Artist: Tony Christie
Album: The Great Irish Song Book
Genre: Pop, Folk, Acoustic
Release Date: 2015/2019
Audio Format:: FLAC (tracks) 24 bit, 88,2 kHz
Duration: 46:59
Total Tracks: 12
Total Size: 868 MB

Tracklist:

1. Tony Christie – Cliffs of Dooneen (03:04)
2. Tony Christie – On Raglan Road (04:40)
3. Tony Christie – The Banks of the Lee (03:55)
4. Tony Christie – Spancil Hill (03:41)
5. Tony Christie – Star of the County Down (03:25)
6. Tony Christie – When You Were Sweet Sixteen (03:58)
7. Tony Christie – Lord Franklin (04:00)
8. Tony Christie – She Moved Through the Fair (05:09)
9. Tony Christie – Carrickfergus (04:26)
10. Tony Christie – The Black Velvet Band (04:46)
11. Tony Christie – Wild Mountain Thyme (02:27)
12. Tony Christie – The Parting Glass (03:24)

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This album is not an idiosyncratic whim dreamed up over a few “jars” at the local pub, but brings to light an aspect of Tony Christie the artist (real name: Anthony Fitzgerald) which many won’t have expected. The songs have profited immensely from the contemporary arrangements, making the “golden oldies” shine with a new brilliance. Various successful albums tipped the vote away from naming the production „Simply in Love with Irish Music“ or alternatively „Made in Northeim“. Quite deservedly, this album has been called „The Great Irish Songbook” – the current album of the „Great Irish Singer“ Tony Christie.With this recording Tony Christie traces his family roots, which are very definitely in Ireland (not Amarillo). Like many of his generation, his great-grandfather went over to England looking for work. The legacy he left behind was a button accordion on the living-room cupboard and the songs of Ireland in the hearts of his family.

This is really Tony Christie’s masterful musical homage to his heritage and his ancestors. For his fans and all other interested parties this album is a very gratifying and uplifting journey to the mysteries of the Irish-Celtic music culture – modern and in excellent sound quality.