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Christy Moore is tagged as: irish, folk, celtic, singer-songwriter, irish folk

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 consumate 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 sol...
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Top 10 Christy Moore Songs
Ride On
Missing You
Nancy Spain
Delirium Tremens
Black Is The Colour
Lisdoonvarna
Fairytale of New York
Go, Move, Shift
Welcome to the Cabaret
Joxer Goes To Stuttgart
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Top 10 Christy Moore Albums
Live at the Point
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Ordinary Man
Burning Times
The Time Has Come
The Box Set: 1964 - 2004
Voyage
Live at Vicar Street
Live in Dublin 2006
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