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Taken from their forthcoming career-spanning anthology ‘In A Lifetime’  which celebrates their 50-year career, Clannad have today, ahead of their farewell tour, released a new single ‘A Celtic Dream’, watch the accompanying music video.

Having sold 15 million records worldwide and with eight Top 10 U.K. albums to their name, multi-award-winning Clannad today announce their ‘In a Lifetime’ The Farewell World Tour and new Anthology deluxe set.

Turas 1980 is to be heartily welcomed, and not just as the only available, live recording of a band at the first peak of their development. It’s a recording of a concert that transports you there, it’s as close as you’ll get to having been there on the night.

Padraig Duggan, one of the founders of Irish group Clannad has died at the age of 67. He had been a member of Clannad for 40 years, starting way back in 1970 where it all began at Leo’s Tavern in Donegal. We take a look back at their early years.

In part 3 of our live review of Gate to Southwell Festival we have live footage from Clannad, Simpson-Cutting-Kerr, We Banjo 3, The Young’uns, The Tweed Project, Manran and more.

The BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards 2014 return on Wednesday 19 February and are to be held in London at the Royal Albert Hall. Star guests include Bellowhead, Suzanne Vega, Clannad and The Fisherman’s Friends.

One of the flagship events which is organised by Earagail Arts Festival as part of their 25th anniversary celebrations will be The Homecoming in Donegal, Ireland featuring Clannad, Altan, Fidil and The Henry Girls.

The rather graceful and tranquil looking image of Moya Brennan & Cormac De Barra used for this article is very fitting in many respects. They both come from what many consider to be large musical families that have been very influential on the Irish Music scene. Grammy award winning Moya Brennan is probably best known as the lead singer of Clannad but she has also produced a wealth of solo …

Cambridge Folk Festival reveal some of the first artists confirmed for 2012’s eclectic bill: Nic Jones, June Tabor and the Oysterband, Bill Bragg and more.