Magical Ring

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a b c d Bacon, Tony (June 1985). "That Clannad Moment". One Two Testing (Jun 1985): 54–55 . Retrieved 29 June 2023– via Muzines.

Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, variant 2): 020 - E-0211 B-1 II H1 [etched] RCA PL-25462-B Made in Germany [stamped]Gaeltacht group release single". Irish Independent. 19 October 1974. p.7 . Retrieved 30 June 2023– via British Newspaper Archives. Moya Brennan. "Biography". Moyabrennan.com. Archived from the original on 9 September 2015 . Retrieved 22 March 2012. Entertainment News". Celtic-connection.com. Archived from the original on 19 January 2013 . Retrieved 7 May 2012. There's a feeling in all our music, an ambience that stems directly from where we were brought up and to have to define our sound, I always say that if they were to visit Gweedore they wouldn't need to ask."– Ciarán Brennan [64] a b c "Clannad - Winners of Harry's Game". Belfast Telegraph. 6 November 1982. p.10 . Retrieved 1 July 2023– via British Newspaper Archives.

The Brennans are Ireland's most successful music family; in 2005, the combined record sales of Clannad and Enya exceeded 70 million. [73] Leo Brennan (born Leopold Henry Brennan-Hardin) [74] and Máire "Baba" Duggan are the parents of the Brennan siblings Máire (Moya), Ciarán, Pól, Deirdre, Leon, [75] Eithne (Enya), Olive, Bartley, and Brídín. Brennan was a musician who played in an Irish showband, the Slieve Foy, and Duggan was an amateur musician who taught music at Gweedore Community School and lead the local choir, Cór Mhuire Doire Beaga. The family lived in Dore, a parish in Gweedore, County Donegal.In March 2008, Clannad began their first UK tour in over 12 years. [54] In May 2008, Clannad's version of the traditional song " Down by the Salley Gardens" was featured in the listening paper for Music GCSE from the Oxford, Cambridge and RSA Examinations exam board. Also in 2008, two compilation albums were released: Celtic Themes: The Very Best of Clannad and Beginnings: The Best of the Early Years. [55] In 2009, Clannad were nominated for an IMA Award for Best Revival Act. [56] [57] Popular Irish folk". Belfast Telegraph. 21 March 1977. p.3 . Retrieved 30 June 2023– via British Newspaper Archives.

Two minutes of haunting vocal magic—the sort of thing Clannad have been doing for years—and all of a sudden everybody wants to know who they are."Colin Irwin. CD sleeve notes - Clannad Beginnings: the Best of the Early Years - Demon Music Group 2008. Clannad resolutely advanced Irish folk music forever. It's also arguably their most progressive album, at a time, may I remind you, when "mainstream" prog had been largely abandoned, Those folkies always were Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, variant 1): 020 E-0211 B-1 H1 [etched] RCA PL-25462-B Made in Germany [stamped]

Mayfield, Geoff (9 August 1997). "Between the Bullets". Billboard. Vol.109, no.32. p.76 . Retrieved 30 July 2021. Airde". It reached an astounding #5 on the UK singles charts and helped "Magical Ring" become the first of many Clannad LPs to chart, Its reissue on 1990s releases and its use in, of all spots, a Volkswagon commercial, helped Clannad attain its highest chart placements in the New World.In October 1987, Clannad worked with American producers Greg Ladanyi and Russ Kunkel, drummer of James Taylor's band, on their next album, Sirius. The album was given a contemporary pop-influenced sound and production, creating the impression that it was recorded in the US, although it was recorded in the UK and mixed in Los Angeles. [30] Máire Brennan recalled that the band had been at an experimental stage at the time and said Ladanyi and Kunkel had not listened to their previous records. Ciaran thought the music had been "sandpapered down to be a radio-friendly album", and that the production had relied too heavily on a computer. [30] Sirius featured " Something to Believe In", a duet with Bruce Hornsby on vocals and keyboards, and guest appearances by Steve Perry and J.D. Souther. In February 1988, the band began a world tour which included dates across Europe, Australia and the US, to commemorate their fifteenth anniversary. [43] relevant again, and it would reverberate across the North Channel in RUNRIG classics like "An Ubhal as Clannad celebrate 20 years in style". Lincolnshire Echo. 19 July 1993. p.2 . Retrieved 13 July 2023.