Blog: State Magazine

At Christy Moore's Royal Festival Hall performance in The Southbank Centre, he admits that when he first started playing live shows in London, the venues were a little less glamorous, and payment was usually in pints rather than pounds. Four decades later, and with a pint of water now his choice of poison, Moore, along with Declan Synott, can still deliver a show that packs a punch. Moore’s biggest talent on the live circuit, is his ability in keeping with the tradition of folk music’s anecdotal practice. With each song, many of which he either borrows or covers [...]