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Clannad

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  • Genre: Folk

    Location IE

    Profile Views: 216453

    Last Login: 4/6/2010

    Member Since 4/29/2006

    Website www.clannad.ie

    Record Label Atlantic/Wea

    Type of Label Major

  • Bio

    .. Clannad is an Irish musical group, from Gweedore, County Donegal. Their music has been variously described as being folk music, new age, and Celtic. Clannad are Máire Ní Bhraonáin, Ciarán Brennan, Pól Brennan, Noel Duggan and Pádraig Duggan. Eithne Ní Bhraonáin (Enya Brennan), Máire's sister, used to be a member of the group in the early Eighties. The band won a Grammy Award in 1999 for Best New Age Album. Clannad, whose name is taken from an Clann as Dobhar meaning the family from Dore, was formed by the Brennan family in 1970. Máire, Ciarán and Pól Brennan joined uncles Noel and Pádraig Duggan and began performing in their father Leo's tavern. Máire's sister, Enya, joined the band in 1979 and left three years later to pursue a successful solo career. Máire has also enjoyed a simultaneous career as a solo singer, starting with her 1992 album entitled Máire, and recently altered the spelling of her name to Moya Brennan. "Harry's Game", the group's theme song for a television thriller, prominently featured in the film Patriot Games, was also used in a commercial for Volkswagen in 1992, and won Clannad newfound popularity in the United States. Another hit was the 1985 song "In a Lifetime" with Bono of U2. Their song, "I Will Find You", is part of the soundtrack for the 1992 film The Last of the Mohicans. The mega-selling album "Lore"(1996) also gave some thought to the Native American Indians. On "Trail Of Tears". Noel Duggan imagined how it felt to be exiled from your ancestral land. He was also thinking about these people and their connection with the Irish. How for instance, these distant American cousins had sent money to Ireland during the potato famine of the Nineteenth Century. Their Grammy in 1999, (their third nomination) was in recognition for the "Landmarks"(1998) record, which was once again sited in the heartland of Donegal, shaped by the mountains, the glens and the sea-lashed shores of Gweedore. In "Of This Land" Moya sings about Ireland, of its past and of its future. The track "Fadó" translates as "Long Ago", which once again demonstrates the influence of old Celtic history on Clannad's music. In 2003, Clannad released the best of album, "In A Lifetime", which is one of their biggest selling albums to date. Clannad have gone from strength to strength, and from their early days have created a massive fan base. The youngest of the siblings, Máire's sister and goddaughter, has just begun her road to Brennan success, her name, Brídín Brennan.
  • Members

    Máire Ní Bhraonáin, Ciarán Brennan, Pól Brennan, Noel Duggan, Pádraig Duggan, Eithne Ní Bhraonáin (member in the 80's)
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  • Jarun

    Visit us on Facebook at: http://www.facebook.com/jarunband

    New album out now!



    6 months ago
  • Marek Dusil & Youngblood

     Hallo !
    Because I love Your music, I can´t imagine, that Your influence couldn´t be have in our music. You can taste Czech folk- rock:

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    Our debut album! Ahoj !

    9 months ago
  • Ricardo Flores


        Here I am leaving some love on your page after a while of a brief absence. Please forgive me if I am not commenting as often as I used to, but I’ve been in the process of getting braces, and I’ve been trying to do some extra work on my place as I am trying my best to keep improving my life.

        You are not forgotten, you are loved today like I loved you yesterday, and I will love you tomorrow. I was here yesterday, I am here today, and I will be here tomorrow; whether I comment once a week or once in a while, I think of you and the seed of our friendship as it grows along with us every day, month, or year.

        I also want to express the deep sorrow I feel about the recent tragedy that took place on Aurora, Colorado., USA. My thoughts & prayers are with the people who lost a loved one, and let us pray that it may never happen again.

    “In Memoriam.”
    To the innocent victims of Aurora, Colorado,
    July 20th, 2012.
    They will never be forgotten.
    Heaven is welcoming new Angels as it open its doors.
    God bless them all.
    ✥Ricardo✥

    9 months ago
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    Salut , Je te donne le lien youtube du dernier cover enregistré au www.studiodecibel.com un chanteur guitariste amateur de la région fan d Alan Parson reprend : Eyes in the Sky. Voiçi le lien :http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pHdmdbfq2mM Pour me rejoindre sur facebook la (for the add) : https://www.facebook.com/studiodenregistrementdecibel Heureux d avoir fait ta connaissance, Pierre.

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    1 year ago
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  • Ricardo Flores



    May your new year be a very prosperous one. I wish you health, love, and happiness.
    ღRicardoღ

    1 year ago
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     All Tracks on itunes.com/okusdolphin ♫♪
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    1 year ago
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      When a fighter come to a decisive time he must stand on the celestial floatting bridge , a place where the spirit of Gods , Buddhas and men collide , a place where time diseappear and loss and victory have already have been decided according to the dharma.You can hear him sing the kototamas or magic letters at the beginning of that song : Ame-no-Uke Ashi (the celestial bridge) :http://snd.sc/r89BBD

    1 year ago
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