Clannad & Moya Brennan News

Competition #1: The Winner

Robbi — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 19:31:05 +0000

The winner of our very first competition and the Julie Fowlis album ‘Uam’ is silverinches in Italy! The question was ‘What does the title of Julie Fowlis’ third album mean in English?’ – if you checked Julie Fowlis’s website, the answer is of course ‘From Me‘. The album is on the way, slightly later than promised [...]

Norland Wind on tour

Robbi — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 19:23:13 +0000

Norland Wind will be on tour from the 20th of this month. The Scandanavian/Irish band features Clannad founders Noel & Pádraig Duggan. During the tour, Pádraig will be unable to attend, but Noel who performs lead vocals along with Máire Breatnach and Kerstin Blodig and also plays various instruments is bound to give an amazing [...]

Happy birthday Cormac!

Methica — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 11:47:28 +0000

Today is Cormac DeBarra’s 37th birthday! So we at Northern Skyline want to wish Cormac a very happy birthday! May many musical years follow! Cormac is Moya Brennan’s very talented harper and singer, as well as a cool television presenter. Cormac is up to so much! Lá breithe sona duit a Chormac, bain sult!

Competition #1: Win Julie Fowlis’ new album ‘Uam’

Robbi — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 22:14:14 +0000

Northern Skyline has a new design. Content is a complete mess, but it’s much cleaner than before [= comment on what you'd like to see, and we promise we'll try our hardest. Also, submit your top 5 videos for inclusion by any Brennan/Duggan or related artist for the almost finished video section! The forum will [...]

Moya Brennan and Cormac de Barra on Irish Radio Network USA

Robbi — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 14:56:25 +0000

During her May 2009 East Coast US tour, Moya and harpist Cormac de Barra performed on Irish Radio Network, as well as Moya being interviewed, all on the Adrian Flannelly Show. Moya talks about the Clannad sound, tells us where the name Slieve Foy (Leo’s band) came from, her musical roots and much more. It’s [...]

1993: Bono calls Máire Ní Bhraonáin

Robbi — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 14:43:50 +0000

We did a teeny Google Book search, and found some really amazing things on Clannad! Imagine this: It’s July 3rd 1993, Clannad are celebrating their 20th birthday in Dublin. Bono calls Moya, during a U2 concert, and has 45,000 sing happy birthday to Clannad – ON THE PHONE! That one made me smile, read it [...]

‘The Very Best of Enya’ tracklist released

Robbi — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 08:29:39 +0000

Enya has released the tracklistings for her best of CD/DVD. You might want to buy all three for all of the tracks! I really love the tracklist for the releases, this tracklist will keep me going ages! Can’t wait for the release, what do you all think of the tracklist? Favourite tracklist from the three [...]

Moya Brennan interviews Anúna’s Michael McGlynn

Robbi — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 18:21:16 +0000

Moya Brennan, for her upcoming US chat-show, has interviewed Michael McGlynn, founder of Ireland’s greatest choir, Anúna, which was the starting point of Celtic Woman’s Méav Ní Mhaolchatha among many other great musicians. Moya, asking McGlynn about his earliest influences, found out that Clannad was one of the two bands that inspired the birth of [...]

Leo’s Tavern hosts festival: Féile Ceoil Leo

Robbi — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 22:25:56 +0000

Leo’s Tavern is to host its very own festival in the Autumn of 2010: Féile Ceoil Leo is due to take place from 11-13th September 2010, with dates yet to be confirmed. We’ll keep you up to date as time goes on (click for mailing list), but according to Ireland’s official tourism website, a few [...]

Enya nominated for Grammy award: Best Album Cover

Robbi — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 13:40:55 +0000

Enya has been nominated for a Grammy award for her ‘And Winter Came…’ album. Roma left the following message: “Enya, Nicky and Roma are delighted to announce that the cover artwork design for ‘And winter came’ has been nominated for a Grammy award” at Enya.com Despite it being my least favourite Enya cover, good luck to [...]

‘The Very Best of Enya’ cover

Robbi — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 13:36:43 +0000

Here is the cover for Enya’s new ‘The Very Best of Enya’ compilation, the first since ‘Paint The Sky With Stars‘. The album’s cover was made available on Enya’s official website at midnight. To download the cover head over there or click on the picture to the left, it’s pretty big for any fansite owners [...]

Enya’s Loxian Games begin!

Robbi — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 13:16:38 +0000

Enya’s Loxian Games have just begun on Roma Ryan’s official website! Design a new banner, follow other tips and join in on the very first game ‘The Nightflowers’ now on the official Loxian Games website! Find the right book and follow the clues to win a prize at the end of the games. You only [...]

Moya Brennan to perform at Dutch Fantastyval (updated)

Methica — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 16:37:40 +0000

UPDATED 8/SEPT/09: Tickets are not abailable for the October 16th show online at Fantastyval’s website. Moya Brennan will be doing a performance at a Dutch Fantasy Festival called Fantastyval. Moya Brennen will be performing there on friday October 16th. Tickets cost €24,50 and include a free entry on one of the Fantastyval days. Besides Moya perfoming there, [...]

Moya Brennan to do LA film soundtrack & interview

Robbi — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 11:26:25 +0000

Thanks to a post on the official Moya Brennan forum (go join in!), we know that Moya is to do a track for a movie. Moya was in Los Angeles in the great US to record the track. As well as that, Moya has more tracks for ‘Intrepid Journal’! Moya has done tracks for the [...]

New website coming soon…

Robbi — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 15:27:28 +0000

A new design should be up, email us over at the contact page with anything you’d like to see on the website! Niamh, Ezra, Killiney and I are busy with work/college etc., so best to email! The design will be nice and shiny and bright and simple, promise! Ooooh, and it will have lots [...]

Fionán de Barra band’s new album!

Robbi — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 15:23:39 +0000

Fiddlers Bid, the band which Fionán de Barra (of the Moya Brennan band) is a member of have got their third album out. It is titled (the very catchy) ‘All Dressed In Yellow’! The first two are amazing, especially the harp playing. Fiddlers’ Bid concentrate a lot on music from the Shetland Islands in Scotland. [...]

Moya Brennan’s ‘O Jesus, Friend Unfailing’ just discovered…

Robbi — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 15:03:11 +0000

Doing a little search on Purashop today, we’ve found a brand new Moya Brennan song! It was recorded live at Focusfest 2001. ‘O Jesus Friend Unfailing’ from the live album The Sound of Grace also features the Solus Choir. Also on the album is Kristyn Lennox (aka Kristyn Getty, who wrote songs for the Brennan/Hogg/Becker [...]

Pre-order Órla Fallon’s new album!

Niamh — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 10:27:09 +0000

As we mentioned earlier this year, former Celtic Woman Órla Fallon, announced the release of her second solo album. As the release is coming closer and closer she posted at her myspace that you are able to pre-order her album which will be released at September 22nd. The album, Distant Shore, will be very different [...]

Moya Brennan adds her ‘piece’ to McPeake Mosaic

Robbi — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 19:10:05 +0000

Moya Brennan is one of a host of stars to pledge a donation and show admiration of Belfast’s Francis McPeake school of music. The school (which many locals here in and just outside west Belfast attend) is internationally renowned for traditional and folk teaching and performance, but is still open to all people, from all [...]

Moya Brennan with Celtic Tenors at Dublin Irish Festival, Ohio

Robbi — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 18:44:33 +0000

Moya Brennan has performed ‘Theme From Harry’s Game’ (Clannad) with The Celtic Tenors live at Dublin Irish Festival 2009 in Ohio, USA. A video of the rehearsal was made available by a guest on YouTube. Moya is accompanied by the tenors and a pianist. To check the video out, click here (YouTube). Moya most certainly [...]

Moya Brennan on Hyves

Methica — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 09:25:10 +0000

A special message to the Dutch fans! Recently a Hyves page has been created in honour of Moya Brennan. For those who don’t know what it is, Hyves is one of many social networking sites such as MySpace and Facebook. Hyves, however, was founded by people from the Netherlands and is mostly used by Dutch [...]

Moya Brennan begins production on US show

Robbi — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 15:04:43 +0000

Moya Brennan has started production on her upcoming US TV show ‘Sowing the Seed: Irish Music and the World’. Moya, who is globally known as a revolutionary in Irish music along with family band Clannad will host the programme, interviewing friends and fellow musicians such as Sinéad O’Connor, Mary Black, Damien Rice, Orlagh Fallon, Andrea [...]

Moya Brennan in new Ciarán Sweeney Dress

Robbi — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 18:33:03 +0000

A photo has been found of Moya in a new Ciarán Sweeney dress. Ciarán has been designing dresses for Moya since before 2004. We’ve added links below to some of the dresses that he was designed for Moya; each one hand-printed. The new photo on the left is stunning… I wonder what it was taken [...]

Comments back up!

Robbi — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 20:03:43 +0000

For a few months, comments on the website have been down, but they’re now back! You can leave a comment on our news and even comment using your Twitter or Facebook ID’s! Hope that helps, you can check out all the latest Clannad, Moya Brennan and family news on the main page of the website, [...]

Universal release Moya Brennan ‘Tara EP’

Robbi — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 18:43:55 +0000

Universal Records have released the rare Moya Brennan EP, ‘Tara’ as a digital download. This is the first time most fans will become familiar with the EP’s cover, Tara (single mix) and Schiller’s remix of ‘Show Me’, which was included on the rare physical ‘Show Me’ single. For more information, head over to iTunes, the [...]