As we recoil in horror from the evil of Moscow’s war on Ukraine, and feel disgust at the hard-of-thinking whataboutery of Putin apologists in the UK, let us not forget conflict at home. Even what Mo Mowlam called, when Secretary... Read more →
Andrew Curry writes: Christy Moore has spent much of his career as a solo performer, or working with the guitarist Declan Sinnott, but both of the groups he was associated with changed the face of Irish music. One grew out... Read more →
Colin Randall writes: we were both young men when we first met, Christy Moore the hard-working, hard-drinking star of the folk club circuit, me the hardish-drinking fan and folk club organiser. Today, Salut! Live toasts the 80th birthday of a... Read more →
Andrew Curry writes: The great Irish singer Christy Moore celebrates his 80th birthday on Wednesday, and so this week we’re going to celebrate his career here on Salut! Live. (Christy Moore, live at Vicar Street in 2010. Photo: M+MD/ flickr,... Read more →
Andrew Curry writes: The end of the year is always a good time to look back at the records we have enjoyed over the last 12 months—in fact, I think it’s compulsory for a site like Salut! Live. Editor Colin... Read more →
Colin Randall writes: when I first met Christy Moore in the late 1960s, he was a hard-drinking, argumentative troubadour who nonetheless never failed in my experience to put on a wonderful show. Decades later, decades sober too, he is a... Read more →
Christy Moore and I go back more than 50 years, says Colin Randall. Today I make him my Artist of the Week at the Salut! Live Facebook group in honour of one of the grandest figures of Irish music. Singer,... Read more →
