CLANNAD
''CHRIST CHURCH CATHEDRAL''
FEBRUARY 25 2013
74:12
1/Thíos Chois Na Trá Domh
Traditional/3:57
2/Dtigeas a Damhsa
Traditional/1:34
3/Crann Úll
Traditional/3:39
4/Na Buachaillí A'lainn
C. Brennan / P. Brennan/2:56
5/Eleanor Plunkett
Traditional/3:07
6/Mhaire Bruineall
Traditional/1:19
7/Buachaill Ón Éirne
Traditional/3:30
8/Newgrange
C. Brennan/5:22
9/Éirigh is Cuir Ort Do Chuid Éadaigh
Traditional/3:59
10/Mhorag's Na Horó Gheallaidh
Traditional/2:05
11/Robin of Sherwood: The Hooded Man/Ancient Forest/Lady Marian/Action [From Robin]
C. Brennan / P. Brennan/6:21
12/Caislean Óir
C. Brennan/2:28
13/In a Lifetime
C. Brennan / P. Brennan/3:39
14/I Will Find You [From Last of the Mohicans]
C. Brennan/4:34
15/Theme From Harry's Game
C. Brennan / P. Brennan/3:01
16/Dúlamán
Traditional/7:14
17/Down By the Sally Gardens
Traditional / William Butler Yeats/5:18
18/Nil Sè Ina Lá
Traditional/5:58
19/Teidhir Abhaile Riú
Traditional/4:11
Anúna/Guest Artist
Miriam Blennerhassett/Vocals
Liam Bradley/Instrumentation
Máire Breatnach/Guest Artist, Viola, Violin, Vocals (Background)
Ciarán Brennan/Group Member
Moya Brennan/Group Member
Pól Brennan/Group Member
Owen Clarke/Vocals
Ian Curran/Vocals
Éamonn de Barra/Guest Artist, Keyboards
Elaine Donnolly/Vocals
Noel Duggan/Group Member
Padraig Duggan/Group Member
Alice Gildea/Vocals
Aimee Gray/Vocals
Robbie Harris/Guest Artist, Percussion
Jane Hughes/Cello, Guest Artist
Brian Kennedy/Guest Artist
Daniel Macmanus/Vocals
Sinéad Madden/Guest Artist, Violin, Vocals (Background)
Eunan McDonald/Soloist
Regina McDonald/Vocals
Rory Musgrave/Vocals
Ian Parker/Instrumentation
Garrath Patterson/Vocals
Shane Sugrue/Vocals
Rachel Thompson/Vocals
Victoria Warwick/Vocals
Rebecca Winkworth/Vocals
BIOGRAPHY
by Stephen Thomas Erlewine
Clannad bridged the gap between traditional Celtic music and pop. Usually, their results were an entrancing, enchanting form of pop that managed to fuse the disparate elements together rather seamlessly. Such fusions have earned the band an international cult of fans.
Taking their name from the Gaelic word for "family," Clannad formed in 1970 when the Brennan family -- Maire (vocals, harp), Ciaran (vocals, guitar, bass, keyboards), Pol (guitar, percussion, flute, vocals) -- began playing at their father Leo's tavern with two of their uncles, Padraig Duggan (guitar, vocals, mandolin) and Noel Duggan (guitar, vocals). Soon afterward, the group began playing folk festivals in Ireland. They released their self-titled first album in 1973, yet the band didn't earn any widespread success until they toured Germany in 1975. Maire's sister, Enya, joined the group in 1980, but left in 1982, just as the group was beginning to come into some pop success in the U.K. Clannad recorded the theme song for the television program Harry's Game; the single hit number five on the charts and won the band an Ivor Novello Award. The band recorded the soundtrack to the television production Robin of Sherwood in 1984; it won a British Academy Award for best soundtrack the next year. Clannad's success continued in 1986, when U2's Bono was featured on the Top 20 hit "In a Lifetime." The band continued to release albums into the '90s, building their pop following without losing their folk audience. Landmarks, which was issued in early 1997, earned the group their first ever Grammy award, though it also signaled the beginning of a long hiatus from the stage, and an indefinite one in regards to the studio. Compilations like The Best of Clannad: In a Lifetime and solo projects from Noel and Pádraig (The Duggans) and Moya Brennan dominated the front half of the 2000s, culminating in a 2008 world tour that found Clannad traveling as far as Thailand.
''CHRIST CHURCH CATHEDRAL''
FEBRUARY 25 2013
74:12
1/Thíos Chois Na Trá Domh
Traditional/3:57
2/Dtigeas a Damhsa
Traditional/1:34
3/Crann Úll
Traditional/3:39
4/Na Buachaillí A'lainn
C. Brennan / P. Brennan/2:56
5/Eleanor Plunkett
Traditional/3:07
6/Mhaire Bruineall
Traditional/1:19
7/Buachaill Ón Éirne
Traditional/3:30
8/Newgrange
C. Brennan/5:22
9/Éirigh is Cuir Ort Do Chuid Éadaigh
Traditional/3:59
10/Mhorag's Na Horó Gheallaidh
Traditional/2:05
11/Robin of Sherwood: The Hooded Man/Ancient Forest/Lady Marian/Action [From Robin]
C. Brennan / P. Brennan/6:21
12/Caislean Óir
C. Brennan/2:28
13/In a Lifetime
C. Brennan / P. Brennan/3:39
14/I Will Find You [From Last of the Mohicans]
C. Brennan/4:34
15/Theme From Harry's Game
C. Brennan / P. Brennan/3:01
16/Dúlamán
Traditional/7:14
17/Down By the Sally Gardens
Traditional / William Butler Yeats/5:18
18/Nil Sè Ina Lá
Traditional/5:58
19/Teidhir Abhaile Riú
Traditional/4:11
Anúna/Guest Artist
Miriam Blennerhassett/Vocals
Liam Bradley/Instrumentation
Máire Breatnach/Guest Artist, Viola, Violin, Vocals (Background)
Ciarán Brennan/Group Member
Moya Brennan/Group Member
Pól Brennan/Group Member
Owen Clarke/Vocals
Ian Curran/Vocals
Éamonn de Barra/Guest Artist, Keyboards
Elaine Donnolly/Vocals
Noel Duggan/Group Member
Padraig Duggan/Group Member
Alice Gildea/Vocals
Aimee Gray/Vocals
Robbie Harris/Guest Artist, Percussion
Jane Hughes/Cello, Guest Artist
Brian Kennedy/Guest Artist
Daniel Macmanus/Vocals
Sinéad Madden/Guest Artist, Violin, Vocals (Background)
Eunan McDonald/Soloist
Regina McDonald/Vocals
Rory Musgrave/Vocals
Ian Parker/Instrumentation
Garrath Patterson/Vocals
Shane Sugrue/Vocals
Rachel Thompson/Vocals
Victoria Warwick/Vocals
Rebecca Winkworth/Vocals
BIOGRAPHY
by Stephen Thomas Erlewine
Clannad bridged the gap between traditional Celtic music and pop. Usually, their results were an entrancing, enchanting form of pop that managed to fuse the disparate elements together rather seamlessly. Such fusions have earned the band an international cult of fans.
Taking their name from the Gaelic word for "family," Clannad formed in 1970 when the Brennan family -- Maire (vocals, harp), Ciaran (vocals, guitar, bass, keyboards), Pol (guitar, percussion, flute, vocals) -- began playing at their father Leo's tavern with two of their uncles, Padraig Duggan (guitar, vocals, mandolin) and Noel Duggan (guitar, vocals). Soon afterward, the group began playing folk festivals in Ireland. They released their self-titled first album in 1973, yet the band didn't earn any widespread success until they toured Germany in 1975. Maire's sister, Enya, joined the group in 1980, but left in 1982, just as the group was beginning to come into some pop success in the U.K. Clannad recorded the theme song for the television program Harry's Game; the single hit number five on the charts and won the band an Ivor Novello Award. The band recorded the soundtrack to the television production Robin of Sherwood in 1984; it won a British Academy Award for best soundtrack the next year. Clannad's success continued in 1986, when U2's Bono was featured on the Top 20 hit "In a Lifetime." The band continued to release albums into the '90s, building their pop following without losing their folk audience. Landmarks, which was issued in early 1997, earned the group their first ever Grammy award, though it also signaled the beginning of a long hiatus from the stage, and an indefinite one in regards to the studio. Compilations like The Best of Clannad: In a Lifetime and solo projects from Noel and Pádraig (The Duggans) and Moya Brennan dominated the front half of the 2000s, culminating in a 2008 world tour that found Clannad traveling as far as Thailand.
