Best Of Tony Christie, The - Tony Christie

Advantages: A living legend
Disadvantages: He's retired now

...Since this is the first review of Christy's work I will concentrate not entirely on traveller, but on the man himself. For many many years now I have been a huge fan of Christy Moore. Other artists have come and gone but Christy has stood the test of time and still remains my all-time favourite. The esteem with which Christy is held in Ireland and by the Irish community worldide is astonishing. Wherever his name pops up it is invariably accompanied by the words 'the great'. This description really does sum Christy up, no one else in Irish Folk circles can even come close. In the late 1960's the interest in Folk music was almost non-existent in Ireland. Christy Moore, almost single-handedly reversed this and started the trend that has seen the Irish Folk scene emerge as one of the most popular genres throughout the world. Christy has... Read review

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Advantages: moving,different,good for pub sing alongs
Disadvantages: not for people already feeling depressed

...I love this album.I love it so much I used to make my Thai lodger listen to it after our weekly bonding pub sessions.She didn't get it! I first heard the title song "Ride On" 18 years in our local music playing pub and have sang this and other songs so often using my guitar and my Christy Moore song book that the book's fallen apart! Background Christy was born 1945 in County Kildare (Eire) and was one of the founding members of "Planxty "-an Irish folk band who shared the stage with Donovan in County Galway in the 1970's.He eventually left to set up another band "Moving Hearts" and then went solo.He has an interest in songs which are involved in social or political commentary.I've seen him live twice at the Hexagon in Reading and it was fantastic.I had to drag my husband-ageing grumpy biker-kicking and screaming the first time but... Read review

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Advantages: VELVET VOICE WORTH LISTENING TO
Disadvantages: NONE

...Toni Braxton was a smoldering fire. From the little Virginia church girl enticed by the secular grooves on Soul Train to the sultry Grammy Award winning songbird to the bankrupt Broadway Belle, Toni’s velvet voice and passion for music endeared her to the public and kept her in the game, despite her misfortunes. Who can forget from her 1993 self-titled debut album, the soulful longing, “Breathe Again” and “Seven Whole Days”, or how about “Love Shoulda Brought You Home” an audience favorite from the film Boomerang starring Eddie Murphy, Robin Givens and Halle Berry? Toni came on the scene when R&B/pop music fans were craving for a smooth and soothing voiced songstress that can be compared to and ranked among the likes of loved artists such as Anita Baker and Whitney Houston. Because La Face Records knew of her talents, they wasted no... Read review

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