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 Wednesday, May 31, 2000
Wednesday, May 24, 2000
Máire Brennan at Sopot Music Festival in Poland
Thanks to Moya in Poland for
telling us that it was announced on Polish TV that Máire Brennan, not Clannad, will appear in concert
at this year's Sopot Music Festival in
Poland on August 18th. We had earlier reported that Clannad as a group might appear
at Sopot, but this does not seem to be the case. Moya said no further details were announced.
Also, the complete schedule of artists who will appear at the Sopot Music Festival this
year has not been finalized and published. If anyone has further details, please let us know at
our email address clannad.news@ireland.com.
Sunday, May 14, 2000
Clannad Concert This August?
We have received a message from a reader
of the news page that there is a possibility that Clannad as a group will be playing at the
annual Sopot Music Festival in
Poland on August 18th. So far, this has been unconfirmed, but the Sopot Music Festival seems a likely venue for
the band to play since such groups as Altan have played at the Festival. If anybody knows any more information on this, please let us know at
our email address clannad.news@ireland.com. Is this going to be a one off event,
or will Clannad continue on with further shows in Europe? Nothing is known at this moment.
Interview with Máire Brennan
There is a fairly long
interview with
Máire Brennan available on-line from the U.K. Christian web site Tollbooth.org.
The interview was done back in November 1999 following a Máire Brennan concert at the
Knock Presbyterian Church in Belfast, Northern Ireland.
It seems parts of this interview had already been published elsewhere, but this
seems to be the complete interview.
Review of Máire Brennan "Whisper To The Wild Water"
The on-line edition of the UCLA paper,
The Daily Bruin, has
a short review of
Máire Brennan's "Whisper To The Wild Water" album available from their on-line archives. The review by
Cyrus McNally, done in January this year, is critical of the album, but not of Máire Brennan's voice.
Web Site Notes
This past week we
moved the main page for The Unofficial Clannad News Page to servers on
Eircom.net which
have been serving reliably as a mirror for the past several months. The new URL in case you
have not bookmarked it already is http://homepage.eircom.net/~clannad/index.html.
The reason for this move is due to technical problems with FTP access to our original
web site at Acmecity.com. The Acmecity web site will no longer be used and
all traffic will be redirected to the Eircom.net page.
A new live RealAudio
link has been added to our Internet Audio Recommendations list on the right grey bar of this
page. It is a new 24 hour live stream of the Irish language radio national network in
Ireland - Raidió Na Gaeltachta.
Raidió Na Gaeltachta not only serves as the premiere Irish language radio network,
but also features Gaelic songs and music programs throughout the day, including many songs
by Clannad. You will need the RealAudio 3.0 player or higher to listen to this
live stream.
Sunday, May 7, 2000
Special Máire Brennan Concert in Japan!
From the official Sony Music web page (Japan) we
find that Máire Brennan will perform live in concert on May 13th at 4:00 PM at National Okinawa Memorial Park
'Fountain Square' in Okinawa, Japan. The concert will feature Yasukatu Osima (from Ishigaki Island) and
Aoife Ni Fhearraigh (from Donegal) as an opening act with Máire Brennan as the main act.
There will also be a session with Máire Brennan and Aoife Ni Fhearraigh and Yasukatu Osima
and Seiji Noborikawa, a famous Okinawa tradional folk musician play Irish & Okinawa music. Many
thanks to Toshiyuki Fujita for
providing the translation for the Sony Music web page
and to Amelia for originally alerting to us about the concert in Japan. If anyone has more information
on this concert or Máire Brennan's visit to Japan, let us know at clannad.news@ireland.com.
Friday, May 4, 2000
Noel and Padraig Duggan Play Live on TG4 TV Show "Síbín" in Galway
A news item in the latest news section
of the official web site for the group Altan talks
about a recent airing of the TV show "Síbín" on TG4
(the Irish language national TV network in Ireland) in which Noel and Padraig Duggan
played live with a number of other musicians. The live TV show, shown on April 27th, had a distinctly Gaoth Dobhair flavor
with Francie Mooney (Proinnsias O Mhaonaigh), Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh's father
from the group Altan, featured on the show playing with the group and a number of other
musicians from the area and friends from the regular music session held in Tigh Hiudai Beags in Bunbeg,
Co. Donegal. Noel and Padraig Duggan, from Clannad, were joined by their
friend Thomas Loeftke (Norland Wind) who plays the harp and they spoke about their early days on stage.
The TV show "Síbín" features live music weekly every Sunday night on TG4 from
their studios in Galway.
If anybody taped this show, please let us know by email at clannad.news@ireland.com.
Pictures From the 30th Anniversary of Leo's Tavern
Some older news from back
in 1998. Thanks to Alan (living in the U.S. but part-time resident in Donegal) for putting up pictures of the 30th Anniversary Celebration of
Leo's Tavern held in
Meenaleck, Co. Donegal in July 19, 1998. The pictures show
Leo Brennan specially dressed up for the occasion. Also shown are Máire Brennan who
played a special performance joined by her sisters Dee and Bridín. Pól Brennan,
formerly of Clannad, also joined in the festivities with Leo Brennan leading the celebrations
throughout the night. Leo's Tavern is located in Meenaleck, Co. Donegal and is the place
where the group Clannad started. Leo Brennan can be seen regularly there with a sing
along performance nightly. Bartley Brennan, Leo's youngest son, is now owner and manager
of the pub established by Leo in 1968. (Thanks again to Alan for the link)
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