The Hump

On the topical studio album "25 Years Later" eager The Kelly Family with an absorbing mixture of original tracks well-functioning anew of the "Over The Hump" landmark, to date to unpublished pieces from the same era as well as brand-new songs – a harmonious building of a bridge between the past and the present which found his continuation also in the next "25 Years Over The Hump" tour.

Almost Heaven is the tenth regular studio album by European-American pop group The Kelly Family. Based on a concept by Dan Kelly, it was co-produced by Kathy and Paddy Kelly and released in 1996 throughout most of Europe. Following the major success of previous albums Over the Hump and Christmas for All and the number-one single "I Can't Help Myself," the album debuted number-one in Austria, Germany and Switzerland. It also entered the top 5 in the Netherlands and Norway and made it to the top 20 in Belgium. Almost Heaven eventually sold more than three million copies worldwide, making it the band's second biggest-selling release to date.

Sie ist eine Power-Frauen der Country Music, vergleichbar mit einer Rhonda Vincent. Zwar steht Allison Moorer nicht so sehr im kommerziellen Rampenlicht, beeindruckt aber in vielleicht noch stärkerem Maße mit ihrem künstlerischem Durchsetzungsvermögen. Sie hat eine eigene Art entwickelt, ungewöhnliche Geschichten auf ebenso ungewöhnliche Art zu erzählen. Allison Moorer schreibt ihr Songs fast ausnahmslos selbst und trägt sie mit einer unter die Haut gehenden abwechslungsreichen Stimme vor.