CHRISTY MOORE at the BARROWLANDS

A representative of the oppressed , a champion of the downtrodden and , quite simply , the best folk singer in the world perfroming at his favourite all time venue.A magical night was a given.

This has been a great week for the Celtic People , and was rounded of in the best possible way one could wish for.

Every song is an immersion in a narrative that seems to capture a whole life experience which translates to all present with an emotional depth only music can bring. 

Ordinary Man is a classic example , a story of a worker getting laid-off whilst the owners get richer.



Missing You is a story of love and longing.



Beeswing is a Richard Thompson song about "the price you pay for the chains you refuse"




Sacco and Vanzetti is a Woody Guthrie song about two Italian immigrants to the US who devoted their lives to the Labour Union Cause , paying with theyre lives after being sentenced to death on trumped up charges , the introduction tells the tragic  story that was only partiallly rectified fifty years after their death.

CHRISTY MOORE at the BARROWLANDS

After the pleasant and sedate pace at the Royal Concert Hall with an older opera type crowd we had the footy style rock crowd giving a raw energy only the Barrowlands can lend , hence its legendary status among performers and concert goers alike.

The first song of the night was a tribute to Allende:



Later we had a classic cover of a Jackson Browne song which has strong sentiments to the cavalier attitudes shown by the bankers just prior to the inevitable collapse of the system.



There was also the brilliant Wally page song to the murdered civil rights activist by the Apartheid regime in South Africa:



Of all the many occassions i have sen Christy at this famous venue this was by far the most crisp;sharp;incisive and melodic of the lot.The crowd was in great voice too.