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| Released | 17 April 2009 | |||
| Genre | Folk | |||
| Label | Columbia | |||
| Producer | Declan Sinnott | |||
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Listen is an album by Irish folk singer Christy Moore, released in Ireland on 17 April 2009 by Columbia Records. Recorded with long-time accompanist Declan Sinnott, it is his first studio album since 2005's Burning Times . The album debuted at number one on the Irish Albums Chart.
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Christopher Andrew "Christy" Moore is an Irish folk singer, songwriter and guitarist. He is one of the founding members of Planxty and Moving Hearts. His first album, Paddy on the Road was recorded with Dominic Behan in 1969. In 2007, he was named as Ireland's greatest living musician in RTÉ's People of the Year Awards.
Ride On is an album by Irish folk singer Christy Moore, released in 1984. Its title track remains one of his most popular songs. A number of songs relate the actions of those involved in political struggles, or those affected by those struggles; such as "Viva la Quinte Brigada" which is concerned with the Irish contingent amongst the International Brigade in the Spanish Civil War; or "El Salvador" dealing with the civil war in that country in the 1980s. Other songs deal with Irish history – "The City of Chicago", about emigration to America during the Irish famines of the late 1840s; "Back Home in Derry" written by Bobby Sands about the transportation to Australia of convicts; and "Lisdoonvarna" celebrating a music festival that took place annually in that town until the early 1980s.
Moving Hearts is an Irish Celtic rock band formed in 1981. They followed in the footsteps of Horslips in combining Irish traditional music with rock and roll, and also added elements of jazz to their sound.
Smoke & Strong Whiskey is an album by Irish folk singer Christy Moore, released in 1991.
Burning Times is an album by Irish folk singer Christy Moore. The album is dedicated to Rachel Corrie, an American activist killed by an Israeli bulldozer in Gaza in 2003.
This is the Day is an album released by Irish folk singer/songwriter Christy Moore in 2001.
Declan Sinnott is an Irish musician and record producer.
Live at the Point (2006) is the fourth live album from Irish singer-songwriter Christy Moore. This two-CD set contains music from concerts at the Point Depot in Dublin on 29 December 2005, 30 December 2005, 5 January 2006, and 6 January 2006. The album features Declan Sinnott on guitar. There is a DVD, Christy Moore Live in Dublin 2006, containing the songs from the first CD.
James MacCarthy is an Irish singer-songwriter.
"I Will" is a song written by Dick Glasser.
Whatever Tickles Your Fancy is the third solo album by Irish folk musician Christy Moore, released in 1975.
Christy Moore is the fourth solo album by Irish folk musician Christy Moore, released in 1976.
H Block is an album recorded by various Irish folk artists, and produced by Christy Moore in 1978.
Unfinished Revolution is a 1987 Irish folk music album by Christy Moore. The album was released the same year as the Remembrance Day bombing in Enniskillen, an event Moore described as changing his viewpoint on Irish Republicanism. The album title refers to Moore's long-time support of Irish unification.
Live at Vicar Street is a live album released by Irish folk singer/songwriter Christy Moore in 2002.
Moving Hearts is the debut studio album recorded by Irish Celtic rock band Moving Hearts. The album features folk singer Christy Moore on vocals.
Lily is a studio album by Irish folk singer Christy Moore, released in 2016 by Sony Music.
Declan Masterson is an Irish uilleann piper, traditional musician, composer and arranger. In addition to pursuing a solo career and playing with Moving Hearts and Patrick Street, Masterson was one of the Riverdance musicians.
Live in Dublin is the second live album by Irish folk rock band Moving Hearts, recorded in 2007 at the Vicar Street venue in Dublin by Tim Martin. Noel Eccles and Keith Donald were executive producers, and the album was mixed by Andrew Boland and mastered by Martin Giles at Alchemy, in London.
Dark End of the Street is the second studio album recorded by Irish Celtic rock band Moving Hearts. The album features folk singer Christy Moore on most of the songs, except "Let Somebody Know", written and sung by Declan Sinnott.
