Christy Moore - Magic Nights '2019

Tracks list

Part of the magic of a live Christy Moore concert is the way his persona expands
in ways virtually impossible in a studio setting. There is an inevitable bond
between the man, his music and his audience that is a wonder to behold.
This new 26 track collection is culled from a myriad of such gigs in places as
disparate as Liverpool, Lisdoonvarna, Birmingham and Cork, with a delicate mix
of old and new songs. It opens with a graphic version of John Spillane and Ger
Wolfes Magic Nights in The Lobby Bar that sets the mood for what follows.

His unerring instinct for attaching the right song to key moments is best
exemplified by his dedication of a passionate version of Burning Times to the
murdered campaigner Lyra McKee before a Belfast audience. While he can pick up
the mood of an audience with uncanny accuracy, he can also respond to their
needs, as he does after a Glasgow audience calls for Spancil Hill and he
delivers and then some. At a gig in Athy he offers up a version of Hurt, wisely
avoiding the anguish of the Johnny Cash version and making it his own.

Elsewhere theres an overflow of emotion in his renditions of songs of the
stature of Only Our Rivers Run Free, Missing You and Back Home In Derry. When he
appeals to the audience after forgetting the words during Johnny Jump Up it
merely adds to the fun. But theres joy to be had too, with the infectious cheek
of The Tuam Beat. And you get relatively new additions to the Moore feast with
Sean Mones Rosalita And Jack Campbell and Albert Nilands Irish Pagan Ritual,
emphasing Christys eagerness to champion new songs and writers.

Kudos too to producer Jimmy Higgins and engineer David Meade for cherry-picking
these gems from the hundreds of concerts available. Of course you cant beat the
real thing, but if you cant catch Christy on his current tour, this generous
double CD will do nicely.

Tracklist:
01. Christy Moore - Magic Nights in the Lobby Bar (4:44)
02. Christy Moore - Matty (3:18)
03. Christy Moore - Sonnys Dream (3:28)
04. Christy Moore - Ringing That Bell (3:00)
05. Christy Moore - A Pair of Brown Eyes (4:11)
06. Christy Moore - Sail on Jimmy (aka Irish Pagan Ritual) (3:59)
07. Christy Moore - Burning Times (4:50)
08. Christy Moore - The Tuam Beat (3:27)
09. Christy Moore - Back Home in Derry (3:53)
10. Christy Moore - Rosalita and Jack Campbell (3:49)
11. Christy Moore - Duffys Cut (3:43)
12. Christy Moore - Motherland (3:18)
13. Christy Moore - Spancilhill (5:24)
14. Christy Moore - Before the Deluge (4:28)
15. Christy Moore - The Two Conneeleys (3:29)
16. Christy Moore - Missing You (3:31)
17. Christy Moore - Cry like a Man (3:45)
18. Christy Moore - The Reel in the Flickering Light (4:10)
19. Christy Moore - Veronica (2:59)
20. Christy Moore - Johnny Jump Up (4:34)
21. Christy Moore - Inchicore Wake (4:00)
22. Christy Moore - Tippin It up to Nancy (5:17)
23. Christy Moore - Only Our Rivers Run Free (3:12)
24. Christy Moore - Hurt (3:38)
25. Christy Moore - The Well Below the Valley (4:29)
26. Christy Moore - Mandolin Mountain (3:01)

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