Legend

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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. In 1973, Clannad came in first place in the annual folk festival in Letterkenny, County Donegal, and were offered a deal with Philips Records, which they negotiated themselves. Around this time, Maire noted that although the group had lost fans of their traditional folk sound, they had gained new ones as a result of their commercial success.

Clannad – Legend (1984, Vinyl) - Discogs Clannad – Legend (1984, Vinyl) - Discogs

We also use a lot of reverb and loads of delay lines; it's sometimes difficult to recreate all of it perfectly live. mu:zines is the result of thousands of hours of effort, and will require many thousands more going forward to reach our goals of getting all this content online. Neil Buckley played clarinet and saxophone, with Noel Bridgeman on percussion and Pat Farrell on electric guitar.By early 1996, Clannad had recorded and finished the next album, Lore, but its release was delayed after the band tried to leave BMG and sign a worldwide deal with Atlantic Records, their US distributor. Apart from one traditional song the album contained all original material, and yielded a hit single, " In a Lifetime", a duet with U2 singer Bono, which began with Máire teaching Gaelic to Bono during the introduction. Leo Brennan (born Leopold Henry Brennan-Hardin) [72] and Máire "Baba" Duggan are the parents of the Brennan siblings Máire (Moya), Ciarán, Pól, Deirdre, Leon, [73] Eithne (Enya), Olive, Bartley, and Brídín. Initially known as Clann as Dobhar (Irish for 'Family from Dore'), [3] they shortened their name to Clannad in 1973. Legend is a 1984 soundtrack album for the ITV television series Robin of Sherwood, by the Irish folk group Clannad.

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The combination of upright bass, flutes and African percussion with Maire's evanescent voice would develop a lush sound over successive albums.Maire Brennan played harp and sang, brothers Pol and Ciaran did nice things with flutes, acoustic bass and piano. In 1974, the band followed their debut album with Clannad 2, released by Gael Linn Records and produced by Dónal Lunny, the founder of Planxty and The Bothy Band.