of Irish music to the popular mainstream. This album benefited from a collaboration of the leading talents of contemporary folk music, musicians such as Andy Irvine, Donal Lunny and Liam O’Flynn, and this one-off was to lead to the formation of Planxty, a band who were soon to be at the leading edge of the revival of Irish traditional music. Over the following years the musical status of Planxty became legendary both in Ireland, Britain and throughout Europe. However in 1974 the band split up to pursue solo projects. It was during this period that Christy continued to explore new ground as a solo artist recording a number of solo albums including ‘The Iron Behind the Velvet’ (TARACD2002) which featured Andy Irvine and ‘Live in Dublin’ (TARACD2005) with Donal Lunny. See more [+]

Ride On |||||

True you ride the finest horse I've ever seen Standing 16 on...

Beeswing |||||

I was 18 when I came to town they called it the summer of lo...

Shine On You Crazy Diamond |||||

Remember when you were young, you shone like the sun, shine...

City Of Chicago |||||

In the city of Chicago as the evening shadows fall, there a...

Crack Was Ninety In The Isle Of Men |||||

Well weren't we the rare oul' stock Spent the evenin' gettin...

Curragh Of Kildare |||||

The winter it has passed and the summer's come at last, and...

Delirium Tremens |||||

Goodbye to the Port and Brandy, to the Vodka and the Stag, t...

Dying Soldier |||||

"Look at the dying soldier", I heard someone whisper, then ...

Fairytale Of New York |||||

It was Christmas Eve, babe, in the drunk tank, an old man s...

January Man |||||

The January man, he goes around in woolen coat and boots of...

Lakes Of Pontchartrain |||||

It was one fine March morning I bid New Orleans adieu, and ...

Listen |||||

Listen to the whisper of moonlight on the water, close you'...

Missing You |||||

In nineteen hundred and eighty six, there’s not much for a ...

Sacco & Vanzetti |||||

Oh, say there, did you here the news? Sacco worked at trimm...

Mystic Lipstick |||||

She wears mystic lipstick, she wears stones and bones, she ...

A Pair Of Brown Eyes |||||

One summer's evening drunk as hell, I sat there nearly lifel...

Nancy Spain |||||

Of all the stars that ever shone, not one does twinkle like...

Only Our Rivers Run Free |||||

When apples still grow in November, when blossoms still blo...

Ordinary Man |||||

I'm an ordinary man, nothing special, nothing grand, I've h...

Quiet Desperation |||||

My soul is in the mountain, my heart is in the land, I'm lo...

Smoke And Strong Whiskey |||||

Kids wear white garters, and smell like their mothers whose...

16 Fishermen Raving |||||

The 16 fishermen raving out on the town on E 16 peacocks lea...

The Diamondtina Drover |||||

The faces in the photographs are fading, I can't believe he...

The Lonely Soldier |||||

Lonely Soldier, go home, lonely, but never alone, good eyes...

The Sun Is Burning |||||

The sun is burning in the sky, strands of clouds go slowly ...

The Voyage |||||

I am a sailor and you're my first mate, we signed on togeth...

Viva La Quinta Brigada |||||

Ten years before I saw the light of morning, a comradeship ...

All For The Roses |||||

He's twenty-five, he's sick and tired, it's time to try the ...

Back Home In Derry |||||

In 1803 we sailed out to sea, out from the sweet town of De...

Aisling |||||

See the bright new moon is rising, Above the land of black a...

Biko Drum |||||

Wait, listen to the Biko drum! (4x) And they went home on a...

Bright Blue Rose |||||

I skimmed across Blackwater without once submerging onto th...

The Craic Was Ninety In The Isle Of Man |||||

Weren't we, The rare ould stock, Spent the evening gettin' l...

16 Fishermen Raving |||||

The 16 fishermen raving out on the town on E 16 peacocks lea...

All I Remember |||||

I was lured by the rocking horse Sweets and the bualadh bos ...

Continental Ceili |||||

Over in McCann's there's a grand type of dance band a'playin...

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