Clannad & Moya Brennan News

Clannad and Enya have both been nominated for Ireland’s Music Awards. Clannad sit in the ‘Best Revival Act’ category, while Enya sits in the best female vocalist group. Place three votes today for Altan, Clannad and Enya on this page! Also in Enya’s category are Cara Dillon, Heidi Talbot, Pauline Scanlon and other amazing singers, [...]

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 [...]

Moya Brennan’s album, ‘Heart Strings’, recorded live with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra has been reviewed in Ireland’s biggest music magazine, Hot Press, today. You can read the review with subscription, and check out a third ‘Heart Strings’ cover on the left!

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, [...]

During ‘T With the Maggies’, Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh (Altan), Moya Brennan (then Máire Brennan – Clannad) and Maighréad Ní Dhomhnaill (Skara Brae) talked about performing together before without the T (Tríona Ní Dhomhnaill). The concert was for Dónal Lunny. On YouTube you can watch the Maggies perform ‘An Mhaighdeán Mhara’ which all three have recorded [...]

You can watch a video from Moya Brennan’s Irish Christmas tour here, put together by a Moya fan. You can also watch Moya Brennan sing with her good friend, and amazing Gaelic singer Maighréad Ní Dhomhnaill. They sang ‘Éirigh Suas a Stóirín’ on the Late Late Show in Dublin a few years ago (10??), which [...]

click to enlarge Edel Records, who are the label group releasing ‘Heart Strings’ worldwide have announced the date for the Finnish release of the album, which Moya Brennan recorded live with The Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Thanks to Cantilena from Moya’s official forum, you can check out the release details on the official Edel Finland [...]