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Enya ‘And Winter Came’ radio campaign 3 Comments »

Next week Enya will be taking part in a radio campaign with a few television appearances in Britain and Ireland. Find the list below:

Radio 2 - Steve Wright interview - Thursday 20th Nov (between 2-5pm)
Ken Bruce - ‘tracks of my years’ - interview across every day - week commencing 8th December (between 9:30am - 12pm
Elaine Paige interview - Sunday 23rd Nov (between 1 - 2:30pm) - interview will be available online for one week
Smooth radio - Mark Goodier - ‘Take 5′ interview across every day - week commencing 24th Nov (10am - 1pm). - London, Glasgow, East Midlands, West Midlands, North East)
Magic FM - ‘Indulgence’ interview - Sunday 23rd Nov (7 - 8pm) - interview will be available online for one week
Radio 4 - Front Row - Broadcast on Tuesday 11th Nov
Forth 2 (Edinburgh) - Album Of The Week commencing 24th November on the Breakfast Show with Bob Malcolm.
Clyde 2 (Glasgow) - Album Of The Week next commencing 24th Nov on the Breakfast show with Mike Riddock.

Album of the week - UTV Radio Network - Signal 1, Pulse, Peak FM, 96.4 The Wave, Tower FM, Wire FM, Radio Wave, Wish FM, Valleys Radio, The Wolf, Imagine FM, Swansea Sound // Album Of The Week commencing 24th November on the Late night Love Show with Andy Martindale

Another ‘Heart Strings’ tour date No Comments »

Moya Brennan will be performing in Devon as part of her ‘Heart Strings’ tour in Spring 2009, the date is still to be confirmed. For more information on all dates so far, please check out our ‘Tour’ page. The concert will take place in one of the North Devon Threatres’ venues - still to be confirmed. For more information on all dates, you can join our mailing list or keep an eye at both the Clannad Newsblog and Moya Brennan’s Official website.

Moya Brennan & Friends at the Button Factory No Comments »

Moya Brennan will take to the stage along with friends Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh of Altan, Maighréad Ní Dhomhnaill and Tríona Ní Dhomhnaill for one night only. The event will take place on January 31st 2009 as part of the Temple Bar TradFest. This is the second time the singers have come together since ‘Ómós: a Concert for Mícheál’, a concert in memory of Mícheál Ó Domhnaill. To keep up to date, join our mailing list or bookmark this post! Click ‘Continue Reading…’ below to read the press release.

More info to come soon. Check out http://www.templebartrad.com (under construction).

Fun fact from Sophie - Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh was born on the same day as Enya!

Continue reading…

Enya performs for Pudsey (Update 2) No Comments »

UPDATE 15/NOV/2008: Watch the performance in Belfast’s King’s Hall here.

UPDATE 13/NOV/2008: Enya will perform for Children In Need at 1AM GB/IE (GMT) on BBC1 on Saturday morning. You can watch Enya live from Belfast here between 8 and 9pm: http://www.bbc.co.uk/northernireland/pudsey/watch.shtml

Original post (11/NOV/2008): Enya will be appearing on GMTV Live in two days time (Thursday 13th November). More importantly, Enya will be performing at ‘Children In Need’ and annual fundraising event hosted by the BBC, on Friday night, 15th November 2008. The British and Irish broadcast features world class musicians and will be hosted mainly by Terry Wogan who gave ‘Trains and Winter Rains’ its’ début broadcast. Clannad also released the very first official single for Children In Need in 1985 - ‘Almost Seems (Too Late To Turn)’.

To watch this event, you can switch to BBC1 and (throughout the night various times) BBC2. Parts of the event will also be broadcast on ABC in various US states and highlights (probably including the Enya broadcast) will be added to the BBC’s website. Children In Need raises millions during on day/night every year thanks to public fundraisers and phone-ins.

Support ‘Children In Need’ here!

New ‘Heart Strings’ cover (Updated!) No Comments »

UPDATE 14/NOV/2008: Edel Records have kindly send us a massive version of the cover to check out which will be part of this site’s design soon. You can look at it in our forum, it’s too big to post here (bandwidth-wise)…

ORIGINAL POST 13/NOV/2008: Thanks to the Clannad Newsblog, you can check out the new Heart Strings cover for Germany. Edel Records Germany are kindly going to send out out a much bigger version over the next few days, but you can check out a medium sized version by clicking on the thumbnail on left. For more information on this release which could well be used in other countries in Europe aside from Germany, please keep an eye on this blog or click here to subscribe to out newsletter. Also, scans of the booklet coming next week!

Translate Northern Skyline No Comments »

I noticed that a lot of Clannad, Moya Brennan and Enya fans don’t use English as a first language (at home/work etc.) so you can now translate it on the homepage with the Google translator in the side bar. If you need any help click on ‘Mail’ above to email someone here or join the forum if you want. Google translations are now far more accurate so the tool will hopefully be handy for some of you :]

Click on the image on the left to see where it is located if you can’t find it.

Rob

‘Sanctuary’ concert set list No Comments »

I’m in Starbucks in the stunning walled city of Derry having a wee fairtrade coffee (they have wireless and I can email an order downstairs - technology these days!). I hope you’re all doing well. You can check out the setlist for tonight’s concert (a few additional songs are likely to occur throughout) on the Sanctuary blog. Click here to view the blog entry. As well as that, there is a lovely article with contributions from Moya Brennan, Mary Coughlan and Joseph McGilloway OSB. I’ll hopefully get to post again before heading into the city centre!

Mairéad inspired by Moya & Clannad 2 Comments »

Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh, as the excitement builds up about the release of her first solo album and live Altan album, has talked about how she formed a band.

Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh is outlining how fellow Donegal girl, Moya [Brennan] inspired her to want to sing in a band. Mairéad, who uses her own gorgeous voice in Altan, remembers “the likes of Clannad were starting when I was getting interested in music. There was also The Bothy Band,” she says. “And that was all very influential because they were local people and I was thinking, ‘They are from here and are able to do that.’ It gives you encouragement in your dreams.” Read Full Interview

Mairéad performed at the Leo’s Tavern anniversary concert with Clannad, Moya’s band and Manus Lunny. Pictures are here. For more information, visit Mairéad’s Official website here.

Lyrics to Enya’s ‘And Winter Came’ No Comments »

Official lyrics to five of the tracks on Enya’s ‘And Winter Came’ album have been released. Many of you who have the booklet will have the lyrics just today, others may still be waiting on their copy or on the album to be released in their area. Here are the official lyrics for five of the tracks on ‘And Winter Came’ with others coming very soon. All lyrics are by Roma Ryan. Lyrics will soon be added to our discography section, in developement. We have over 450 songs listed with more to come, to bare with us.

[lyrics to be moved to discography]

Moya & The Priests on PBS No Comments »

As posted earlier, Moya Brennan appeared as a special guest at The Priests’ concert in St. Patricks Roman Catholic Cathedral in Armagh. The concert, which is to be released as a DVD will receive its début broadcast nationally in the USA on November 29th. For the setlist, click here (songs on which Moya Brennan will perform are marked). For all US times of broadcast district-by-disctrict, state-by-state broadcast times, keep an eye on this post, or join our mailing list.