Clannad - Two Sisters

Clannad are a Grammy Award-winning Irish musical group, from Gweedore (Gaoth Dobhair), County Donegal. Their music has been variously described as bordering on folk and folk rock, Irish, and New Age. They are known for performing in various languages, including English, Latin, Gàidhlig, Mohican and most of all in their native tongue, Irish.

Clannad are Moya Brennan (born Máire Ní Bhraonáin), Ciarán Brennan (born Ciarán Ó Braonáin), Pól Brennan (born Pól Ó Braonáin), Noel Duggan (born Noel Ó Dúgáin) and Pádraig Duggan (born Pádraig Ó Dúgáin).

Clannad first made their mark in the folk and traditional scene in the 1970s in Ireland and Europe, they subsequently went on to bridge the gap between traditional celtic music and pop music in the 1980s and 1990s with albums such as Macalla and Anam. During their successful career they toured the world extensively and gained fans in every major territory. Lead singer Moya Brennan and her sister Enya have also enjoyed huge success as solo artists. The band won a Grammy Award in 1998 for Best New Age Album, and their record sales exceed the 15 million mark. They are also regarded as the band which, for the first time, put Irish traditional music and the Irish language on the world stage and paved the way for many other Irish artists.

After ten years disbanded, the five original members of Clannad reunited on stage at the Celtic Connections Festival in February 2007 in Glasgow. They expressed their wishes to release a new studio album, but no official announcements have been made as yet. Moya, Ciarán, Noel and Pádraig embarked on their first UK tour in over 10 years in the Spring of 2008, starting in Gateshead.

Category:

Music

Tags:

• irish
• music
• celtic
• new
• age
• gaelic
• gaeilge
• language
• gweedore
• folk

[UnionoftheBrits]

clanned are a fantastic band, nice to hear her sing in english. their celtic musinc is a great way to bind our two lands seperated by the sea. all irish have british blood, and all british have irish blood. if we will not be united politically, then will will be united through music...perhaps that is better.

[twainname]

A traditional song over time can have hundreds of different versions to it with know one knowing the exact original. The original was probably based on a real situation or a personal experience or idea that the author wanted to right down. The song gets sung and travels throughout the country with each singer putting a different spin on the tale. Years later you get hundreds of versions based off that one incident. Clannad, though are the reason why people sing any version of this tune. Original

[redsmash]

Suprising that a song about a jealous older sister pushing the younger into a brim, a greedy miller that just took the golden ring of the younger and left her to die, and as a result, the older sister and the miller being executed has a happy tune.

Sounds good though.

[Ben2China]

@twainname Ah but its hard to imagine any version was sung and played more finely than this one.

[GayGeisha]

For something that is so dark and so sad, this is very soothing.

[MrAbilio20]

nice

[louisa1832]

Sad song, but a beautiful arrangement.

[italianguerrilla]

hohoho! my gosh! Irish music is so riveting and there are a lot of ballads!! i love it!

[PhilowenAster]

@thessalonian71: OMG! OMG! You quoted G.K. Chesterton! I love that poem!

[MorningKillsDawn]

I'm a jew from Israel and even I can't believe that some people don't like this music. With such happy tunes and lovely folk-like rhythms. The Irish music is simply music that is easy to rely to and a great time listening to.

[martystuart1000]

for me my family the sherwoods....mockin bird hill darlings!

[DavePerry2012]

Put simply, this is a blessed musical family.

[DavePerry2012]

@torrinus But too young to die.

[ReverendTrask]

Almost too happy for the story being told.

[torrinus]

Maire Brennan and Ian Anderson would be a great duet, pity they are too old to rock-n-roll now

[XxShadowvalkyriexX]

@thelastamericandude 

[CarolvOdd]

@dagnab1 ...unless the Brits (literally) raped us during that whole oppressing-the-shit-out-of-you phase they went through...

[woodhd]

great version of this by tom waits on orphans

[muisire]

Many years ago I had the LP from which I first heard this magnificent performance of a great song.

It is still a big hitter as far as I am concerned.

[dagnab1]

@Sidcup12 thats right fuck that tell his angle self

[dagnab1]

@mynameisleeyesitis WELL WE CAN THANK ANGLE,SAXONS for joining with romans to exploit the celts rape steal ect.......

[dagnab1]

@thelastamericandude britons where celts not the other way god does any one know the real UNROMAN version of history

[dagnab1]

@UnionoftheBrits WHOW ALL IRISH DO NOT HAVE BRITISH BLOOD FUCK YOU WE CAME FIRST FUCK YOU

damn angle

[dagnab1]

@UnionoftheBrits WHOW ALL IRISH DO NOT HAVE BRITISH BLOOD FUCK YOU WE CAME FIRST FUCK YOU

[dnaivnae]

@thelastamericandude nope i ne'er knew til now....i barely passed History class. and me clan r descendants o' Celtic Warriors, i jus' sorta assumed they all were......shows wut i knowXD ime pretty sure ur las' question wasnt meant to 'urt me feelings.....but it did, do u know how hard it is to 'ave a learnin problem? and i dont watch any o' his movies, hes a rite fowl bastard who should jus' die for hittin his ex!

[thelastamericandude]

@dnaivnae You do realize the Celts were British long before the English don't you? The English didn't enter Britain until around the years 400-600ad. The Celts were already British and in fact are sort of "more" British than the English in that sense.  Also, what's this notion of "Celtic Warrior" do you really think all the Celts were all warriors and none of the English were? Do you just learn history from Mel Gibson movies?

[maxp0w3r]

This is a beautiful song.