gdvsmit@watrose.UUCP (Riel Smit) (07/30/85)
Ever heard of Clannad?
Last weekend I watched a late-night movie, "Harry's Game" ( British, 1983).
It is set in Northern Ireland and is about a British undercover agent on
a mission to find an IRA assasin. As the movie ends (rather sadly), the
most beautiful Irish folk sounding (but then I might be completely wrong)
song is played in the background (female voice(s)). The titles gave
credit to Clannad for the final song, but no further information, not
even the song title - but then the titles rushed by so fast, I might
have missed something.
Does anyone know more about the group/singer and maybe record labels/names?
Riel Smit +1 519 888 4004
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CSNET: gdvsmit%watrose@waterloo.csnet BITNET: rs@watcsgjj@alice.UUCP (07/31/85)
Clannad is an Irish Gaelic folk group. They are on (if memory serves me right) Shanachie Records, who's home address is somewhere in North Jersey. I have lots of Clannad Records at home, and can provide more precise pointers if you'd like. They (as far as performance) are quite good, doing their music almost exclusively in Gaelic, with the occasional English-language <please, NOT English-derived> song. -- TEDDY BEARS MAY BECOME EXTINCT! HELP AN ENDANGERED SPECIES! "It was great when it all began, ..." (ihnp4/allegra)!alice!jj
barnett@ut-sally.UUCP (Lewis Barnett) (08/01/85)
> > Ever heard of Clannad? > > Last weekend I watched a late-night movie, "Harry's Game" ( British, 1983). ... > As the movie ends (rather sadly), the > most beautiful Irish folk sounding (but then I might be completely wrong) > song is played in the background (female voice(s)). The titles gave > credit to Clannad for the final song, ... > > Does anyone know more about the group/singer and maybe record labels/names? > > Riel Smit +1 519 888 4004 > UUCP: ...!{ihnp4,decvax,allegra,clyde,utzoo}!watmath!watrose!gdvsmit > CSNET: gdvsmit%watrose@waterloo.csnet BITNET: rs@watcsg Well, I know a little more, though not about the particular song you mention. Clannad is indeed an Irish group, from Donegal. I believe the vocalist you refer to is Maire Ni Bhraonain, and I also believe that the rest of the bad is in some way related to her. (That's second hand information, so don't quote me...) They formed in 1970 and won prizes at several Folk music festivals and competitions in Ireland. Their first album (Clannad) was released in 1973 and can now be found on Boot Records, ITB 4016. The only other album of theirs that I own is one called "Crann Ull," a completely marvelous collection of traditional tunes. It's on Tara Records, # 3007 (r. 1980). The band's sound has a dreamy, ethereal quality that I find quite irresistable -- whether that is a result strictly of the vocals and instrumental arrangements or of the production techniques used in recording the albums, I couldn't say. I don't know who their current record company is, but Flying Fish or Shanachie come to mind for some reason. Lewis Barnett,CS Dept, Painter Hall 3.28, Univ. of Texas, Austin, TX 78712 -- barnett@ut-sally.ARPA, barnett@ut-sally.UUCP, {ihnp4,harvard,seismo,gatech,ctvax}!ut-sally!barnett
jordan@greipa.UUCP (Jordan K. Hubbard) (08/02/85)
In article <7504@watrose.UUCP> gdvsmit@watrose.UUCP (Riel Smit) writes: > >Ever heard of Clannad? > >Last weekend I watched a late-night movie, "Harry's Game" ( British, 1983). >It is set in Northern Ireland and is about a British undercover agent on >a mission to find an IRA assasin. As the movie ends (rather sadly), the >most beautiful Irish folk sounding (but then I might be completely wrong) >song is played in the background (female voice(s)). The titles gave >credit to Clannad for the final song, but no further information, not >even the song title - but then the titles rushed by so fast, I might >have missed something. > >Does anyone know more about the group/singer and maybe record labels/names? The group was indeed 'Clannad'. The song was (strangly enough!) "Theme from Harry's game" and is on their newest album "Magical Ring". This group is a very interesting one. I have some of their earlier stuff on some obscure label with fairly drab cover pictures of them standing around in traditional(?) irish wool work clothes and bland expressions. The music on the earlier label is all very traditional irish. Nice, but somewhat run-of-the-mill. A couple of albums run in this vein (with brilliant names like: "Clannad" and "Clannad 2") and then suddenly, *POOF*!! "Magical Ring" is released. On the RCA label! Misty cover photo with them all in tres-chic outfits in an avant-garde setting. At first appearance, it looks like they've 'sold out'. Well, they may have gone for the bucks, but in this case it did nothing but give them the tools they needed to turn out a REALLY FINE album. Definately their best work. Traditional? Well.. If this is one of the directions irish music is heading, I like it. Active use of synthesizers and modern instruments blend with traditional instruments and styles for a very different style of folk/rock. They follow an interesting pattern on the album where each song alternates between gallic and english. I recommend the album highly, I can hardly wait to see what they do next. -- Jordan K. Hubbard {pesnta, decwrl, dual, pyramid}!greipa!jordan "Here we have two bull limpits, locked in a life-or-death "struggle."
steiny@scc.UUCP (Don Steiny) (08/03/85)
> > > > Ever heard of Clannad? > > I have my trusty Roundup Records catalog next to me because someone else asked about a record on the net not long ago, so out of curiosity I checked. There are 7 Clanned records available from Roundup Records: Roundup Records P.O. Box 154 North Cambridge, Mass. 02140 -- scc!steiny Don Steiny @ Don Steiny Software 109 Torrey Pine Terrace Santa Cruz, Calif. 95060