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: 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 →
Two things seemed inevitable when Salut! Live posted its fantasy compilation of Irish music to mark St Paddy’s Day. We’d be rebuked for at least one of our chosen tracks and told in no uncertain terms what we had overlooked.... Read more →
Sunday is St Patrick's Day and, much of the world over, parades, concerts and serious drinking will mark Ireland's special day, Salut! Live's editorial team - Colin Randall and Andrew Curry - have known each other electronically for years, a... Read more →
Join the Salut! Live Facebook group. Visit this link now By Colin Randall Nick Clapham, someone I have met only electronically, posted this photo of his assembled collection of Christy Moore albums at the UK and Irish Folk Music 60s-80s... Read more →
