Clannad & Moya Brennan News

Sinéad Madden’s new album, ‘Honey Promises’ is NOW available to download! The album is just gorgeous. Information on Sinéad’s début album is available on her official website (coming soon) and on her MySpace page. Sinéad’s album features songs written with Fionán de Barra, Madden’s own arrangments and gorgeous vocals with accompaniment from Moya Brennan and [...]

UPDATE 24 MAY 2009, 3:23PM: It’s hard to find samples of the album, so here are some we made earlier [= More information on who appears on the tracks coming the minute the album arrives. o1. The Bright Blue Rose – with Kate Rusby o2. Mo Sheamuseen – with Tim O’Brien?? o3. Arrow – with [...]

We’re delighted to be able to share with you a medium sized version of the ‘Honey Promises’ album cover. ‘Honey Promises’ is the début album from Sinéad Madden, a member of the Moya Brennan band and an amazing Irish singer and fiddle player. To view a larger version, click on the thumbnail, then click for [...]

Sinéad Madden, fiddler and singer from the Moya Brennan band, is soon to launch her new website. The holding page looks so cool, and you can check out a thumbnail of the finished album cover. The album, ‘Honey Promises’, which is due for launching in May is Sinéad’s début. You can listen to samples of [...]

Orla Fallon, who worked with Clannad’s The Duggans on their début album ‘Rubicon’, will release a second solo record. Orla spent a couple of years touring with Celtic Woman but announced a couple of months ago that she’d take a break because wanted more time for her family and solo career. In 2000 she released [...]

You can now rent the Priests live DVD featuring Moya Brennan, perfect for those Moya fans who aren’t big tenor fans. It will soon be available to download as well. If you are in the UK, you can rent it online at LoveFilm. Most countries have an equivalent service, all of which (outside of Ireland) [...]

Sinéad Madden, of the Moya Brennan band, has announced that she will launch her début album, ‘Honey Promises’ on 5th May 2009 at 8pm. The event will take place at the The Academy in Abbey Street, Dublin. You can listen to songs from ‘Honey Promises’ and a beautiful version of Summerfly featuring Moya Brennan at [...]

Ashley Davis, who we have posted about almost a year ago, has just released her new album ‘Down By The Sea’, recorded in the home of Moya Brennan. Moya features throughout the album on vocals, as do Cathy Jordan (fun duet) from Dervish and Paddy Moloney from The Chieftains, AND Joanie Madden from Cherish The [...]

You can listen to six tracks from Cór Mhuire na Doirí Beaga on YouTube. The choir is arranged by Baba Bn. Uí Bhraonáin, the mother of Moya Brennan, Enya and Brídín Brennan and is mother to three from Clannad, sister to the Duggan brothers. Moya and Enya regularly perform with the choir throughout the year, [...]

The DVD of The Priests’ live concert in Armagh Cathedral to launch their début album is now available! The DVD features Moya Brennan, Liam O’Flynn, James Galway and Lady Galway! Moya performs Clannad favourite ‘Dúlamán’, ‘Perfect Time’, which she performed for Pope John Paul II a few years back, and ‘Bí Thusa ‘mo Shúile’ (Be [...]