Christ Church Cathedral
Clannad
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Reviews (4)
At the barrier
2020
By
2020
"A fond farewell to the Irish family who can clock off after fifty years of music-making ... Clannad's sixteen album legacy represents everything from traditional Irish folk to mainstream crossover, new aged film soundtracking for which their sound is a natural fit. The most significant factor is the ethereal vocal of Moya Brennan. "One of the greatest voices the human ear has ever experienced," being one of Bono's more passable announcements ... In A Lifetime will open up the world of Clannad for those who've not dug deeply. Music that strikes a deep resonating chord and more often than not fits into the haunting and ambient bracket".
At the barrier
2020
By
2020
"A fond farewell to the Irish family who can clock off after fifty years of music-making ... Clannad's sixteen album legacy represents everything from traditional Irish folk to mainstream crossover, new aged film soundtracking for which their sound is a natural fit. The most significant factor is the ethereal vocal of Moya Brennan. "One of the greatest voices the human ear has ever experienced," being one of Bono's more passable announcements ... In A Lifetime will open up the world of Clannad for those who've not dug deeply. Music that strikes a deep resonating chord and more often than not fits into the haunting and ambient bracket".
Songlines
2020 May
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By
Tim Cumming
2020 May
"Tickets are on sale for Clannad's farewell tour, and to go with it, various weights of a Best Of anthology, a multi-format, career-spanning their 50-year recording career, available as a 38-track 2CD/LP set or as deluxe, expanded box set featuring 100-plus tracks ... Fusing elements of traditional Irish music with New Age and synth-rock flavours, they've graced soundtracks and brought an ethereal, polished-to-asheen take on Irish folk, language and culture to a bigger audience that most trad folkies could dream of ... From the more acoustic 70s recordings through the step-change of the Harry's Game and Legend soundtracks, after which Celtic and New Age merged in a kind of moistureless mist, through to the rock and pop flavours of 'Something to Believe In', the sweetly yet stalky 'I Will Find You' (the love theme from The Last of the Mohicans) and Bono sharing lead vocals on the title-track, this is Clannad in the round. The soft harmonies, Moya's unmistakable voice, the sometimes cheesy synth keyboard flavours, heavy use of echo - it's all there, rippling through the ether".
Songlines
2020 May
By
By
Tim Cumming
2020 May
"Tickets are on sale for Clannad's farewell tour, and to go with it, various weights of a Best Of anthology, a multi-format, career-spanning their 50-year recording career, available as a 38-track 2CD/LP set or as deluxe, expanded box set featuring 100-plus tracks ... Fusing elements of traditional Irish music with New Age and synth-rock flavours, they've graced soundtracks and brought an ethereal, polished-to-asheen take on Irish folk, language and culture to a bigger audience that most trad folkies could dream of ... From the more acoustic 70s recordings through the step-change of the Harry's Game and Legend soundtracks, after which Celtic and New Age merged in a kind of moistureless mist, through to the rock and pop flavours of 'Something to Believe In', the sweetly yet stalky 'I Will Find You' (the love theme from The Last of the Mohicans) and Bono sharing lead vocals on the title-track, this is Clannad in the round. The soft harmonies, Moya's unmistakable voice, the sometimes cheesy synth keyboard flavours, heavy use of echo - it's all there, rippling through the ether".