Clannad & Moya Brennan News

Pól Brennan, founder and former Clannad member will again perform at Féile Ealaíne an Earagail – The Errigal Arts Festival. The féile (festival) finalé will take place on July 18th at An Grianán in Letterkenny. Pól will be joined by Guo Yue (with whom he recorded the ‘Trísan’ album for Peter Gabriel’s Real World Records) [...]

As part of the Earagail Arts Festival, an evening of music, talks and conversations looking back at the history of Leo’s Tavern will take place on July 9th 2010. Tábhairne Leo proprietor Bartley Brennan along with Leo himself & sister Moya Brennan will recount stories of the early days on tour with Clannad. Special new [...]

Pól Brennan has composed the music for the November 2009 film ‘Dust’. The short film is set in Dublin in the year 2007. From the press release the storyline comes across very profound, we bet it’s a brilliant film and can’t wait to get it! “Dust is a film about people’s fear of getting involved [...]

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 [...]

Fresh and rejuvenated from a lengthy set of tours, their last together in April, the full Norland Wind group will visit Ireland for two concerts. One in Ireland and one in Britain, the concerts are not to be missed! Noel & Pádraig Duggan from Clannad are members of the band, along with Máire Breatnach, whose [...]

Deirdre Brennan, a core artists in Donegal’s An Cosán Glas (The Green Path) and the educational Saothar Ealaíon (Artworks) has made some gorgeous sculptures which were launched in 2009. Deirdre, the sister of Moya Brennan, Enya and regular singer on Clannad’s tours, has been one of Donegal’s best known artists since the founding of the [...]

Thomas Loefke, founder of Norland Wind, the band which Noel & Pádraig Duggan perform with is to launch his new album with Lutz Gerlach in under a fortnight. ‘Silent Conspiration’ is made up of tunes the duo have composed, including many by Gerlach. The album, released in November 2008 will have its first launch at [...]

Enya has personally congratulated the winners of the Loxian Games by recorded a message in English and Loxian, as well as a (shorter) message in Gaeilge (Irish Gaelic) to the winners. You can listen to the messages online here at Northern Skyline by joining our mailing list, or by listening here if you are able [...]

“Blown away by talented Norland Wind“: the band have certainly made an amazing impression on concert goers in Liverpool. You can read the review by Click Liverpool’s Jeanette Smith. The writer has confirmed that Norland Wind, featuring Thomas Loefke and Clannad’s Noel and Pádraig Duggan, will return to play in St. George’s Hall in Liverpool, [...]

Read the article by the witty Vicky Anderson over at the Liverpool Daily Post on Norland Wind. Note: All UK tour related articles will appear in this post, so keep an eye out here or click ‘Share This’ above to bookmark!