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Post by Admin on Dec 4, 2015 20:53:17 GMT
Not unlike U2, The Corrs are subjected to a good deal of scorn in their native country. Is it the fact that they’ve sold 40 million albums of cod Celtic pop as better Irish acts founder in commercial oblivion? Is it the perception that they’re peddling a rather prettified, outdated vision of Ireland? Well either way, the Dundalk siblings have reformed after a decade’s break during which some of them pursued solo careers and raised families, and at least one band member took an urgent interest in extraterrestrial life, the Illuminati, and the glaringly obvious fact that 911 was an inside job. The production here doesn’t help. White Light sounds compressed and pro-tooled to an inch of its own personality. On opening track, I Do What I Like, Andrea Corr sings a strong melody but is let down by studio-based blandness. Unconditional introduces an interesting chord change that ups the temperature from lukewarm to low simmer and some of the melodies here are very pretty indeed. Strange Romance is a fine heartbreak song with one of Andrea’s better vocal performances and the Brooklyn referencing Ellis Island has some fine Wilson Phillips style harmonising. Harmony also delves into Irish history books and amps up the fife and drum like a toned down version of Simple Minds’ egregious Belfast Child. The enjoyable jaunty and pure Gerry’s Reel, the band’s tribute to their late father, Gerry, is one of the best things here and Kiss of Life has spark but what White Light really lacks is welly, spirit, and killer tunes. It’s insipid, it’s thin and the breathy vocal and synth wash begins to sound like the swirly soundtrack to a Cecelia Ahern mini-series made for German TV. It’s almost as if The Corrs were afraid to break free and live it up with these new songs. However, the FM friendly AOR of White Light (there is very little white heat here) is a market-calibrated success. Fans will rejoice and those detractors will watch in wonder as The Corrs sashay to the top of global charts and sell out their gigs in Belfast and Dublin in the New Year.
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Post by Admin on Jan 21, 2016 20:38:45 GMT
Last night’s show was the first date of their first tour in 10 years, after the quartet took time out to raise families and pursuing solo careers. Somewhat annoyingly, parenthood appears to have been very kind to The Corrs. Unlike their fans, they don’t seem to have aged a day or put on an ounce in weight. All dressed in black, they quickly blew away the musical cobwebs with Do What I Like, one of several impressive tracks from sixth studio album White Light. All the hits were there: What Can I Do?, Runaway, Radio, So Young, Breathless, Give Me A Reason, Only When I Sleep and a truly memorable Dreams, the old Fleetwood Mac song. For the (almost) unplugged middle section, Andrea played a ukelele and Caroline swapped her drum kit for a bodhran as they recreated the feel of a Dublin boozer. Throughout, Andrea’s clipped vocals were sublime – one moment vulnerable, the next incredibly powerful. And she sang in perfect harmony with her sisters on Ellis Island. Rock/folk hybrid Toss The Feathers brought the 105-minute show to an end and it was the perfect way to remember The Corrs should they take another ten years to return.
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Post by Admin on Jan 25, 2016 20:39:38 GMT
The Corrs’ album, Talk on Corners, was the UK’s highest-selling LP of 1998, eclipsing offerings from Madonna, Robbie Williams and The Verve. Siblings Andrea, Sharon, Caroline and Jim Corr, from County Louth in Ireland, specialised in a pleasantly inoffensive brand of Irish folk-pop: all tin whistles, dewy harmonies, violins and bodhrán drums. It was thoroughly unhip – the band were never likely to bother the pages of NME – but it sold by the truckload. For a while, at the end of the 20th Century, The Corrs were bona fide pop royalty. Then in 2006 they went on hiatus. Now, a decade and eight children later, they’re back. Their sixth album, While Light, was released in November. While not reaching Talk on Corners levels (of 2.7 milion), it has sold a respectable 100,000 copies in the UK. And if their now middle-aged fans remain strait-laced, they also remain loyal: the cavernous O2 was packed. It soon became clear that The Corrs perform three types of song. There’s the mid-paced pop number with a “Celtic breakdown” – violin and tin whistle – two-thirds of the way through. There’s the all-out ballad, such as What Can I Do. Then there’s the traditional Irish fare. They’re all reasonably enjoyable, but after a while you want a touch more variety. You crave a surprise in the Irish stew.
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Post by Admin on Feb 14, 2016 20:20:54 GMT
ORGANISERS of Blenheim Palace’s Nocturne concerts have described the addition of Irish band The Corrs to their line-up as “an opportunity not to be missed”. The multi-million selling Irish siblings join Elton John on the bill for a four-day series of shows at the Woodstock stately home on Friday, June 24. Nocturne director Ciro Romano said: “We set the bar incredibly high by announcing Sir Elton as our first headliner, so we’re delighted with the news that a band of the quality and stature of The Corrs will also be performing.
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Post by Admin on Apr 11, 2016 20:24:46 GMT
The Corrs have revealed that performing in front of their children for the first time made them finally see “what their mammies and daddies did for a living.” The siblings, Andrea, Jim, Caroline and Sharon Corr, took a 10 year break from music to focus on starting their own families – and now they have eight children between them. “The first time they got to see us perform together was in Hyde Park,” Jim told the Press Association. The family band also admitted that it can be hard on parents who lived a superstar lifestyle before settling down, and not be able to fully share what the experience was like. “I think it’s hard on parents, and especially if you’re a stay-at-home mum, and you know that you had a life before and that your children never get to really acknowledge that or know that other side of you,” Caroline admitted.
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