Clannad & Moya Brennan News

Moya Brennan Band member and emerging solo singer Sinéad Madden has worked with Walton’s School of Music in Dublin for a few years now. ’101 Irish Fiddle Tunes’, her first collection of fiddle tunes is now available and was published quietly in February 2008. The book, and accompanying album were specially chosen by Sinéad Madden [...]

Celtic Connections’ Artistic Director and Capercaillie bandsman Donald Shaw has announced most of the programme for Celtic Connections 2010. The festival was where Clannad started their reunion tour after more than a decade off the road, in the Glasgow Royal Concert Hall. It has been announced that Moya Brennan will be performing alongside English folk [...]

Sinéad Madden, whose new website is now live (click here) is currently working on her second studio album, working along with the amazing Bill Shanley at Cauldron Studios in Dublin. Bill has worked with amazing artists including The Kinks Frontman Ray Davies, Sinéad O’Connor, Paul Brady, Emmylou Harris, Cisco, Clannad, Ronan Keating, Brian Kennedy, Van [...]

Sinéad Madden got runner-up prize in the Irish Song of the Year Contest for her song ‘Someone Else’ from her new album ‘Honey Promises’. The song was described at the contest as “an immaculate meoldy that captures both heart and soul.” Congratulations to Sinéad, singer and fiddler with the Moya Brennan band

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!

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 [...]

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. [...]

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 [...]

UPDATE 14/JUL/2009: You can now check out the video below of Sinéad on ‘Imeall’. The track name insn’t given, but we’re guessing it’s ‘Someone Else’. Pop over to iTunes to download the album! Lyrics coming soon! Check out Sinéad’s MySpace page and website for more information! . ORIGINAL POST 18/APR/2009: Sinéad Madden of the Moya [...]

Hazel O’Connor will perform a special concert along with Cormac de Barra of the Moya Brennan band and his brother Ruairí de Barra. The concert at the national concert hall will heavily feature traditional songs and is rumoured by O’Connor fans to be running up to a new album (forum search!). O’Connor’s last album featured [...]